Update on South River Biota Studies

Slide presentation summarizing planned and ongoing 2008 biota studies on the South River. Topics include amphibian maternal- and dietary-mercury experiments, avian studies of swallows, floodplain birds and mallards, mammal assessments (bats, furbearers), and trophic-transfer modeling linking periphyton, suspended solids, and food webs. Notes field activities, sampling sites, methods, and early progress toward laboratory and field experiments.