Mercury in Lake Wissota and Wisconsin's Lakes & River Systems

ABSTRACT

 

INTRODUCTION

 

BACKGROUND

 

LOCAL HAZARDS?

 

EFFECTS ON WILDLIFE

 

EFFECTS ON HUMANS

 

 

EFFECTS OF MERCURY ON WILDLIFE

 

      

 

Mercury affects animals that have fish and aquatic organisms as a main part of their diet.  Some affects include:
  • reproductive failure
  • impaired muscular coordination
  • abnormal behavior
  • abnormal vocalization,
  • convulsions
  • paralysis
  • death