| nineteenth century mercury: hazard to wading birds and cormorants of the carson river, nevada. | contemporary mercury interest relates to atmospheric deposition, contaminated fish stocks and exposed fish-eating wildlife. the focus is on methylmercury (mehg) even though most contamination is of inorganic (iohg) origin. however, iohg is readily methylated in aquatic systems to become more hazardous to vertebrates. in response to a classic episode of historical (1859-1890) iohg contamination, we studied fish-eating birds nesting along the lower carson river, nevada. adult double-crested cormor ... | 2002 | 12211695 |