Below, find a list of our new and ongoing projects, as well as completed projects. Click the project link for more information.

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

Publications:

• “Geographic and temporal patterns of variation in total mercury concentrations in blood of harlequin ducks and blue mussels from Alaska,” Marine Pollution Bulletin (2016)

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:

• Atlantic and Great Lakes Sea Duck Telemetry Study
• Maine Common Eider Satellite Telemetry Study
• Movement Ecology and Habitat Use of White-winged Scoters and Long-tailed Ducks in Southern New England

Completed projects:

• Avian Influenza surveillance in migratory shorebirds and wintering waterfowl at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Massachusetts