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Slide presentation reporting a Corbicula (freshwater clam) transplant biomonitoring study. Methods: clams were moved from the North River to caged sites at the Augusta Forestry Center with local controls. Results cover growth, condition index, and rapid changes in total mercury; next steps propose expanded sampling, cage design for hotspots, and methylmercury analysis.

File Type: pdf
Categories: Presentations
Tags: Augusta Forestry Center, biomonitoring, cage design, clams, Corbicula, mercury, methylmercury, North River, south-river-science-team, transplant-study
Publication Date : 2004-04-14
Type : Presentation
Review Notes : The slides show both 'September 9, 2003' and 'April 14, 2004' on the cover; I used the April 14, 2004 date from the cover as the document_date. No peer-review or formal report label is present; the file is a presentation slide deck.

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