<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><img src="cid:ii_m8xdfm6g0" alt="2023-LakeChamplain_lightNOAAblue_transparent.png" width="109" height="53" style="margin-right: 0px;"></div><div dir="ltr"><div><b>Lake Champlain Sea Grant Research Webinar</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>Join us for the April 2 research presentation in our spring webinar series!</div><div><br></div><div><b><i>Mercury bioaccumulation in the deep and shallow basins of Lake Champlain</i></b></div><div><br></div><div><b>Date/Time:</b> Wednesday, April 2, 2025 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm</div><div><br></div><div><b>Location:</b> Zoom (registration required). <b>REGISTER <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jI_LyC0dQo-Bk2lxH8xTSw#/registration" target="_blank">HERE</a></b></div><div><br></div><div><b>Speaker: </b>Dr.<b> </b>Vivien Taylor, research scientist at Dartmouth College</div><div><br></div><div><b>Description: </b>Lake Champlain is a fascinating system to study mercury because of the variation in biogeochemical properties across its distinct basins. In this research, Dr. Taylor and her team investigated concentrations of mercury in game fish across all seven basins of the lake, compared them to data from previous years, and used stable isotopes of mercury, carbon and nitrogen to assess the sources and processes driving mercury bioaccumulation in the lake. They also compared seasonal trends in mercury in the water column and in zooplankton across the deep and shallow basins, showing the hypolimnia of the deep basins to be zones of heightened bioaccumulation.</div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b><font face="times new roman, serif">Aude Lochet, PhD</font></b><div><font face="times new roman, serif">(She/Her/Hers)<br></font><div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif">Lake Champlain Sea Grant, Lake Champlain Research Institute</font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif">Water Resources Outreach/Extension Specialist</font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif">Adjunct Instructor</font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif">SUNY Plattsburgh</font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Mail box: Hudson Hall 136</span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Office: Hudson Hall 123</span><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif">101 Broad Street<br style="background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;margin-bottom:0px">Plattsburgh, NY 12901</font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;line-height:18px;display:inline">(o) 518-564-2056</div><a href="tel:+1-518-564-3039" title="Office Phone Number" style="color:rgb(200,16,46);background-color:transparent;line-height:18px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;margin:0px;display:inline" target="_blank"><br></a></font></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>