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Slide deck presents a premature progress report on a study of mercury contamination effects on birds in the South River watershed (Dan Cristol et al.). Objectives include comparing reproductive success and health across contaminated and reference areas, measuring mercury in feathers and blood, and establishing diversity baselines. Year-1 methods emphasize nestboxes, point counts, nest monitoring, prey sampling, and target species assessment.

File Type: pdf
Categories: Presentations
Tags: avian-toxicology, belted-kingfisher, biomonitoring, birds, College of William & Mary, dan-cristol, eastern-screech-owl, mercury, nestboxes, south-river, tree-swallow, watershed
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Type : Presentation
Review Notes : No publication date or venue is visible on the slides. The deck is explicitly a 'premature progress report' and references 'Year 1' but does not provide a year. Category assigned as a standalone presentation (not an SRST meeting record) based on content and formatting.

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