MO-025 — 10:00 – 10:15

CURRENT RESEARCH STRATEGIES WILL PRODUCE MERCURY TOXICITY REFERENCE VALUES THAT DO NOT PROTECT AVIAN POPULATIONS FROM HARM

Authors: CRISTOL, Daniel 1 ;
(1) College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA

MO-026 — 10:15 – 10:30

SONG SPARROWS AS RIPARIAN BIOSENTINELS OF MERCURY POLLUTION AND METHYLATION IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA (USA)

Authors: AUSTIN, Carrie 1 ; ROBINSON, April 2 ;
(1) Cal/EPA SF Bay Water Board, Oakland, United States; (2) San Francisco Estuary Institute, Richmond, United States

MO-027 — 10:30 – 10:45

MONITORING SPATIAL GRADIENTS AND TEMPORAL TRENDS OF MERCURY IN SONGBIRDS OF NEW YORK STATE

Authors: SAUER, Amy 1 ; ADAMS, Evan 1 ; EVERS, David 1 ; LANE, Oksana 1 ; REGAN, Kevin 1 ;
(1) Biodiversity Research Institute, Portland, ME, United States

MO-028 — 10:45 – 11:00

ENDURANCE FLIGHT ABILITY IN A MIGRATORY SONGBIRD IS REDUCED BY EXPOSURE TO DIETARY METHYL-MERCURY

Authors: MA, Yanju 1 ; PEREZ, Cristina 2 ; BRANFIREUN, Brian 3 ; GUGLIELMO, Christopher 3 ;
(1) University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; (2) University of Nevada, Reno, USA; (3) University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

MO-029 — 11:00 – 11:15

MERCURY AS AN ALTERNATE FOR GENETIC SPECIES IDENTIFICATION OF ALBATROSS (PHOEBASTRIA SPP.) EGGS FROM MIDWAY ATOLL

Authors: BRYAN, Colleen 1 ; EDWARDS, Scott 2 ; RAGLAND, Jared 1 ; SIN, Yung 2 ; VANDER POL, Stacy 1 ;
(1) Chemical Sciences Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Charleston, SC, USA; (2) Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

MO-030 — 11:15 – 11:30

MERCURY EXPOSURE AND IMPACTS IN BALD EAGLES IN THE PENOBSCOT RIVER WATERSHED, MAINE.

Authors: DESORBO, Chris 1 ; GRAY, Rick 1 ; TODD, Charles 2 ; MASSEY, Blake 3 ; REGAN, Kevin 1 ; HANSON, William 1 ; PERSICO, Christopher 1 ; MIERZYKOWSKI, Steven 4 ; BODALY, Drew 5 ; EVERS, David 1 ;
(1) Biodiversity Research Institute, Portland, ME, United States; (2) Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Bangor, ME, USA; (3) University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA; (4) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Orono, ME, USA; (5) Penobscot River Mercury Study, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

MO-031 — 11:30 – 11:45

MODELLING FUR AS A NON-INVASIVE BIOMARKER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MERCURY EXPOSURE

Authors: ECCLES, Kristin 1 ; THOMAS, Philippe 2 ; CHAN, Laurie 1 ;
(1) University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada; (2) Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, Canada

MO-032 — 11:45 – 12:00

METHYLMERCURY TOXICITY REFERENCE VALUES FOR MAMMALIAN WILDLIFE POPULATIONS: CRITICAL REVIEW AND ANALYSIS

Authors: FUCHSMAN, Phyllis 1 ; BROWN, Lauren 2 ; MAGAR, Victor 3 ; HENNING, Miranda 2 ;
(1) Ramboll Environ, Cleveland, OH, USA; (2) Ramboll Environ, Portland, ME, USA; (3) Ramboll Environ, Chicago, IL, USA