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==== Mercury deposition in the Adirondack Mountains ==== The common loons of the [[Adirondack Mountains]] are particularly affected by methylmercury as the acidity of the lakes provides an environment conducive to converting environmental mercury to methylmercury.<ref name=":20" /> One study found that 21% of the male Adirondack common loon and 8% of the female Adirondacks common loon sampled were at high risk for detrimental impacts such as behavioral and reproductive abnormalities.<ref name=":20" /> In the Adirondacks, [[bioaccumulation]] factors for methylmercury were found to increase up the food chain, leaving common loons at the highest risk for detrimental effects from methylmercury.<ref name=":20" /> [[Spatial analysis]] indicates that the highest aquatic mercury concentrations are found in the southwestern portion of the Adirondacks, an area with lakes heavily affected by acid rain.<ref name=":22" /> Organizations such as the Adirondack Loon Center and the Adirondack Cooperative Loon Program spearhead loon conservation efforts in the Adirondacks by performing research, engaging the public, and informing public policy.<ref name=":21" />
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