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Workshop Agenda
Day One - August 17, 2004 |
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| 8:00 | Refreshments, Registration, and Poster Drop-off | 30 mins |
| 8:30 | Workshop Introductions & Review of the Agenda | 15 mins |
| Overview of Mercury Research and Relations to DOI Resource Management Moderator: Eric Evenson, USGS |
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| 8:45 | Overview of the mercury contamination problem and the remaining
gaps in understanding related to mercury cycling and fate in
the environment. Presenter: Dave Krabbenhoft, USGS |
30 mins |
| 9:15 | Update on EPA's Regulatory Approach to Reducing Mercury Emissions Presenter: Ellen Brown, USEPA |
20 mins |
| 9:35 | Panel presentation and discussion on DOI resource managers' perspectives
on mercury issues and needs for future research. Panel members: Dan Ashe, FWS; John Dennis, NPS; Jim Kendall, MMS; Chip Groat, USGS; John Persell, Chippewa Tribe in Minnesota |
90 mins |
| 11:05 | Break | 30 mins |
| Case Studies on DOI Lands and Effects of Land Management on Mercury Moderator: Neil Burgess, Environment Canada |
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| 11:35 | The Aquatic Cycling of Mercury in the Everglades Project: Integrated
Research Providing Information for Management and Science Presenter: Bill Orem, USGS; coauthors, David Krabbenhoft, USGS; Cynthia Gilmour, Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences; and George Aiken, USGS. |
20 mins |
| 11:55 | Mercury in wetlands on the Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge,
North Dakota Presenter: Steve Sando, USGS |
20 mins |
| 12:15 | Mercury in Voyageurs National Park Aquatic Food Chains Presenter: Jeff Jeremiason, Gustavus Adolphus College |
20 mins |
| 12:35 | Lunch | 55 mins |
| Biological effects Moderator: Roger Hothem, USGS |
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| 1:30 | Target Species at Risk: Evidence of Endocrine Disruption
and Reproductive Toxicity in Invertebrates, Fish and Alligators. Presenter: Tim Gross, USGS |
20 mins |
| 1:50 | Threshold levels of mercury in bird eggs: what we know and don't
know Presenter: Gary Heinz, USGS |
20 mins |
| 2:10 | Human health effects Presenter: Kate Mahaffey, USEPA |
20 mins |
| 2:30 | Mercury as an endocrine disruptor in fish. Presenter: Paul Drevnick, Miami University |
20 mins |
| 2:50 | Exposure and Effects of Mercury in Terrestrial Wildlife Presenter: Dave Evers, BioDiversity Research Institute |
20 mins |
| 3:10 | BREAK | 30 mins |
| Tools for Accessing Data, Models, and Ancillary Information Moderator: Neil Kamman, VT Department of Environmental Conservation |
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| 3:40 | National descriptive model of mercury in fish tissue Presenter: Steve Wente, USGS |
20 mins |
| 4:00 | Environmental Mercury Mapping, Modeling, and Analysis (EMMMA)
- Web Deployment of the Wente Fish Tissue Mercury Model, Online
Access to Mercury Data, and Integration with The National Map. Presenter: Paul Hearn, USGS |
20 mins |
| 4:20 | The Mercury Deposition Network (MDN) - National Status and Trends Presenter: Mark Nilles, USGS |
20 mins |
| 4:40 | Trends and uncertainties in mercury data analysis: An evaluation
using the Contaminant Exposure and Effects— Terrestrial
Vertebrates (CEETV) database Presenter: Nancy Golden, USFWS |
20 mins |
| 5:00 | BREAK -- Refreshments | 60 mins |
| 6:00 | Poster session viewing | 90 mins |
| 7:30 | Break for the night | |
DAY TWO - August 18, 2004 |
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| Mercury Sources Moderator Lee Tarnay |
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| 8:00 | Defining Atmospheric Mercury Source Receptor Relations: The
USGS Mobile Mercury Lab Presenter: Mark Olson, USGS |
20 mins |
| 8:20 | Non-atmospheric mercury contamination and bioaccumulation in
mining-impacted watersheds Presenter: Charlie Alpers, USGS |
20 mins |
| 8:40 | The mercury experiment to assess atmospheric loadings in Canada
and the US (METALLICUS) project. Presenter: Dave Krabbenhoft, USGS |
20 mins |
| 9:00 | Source-apportionment for mercury deposition: Where does the mercury
in mercury deposition come from? Presenter: Mark Cohen, NOAA Air Resources Laboratory |
20 mins |
| 9:20 | Atmospheric chemistry and the relative importance of emission
sources Presenter: Russ Bullock, USEPA |
20 mins |
| 9:40 | Petroleum Drilling Fluids as a Source of Mercury to the Offshore
Environment Presenter: John Trefry, Florida Institute of Technology |
20 mins |
| 10:00 | BREAK | 30 mins |
| Influence of Ecosystem Setting on Mercury and Mercury Manangment Moderator: Adria Elskus, University of Kentucky |
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| 10:30 | Mercury bioaccumulation in stream ecosystems--detailed studies,
spatial assessments, and trend monitoring Presenter: Mark Brigham, USGS |
20 mins |
| 10:50 | Landscape factors affecting mercury bioaccumulation in biota Speaker: Neil Kamman, VT Department of Environmental Conservation |
20 mins |
| 11:10 | Wetland Restoration and the Potential for Enhanced Mercury Methylation Presenter: Mark Marvin-DiPasquale, USGS |
20 mins |
| 11:30 | Mercury Biogeochemistry in Two Gauged Watersheds, Acadia National
Park Presenter: Steve Kahl, University of Maine; Coauthors: Ken Johnson, Sarah Nelson, Ket Sheehan, Ivan Fernandez, and Aria Amirbahman. |
20 mins |
| 11:50 | LUNCH | 70 mins |
| Future Research Directions for the DOI Landscape Mercury Initiative
Moderator: Sarah Gerould, USGS |
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| 1:00 | Summaries and directions for research from each of the 6 sessions. |
60 mins |
| Discussion | 60 mins | |
| 3:00 | End | |