CONFIRMED C-MERC PAPERS AND AUTHORS
Ocean System Papers:
Tropics
Lead: Monica Costa (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco)
Co-authors: Paulo Barrocas (Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública – Fundação Oswaldo Cruz),
Mario Barletta (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco), Helena Kehrig (Laboratório de
Radioisótopos Eduardo Penna Franca, Instituto de Biofísica da UFRJ), Olaf Malm (Laboratório
de Radioisótopos Eduardo Penna Franca, Instituto de Biofísica da UFRJ), Sandra Hacon (Escola
Nacional de Saúde Pública - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Bill Landing (Florida State University),
Josino Moreira (Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública – Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Ana Claudia
Vasconcellos (Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), David Evers
(BioDiversity Research Institute), David Buck (BioDiversity Research Institute)
Gulf of Mexico
Lead: Reed Harris (Reed Harris Environmental, Ltd.)
Co-Authors: Curtis Pollman (Aqua Lux Lucis, Inc.), Bill Landing ( Florida State University),
Don Axelrad (Florida Department of Environmental Protection), Steven L. Morey (Florida State
University), Dmitry Dukhovskoy (Florida State University), Doug Adams (Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission), Elsie Sunderland (Harvard University)
Open Ocean
Lead: Rob Mason (University of Connecticut)
Co-authors: Elsie Sunderland (Harvard University), Bill Fitzgerald (University of Connecticut),
Carl Lamborg (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), Chad Hammerschmidt (Wright State
University), Anna Choi (Harvard School of Public Health)
Mediterranean
Lead: Milena Horvat (Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia)
Co-authors: Daniel Cossa (French Research Institute for Exploration of the Sea ), Nicola
Pirrone (Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Italy), Maria Maddalena Storelli
(University of Bari-Strada, Italy), Jože Kotnik (Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia), Nives Ogrinc,
(Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia) Rudi Rajar (Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia), Francesca
Sprovieri (Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Italy), Ian Hadgecock (Institute of
Atmospheric Pollution Research, Italy)
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San Francisco Bay
Lead: Jay Davis (San Francisco Estuary Institute)
Co-authors: Donald Yee (San Francisco Estuary Institute), Letitia Grenier (San Francisco
Estuary Institute), Ben Greenfield (San Francisco Estuary Institute), Mark Marvin-diPasquale
(U.S. Geological Survey), Joel Blum (University of Michigan), Richard Looker (San Francisco
Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board), Nick Fisher (SUNY, Stony Brook)
Gulf of Maine
Co-Leads: Celia Chen (Dartmouth College) and Elsie Sunderland (Harvard University)
Co-authors: Neil Burgess (Environment Canada), Aria Amirbahman (University of Maine),
Gareth Harding (Bedford Institute of Oceanography), Margaret Karagas (Dartmouth College),
Steve Jones (New Hampshire Sea Grant), John Dalziel (Environment Canada)
Arctic
Co-Leads: Jane Kirk (Environment Canada) and Igor Lehnherr (University of Alberta)
Co-authors: Vince St. Louis (University of Alberta), Alexandra Steffen (Environment Canada),
Laurie Chan (University of Northern British Columbia), Lisa Loseto (Department of Fisheries
and Oceans, Canada)
Global Issues Papers:
Climate Change And Mercury In Marine Ecosystems
Lead: David Evers (Biodiversity Research Institute)
Co-authors: David Buck (Biodiversity Research Institute), Elsie Sunderland (Harvard
University), Chad Hammerschmidt (Wright State University), Charley Driscoll (Syracuse
University), Letitia Grenier (San Francisco Estuary Institute), Cindy Gilmour (Smithsonian
Environmental Research Center), Brian Branfireun (University of Toronto) Mario Barletta
(Universidade Federal de Pernambuco), Monica Costa (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco)
Fish - Communicating Nutritional, Toxicant, and Environmental Effects
Lead: Susan Korrick (Harvard Medical School)
Co-authors: Emily Oken (Harvard Medical School), Anna Choi (Harvard School of Public
Health), Elsie Sunderland (Harvard University), Margaret Karagas (Dartmouth College)
High Exposure Groups Compared to Low Dose Groups
Lead: Margaret Karagas (Dartmouth College)
Co-authors: Susan Korrick (Harvard Medical School), Rita Schoeny (U.S. EPA) Philippe
Grandjean (Harvard School of Public Health), Milena Horvat (Jozef Stefan Institute) Anna Choi
(Harvard School of Public Health), Emily Oken (Harvard Medical School)
Effects Of Nutrient Loading On The Dynamics Of Mercury In Estuarine Ecosystems: A
Conceptual Model
Lead: Charles Driscoll (Syracuse University)
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Co-authors: Celia Chen (Dartmouth College) Cindy Gilmour (Smithsonian Environmental
Research Center), Elsie Sunderland (Harvard University), Chad Hammerschmidt (Wright State
University), Rob Mason (University of Connecticut), Ben Greenfield (San Francisco Estuary
Institute)
Mercury And Selenium Interactions: Relevance for Human Health Effects
Lead: Rita Schoeny (U.S. EPA)
Co-author: Margaret Karagas (Dartmouth College), Milena Horvat (Jozef Stefan Institute)
Integrating Mercury Science and Policy in the Marine Context: An Overview
Lead: TBD
Co-authors:
Susy King – New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission
Kim Warner - Oceana
Alison Simcox – EPA Region 1
Rita Schoeny – EPA Office of Water
John Wathen – EPA Office of Water
Mark Smith – MA DEP, Deputy Director, Office of Research and Standards
Co-Chair, New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers Mercury Task Force
Nancy Serrell – Dartmouth College
Kathy Lambert – Harvard Forest, Harvard University
Len Levin – Electric Power Research Institute