On today's show (30:24) Matt is joined by Dr. Gretchen Hansen. Dr. Hansen is an associate professor of Fisheries Ecology in the Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology department at the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Hansen recently coauthored a published paper in the Science of the Total Environment looking at increased mercury concentrations in walleye and yellow perch in lakes invaded by zebra mussels.
The study can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177515
This study was supported by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center (MAISRC) and the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR), and by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the National Institutes for Water Resources.
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