Research Webinar: Winter Mercury Patterns in Lake Champlain and Future Environmental Health Risks

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Speaker: Roxanne Karimi, Faculty at Stony Brook University

To request a disability-related accommodation to participate in any of these programs, please contact Lake Champlain Sea Grant / Julianna White at 802-777-7017 or seagrant [at] uvm.edu no later than three weeks before your chosen date so we can assist you.

Scientists have studied mercury cycling in lakes for decades. However, mercury bioavailability and transfer through the food chain during the winter is understudied compared to other seasons despite its potential sensitivity to climate change and importance to environmental health risks. This seminar will compare mercury bioavailability and bioaccumulation patterns in Lake Champlain basins across seasons from the team's field research. They will also discuss the implications of these patterns for fish consumption risks, including unique risks to subsistence anglers.    

Roxanne Karimi is an environmental health scientist with expertise in mercury, other heavy metals, and important nutrients at the intersection of aquatic ecosystems and human health. Roxanne received a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a PhD from Dartmouth where she worked on the interdisciplinary Superfund Research Program. She is a faculty member at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University.

Participants should expect approximately 30 minutes of presentation, which will be recorded, followed by a facilitated, 30-minute Q&A period.

This seminar is part of the Lake Champlain Sea Grant Seminar Series, and Roxanne Karimi's research project is funded by Lake Champlain Sea Grant.

Register for the webinar through this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1eW3hBK1T2a0MkjcTGWoHg

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