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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Science
  • Ecotoxicology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Mercury biomonitoring in freshwater fish is crucial for environmental and public health assessments.
  • Existing monitoring often uses default log-log or power regression models for length-mercury relationships.
  • These default models may inaccurately represent complex patterns across different lake-species combinations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel decision-based regression framework for evaluating length-mercury relationships.
  • To assess the stability and reliability of different statistical models using sensitivity analyses.
  • To improve the accuracy and defensibility of mercury exposure estimates and consumption guidelines.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a decision-based framework to evaluate multiple regression models based on statistical criteria.
  • Incorporated sensitivity analyses, including leave-one-out cross-validation and outlier diagnostics.
  • Applied the framework to community-based mercury monitoring data from northern Ontario freshwater fish.

Main Results:

  • Significant variability in length-mercury relationships was observed across different lake-species groups.
  • No single model type was universally optimal; some groups showed weak or absent relationships.
  • Sensitivity analyses highlighted model fragility in data-limited or heterogeneous biological groups.

Conclusions:

  • A flexible, transparent regression framework enhances methodological rigor in mercury biomonitoring.
  • This approach reduces the risk of biased exposure estimates and strengthens consumption guidelines.
  • The adaptable workflow is suitable for various environmental monitoring programs, especially in remote or community-led contexts.