A Continuation Proposal: Factors controlling methylmercury degradation in Pine Barrens lakes and the Meadowlands
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NJWRRI has funded research on topics ranging from pollutants in ground and surface waters to the behavior of estuarine fish to the ecology of wetlands. With funds provided by Congress and Rutgers University, the NJ Water Resources Research Institute supports a program of research each year which addresses a periodically-updated list of priority issues developed by the Advisory Council in consultation with a wide range of water resource professionals and includes:
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