Presentation by Tamar Barkay (Rutgers University) describing a one-year pilot program to develop tools for assessing mercury bioavailability and methylmercury production in the South River. Methods include bioreporter assays, reactive-Hg assays, ultrafiltration, radiotracer measurements of methylation/demethylation, and 16S rRNA-based microbial community analysis across floodplain soils, near-bank sediments, and fine silt-clay deposits.
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Title taken from the PDF cover slide; presenter/researcher name is listed on the PDF. No explicit publication or presentation date was visible. The PDF contains a typographic spelling 'Bioavailabilty' which was corrected to 'Bioavailability' in the suggested title.
