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Massachusetts Mercury Research & Data

Studies and statistics from MassDEP, its Office of Research & Standards (ORS), and other organizations.

Massachusetts conducted its first statewide examination of mercury in freshwater fish in 1994 and has been building on that research ever since.

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Mercury Studies & Reports

Temporal and Spatial Trends in Freshwater Fish Tissue Mercury Concentrations Associated with Mercury Emissions Reductions, February 2014  
Open PDF file, 560.36 KB,  Freshwater Fish Mercury Concentrations in a Regionally High Mercury Deposition Area, December 2007 (English, PDF 560.36 KB)
Open PDF file, 853.37 KB,  Massachusetts Fish Tissue Mercury Studies: Investigations of Seasonal & Other Sources of Variation, 2006 (English, PDF 853.37 KB)
Open DOC file, 2.79 MB,  Determination of Recent Inputs of Mercury to Lakes/Ponds in the Merrimack Valley Using Sediment Cores, March 2004 (English, DOC 2.79 MB)
Open PDF file, 618.56 KB,  Final Report: Fish Mercury Levels In Northeastern Massachusetts Lakes, January 2004 (English, PDF 618.56 KB)
Open DOC file, 180 KB,  Mercury Bioaccumulation in the Food Webs of Two Northeastern Massachusetts Freshwater Ponds, April 2003 (English, DOC 180 KB)
Open PDF file, 1.61 MB,  Long-Term Monitoring of Massachusetts Fish Tissue Mercury, 1999-2004 (English, PDF 1.61 MB)
Open PDF file, 130.51 KB,  Fish Mercury Distribution in Massachusetts Lakes: Published Research Paper, 1999 (Posted with permission. Copyright © SETAC, Pensacola, FL) (English, PDF 130.51 KB)
Open PDF file, 514.54 KB,  Final Report: Fish Mercury Distribution in Massachusetts Lakes, May 1997 (English, PDF 514.54 KB)

Mercury Monitoring & Data

Open PDF file, 596.19 KB,  Methods for Annual Data Reports: Fish Mercury Long Term Monitoring (English, PDF 596.19 KB)
Open PDF file, 159.38 KB,  2009 Annual Report: Fish Mercury Long Term Monitoring (English, PDF 159.38 KB)
Open PDF file, 130.41 KB,  2008 Annual Report: Fish Mercury Long Term Monitoring (English, PDF 130.41 KB)
Open PDF file, 129.64 KB,  2007 Annual Report: Fish Mercury Long Term Monitoring (English, PDF 129.64 KB)
Open PDF file, 366.08 KB,  2006 Annual Report: Fish Mercury Long Term Monitoring (English, PDF 366.08 KB)
Open PDF file, 131.28 KB,  2005 Annual Report: Fish Mercury Long Term Monitoring (English, PDF 131.28 KB)

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