Celia Chen on Using Dragonflies to Measure Mercury

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The research professor explains the nationwide study of dragonfly larvae.

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A citizen science program that began over a decade ago found that dragonflies can be used to measure mercury pollution. Research 天美影视 , director of Dartmouth鈥檚 , explains the national research effort, which grew out of a 

鈥淚t鈥檚 an important possible way for us to determine whether national and international policies on controlling mercury are effective,鈥 says Chen. 鈥淭he dragonfly as a 鈥漛iosentinel鈥 or bioindicator may be a very useful method for determining change across the landscape as well as change through time.鈥

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