Britt Hall
Research interests:
Biogeochemistry.
My research focuses on environmental controls regulating the formation and bioaccumulation of methylmercury (MeHg) in aquatic ecosystems, specifically mercury dynamics in prairie environments. Prairie lakes and wetlands are critical wildlife habitats, providing cover and nesting sites for hundreds of game and non-game wildlife species and containing the some of the most important waterfowl breeding habitat remaining in North America. Wetlands in this region have the potential to produce high levels of MeHg which can bioaccumulate in both aquatic and terrestrial organisms. Examining environmental factors regulating mercury cycling in prairie wetlands will provide information necessary to protect wildlife populations inhabiting these vulnerable habitats.