Below, find a list of our new and ongoing projects, as well as completed projects. Click the project link for more information.
Contaminants Monitoring Projects
New and ongoing projects
- Examining mercury concentrations in Common Eiders and their food items in the northeastern United States
- Exposure profile of contaminants in North American sea ducks
- Scaly-sided Merganser: A collaborative workshop between Russian and American scientists to facilitate research and outreach efforts to conserve endangered wildlife in Russia and China
Completed projects
- Pilot assessment of methyl-mercury in Mallard Ducks from the South River, Virginia, USA
- Pilot assessment of methyl-mercury in Mallard Ducks from the North Fork Holston River, Virginia, USA
- Mercury concentrations in tissues of waterfowl from Alaska, USA
- Mercury concentrations in eggs of Common Goldeneyes and Hooded Mergansers breeding in Minnesota, USA
- Reproductive monitoring and mercury concentrations in cavity nesting ducks in Maine, USA
- Penobscot River mercury study: assessment of mercury residues from wintering sea ducks in Penobscot Bay area, Maine, USA
- Assessment of mercury in wintering waterfowl from Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Massachusetts, USA
- Summary of wildlife mercury exposure for the Nyanza Superfund Project: Hooded Merganser and Wood Duck
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Movement and Tracking Projects
New and ongoing projects:
- Determining offshore use of diving bird species in federal waters of the Mid-Atlantic United States using satellite tracking – Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) Component
- Boston Harbor Common Eider Tracking Study
- Connecting Wyoming’s Breeding Harlequin Duck Population to Important Wintering and Molting Areas and Identifying Migration Routes
- Tracking Common Eider Brood Survival in Casco Bay, Maine
Completed projects:
Avian Health
Completed projects:
- Avian Influenza surveillance in migratory shorebirds and wintering waterfowl at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Massachusetts