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Cycling and Speciation (Variation in Chemical Form) of Mercury in the Food Chain of South FloridaProject Chief: Carol Kendall Methylmercury, a neurotoxin, is found in the game fish of south Florida. Samples of periphyton, the assemblage of microalgae that live in shallow submerged substrates which is home to, and food for, creatures that are the foundation of the food chain, have concentrations of methylmercury that range from non-detectable to tenths of a part per million on a dry weight basis.
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