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RMP 2010 Annual Mercury Meeting

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (check-in starts at 8 a.m.)

David Brower Center
2150 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
Tamalpais Room
2nd Floor

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The Seventh Annual RMP Mercury Meeting was held on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010, at the David Brower Center in downtown Berkeley. The RMP organizes an annual mercury meeting to facilitate communication of information among researchers, stakeholders, and regulators with the goal of promoting a sound scientific framework to manage mercury in the Bay. This meeting addressed progress in answering key questions from the RMP Mercury Strategy, such as where and when mercury is taken up into the food web, and processes and pathways contributing to food web uptake. A number of national experts presented relevant findings from their latest research. Among the topics presented were: regulatory update on mercury; the use of mercury isotopes and Diffusive Gradients in Thin-film Probes (DGTs) for monitoring methylmercury; mercury concentrations in Bay phytoplankton, fish, and birds; understanding processes that influence mercury methylation in wetlands; mercury air deposition near mines, and a methylmercury mass budget.

Presentations

The RMP Mercury Strategy: Approaching a Crossroads
by: Jay Davis

San Francisco Bay Area Mercury Regulatory Update
by: Carrie Austin

Mercury Bioaccumulation and Effects on Avian Reproduction in the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary
by: Josh Ackerman

Assessing Impairment of Wildlife by Mercury in Tomales Bay
by: Kat Ridolfi

Statewide Monitoring of Contaminants in Sport Fish
by: Aroon Melwani

Answering Management Questions about Tidal Marsh Restoration using Wetland Biosentinels for Mercury
by: Letitia Grenier

Mercury in Cores from San Francisco Bay and Wetlands
by: Don Yee

Application of Diffusive Gradients in Thin-film Probes for Methylmercury Monitoring: Year Two
by: Holger Hintelmann

Mercury Deposition in Watersheds: Mining Influence
by: Mae Gustin

Photo-degradation of Monomethyl Mercury in the Delta Estuary and Yolo Bypass Agricultural and Natural Wetlands
by: Gary Gill

National Perspective
by: Dave Krabbenhoft

For questions about registration, please contact Linda Russio at (510) 746-7355. For questions about the meeting, please contact Rachel Allen at (510) 746-7393.