projects > linking land, air and water management in the
southern everglades and coastal zone to water quality and
ecosystem restoration: task 1, mercury cycling, fate and
bioaccumulation Linking Land, Air and Water Management in the
Southern Everglades and Coastal Zone to Water Quality and
Ecosystem Restoration: Task 1, Mercury Cycling, Fate and
Bioaccumulation This project is an integration of a number of
individual but interrelated tasks that address environmental
impacts in the south Florida ecosystem using geochemical
approaches. Externally derived nutrients, mercury and sulfur are
three of the most important contaminants currently affecting
this ecosystem. Other contaminants of concern include
anthropogenically produced organic substances (pesticides,
herbicides, polycyclic aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons) and
other metals. The scientific focus of this project is to examine
the complex interactions of these contaminants (synergistic and
antagonistic), ecosystem responses to variations in contaminant