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When: Thursday, June 25, 2009 7:00 p.m.
Who: Tom Suchanek, USGS Western Ecological Research Center
What: Tracking Mercury from Ore to Organism
Mercury Cycling and Bioaccumulation In a Mine-Dominated Ecosystem
- Nearly 300 abandoned mercury mines and prospects are found in the California Coast Range-- the Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine at Clear Lake, CA is one of them
- Clear Lake is one of the most mercury-contaminated lakes in the world, but fish and wildlife there are not as mercury-contaminated as might be expected
- Learn about mercury concentration in the Clear Lake water column and sediments, mercury bioaccumulation in the food web, which fish are safe to consume-- and which ar NOT!
Where: USGS, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California, 94025, Conference Room A, Bldg 3, Menlo Park, California
Public Info: Please visit our USGS Evening Public Lecture website: http://online.wr.usgs.gov/calendar to download a colorful flyer or see current information and past lectures.
Contact: Amelia Barrales, abarrales2@..., or 650-329-5136
Amelia Barrales
U.S. Geological Survey
WR Office of Communications
345 Middlefield Road, M/S 144
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Phone: 650-329-5136
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