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The production and export of methylmercury (MeHg) is a critical first step to accumulation of mercury (Hg) in the lower food web and subsequent magnification in game fish. The purpose of this thesis was to identify areas of MeHg production and export in a freshwater estuary with…

As organisms undergo life history transitions, track resources, avoid stress, and evade death, they distribute themselves across landscapes. Organismal co-occurrence sets the stage for biotic interactions, which can feed back to control the distribution and abundance of interact…

American Eel is an economically, ecologically, and culturally valuable fish. Increased fishing pressure and other stressors have earned international threatened and endangered designations in an effort to protect the species. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFW) species status …