Mercury and the Everglades. A Synthesis and Model for Complex Ecosystem Restoration, 1st ed. 2020
Volume III – Temporal Trends of Mercury in the Everglades, Synthesis and Management Implications

Coordinators: Pollman Curtis D., Axelrad Donald M., Rumbold Darren G.

Language: English
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This book is the final installation in a three-volume series synthesizing 30 years of mercury research in the Florida Everglades. The first part of this book evaluates the occurrence of trends in both biota mercury concentrations and atmospheric mercury deposition.  Through both empirical and deterministic analyses, the likely drivers of biota trends are identified.  These analyses help lay the predicate for devising an overall strategy to mitigate and manage the Everglades mercury problem. The book concludes with a model analysis of the likely benefits and uncertainty attendant with implementing the leading candidate strategy for best reducing the Everglades mercury problem.


- Trends in Atmospheric Deposition of Mercury. - Temporal Changes in Mercury Concentrations in Everglades Biota. - Legacy Mercury. - Simulating Mercury Cycling in the Florida Everglades: A Case Study. - Temporal Changes in the Mercury Signal in the Everglades: A Synthesis. - Structural Equation Model for Mercury Cycling in the Everglades. - Mercury Mitigation Management Strategies and Likely Outcomes.
Curtis D. Pollman is currently the CEO of Aqua Lux Lucis, Inc. and adjunct research professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Florida.  He also holds a position as Chief Science Officer for Nclear, Inc., which is a start-up venture seeking to commercialize the applications of a novel synthetic calcium silicate mineral for removing phosphorus from water and wastewater.  He obtained his Ph.D. in environmental engineering sciences from the University of Florida in 1983 where he specialized in aquatic chemistry and limnology.  Dr. Pollman has been involved in various research projects relating to mercury (Hg) cycling in the environment, including the Everglades, since 1994.  This research spanned his tenure with Tetra Tech’s Research & Development Division between 1995 and 2006, where he both led the Florida Atmospheric Mercury Study (FAMS) and participated in modifications to the Mercury Cycling Model (MCM) and its subsequent application to the Florida Everglades.  Between 2005 and 2007, he served as the CEO and Chief Scientist for Frontier Geosciences, Inc. (FGS), a small, highly specialized laboratory that was then widely acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent commercial laboratories worldwide engaged in the analysis of Hg and other trace elements at ambient concentrations in natural waters.  Dr. Pollman left Frontier Geosciences in late 2007 to form Aqua Lux Lucis with the express goal of conducting applied research and analysis to help inform decision makers devise environmental policy and strategies with a more robust understanding of the likely outcomes and inherent uncertainties.  This work includes using deterministic and statistical models to elucidate processes governing response variable dynamics in complex systems and using these models as tools to place in context and help resolve complex environmental problems.

Donald M. Axelrad, Ph.D.<

The Florida Everglades is perhaps the world’s most studied aquatic ecosystem with respect to the mercury problem

This book integrates over 30 years of research on mercury sources, biogeochemistry, bioaccumulation and toxicity, and remediation options, to inform scientists and policy makers

This book reexamines Everglades’ mercury science and evaluates the likely efficacy of other solutions, as the proposed solution to the Everglades mercury problem by the State of Florida and accepted by the U.S. government will not result in toxicologically acceptable mercury levels in fish for many decades