Poster presented at AGU in Chicago on measurements of mercury in lichen around the New Almaden Mining District

Lichen are a powerful bioindicator of gaseous mercury emissions from the abandoned mercury mines at the New Almaden Quicksilver County Park.

Grad student Brittney Straw with her poster on mercury measurements in lichens collected around the abandoned mining areas.

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