Fish have been dying in a river downstream from a point of wastewater discharge from a factory. A local news reporter published a series of articles blaming the factory, saying that dissolved mercury (Hg) from their discharge pipe is causing the fish to die. The public is outraged - and you are sent in as an impartial investigator. After, a brief review of the literature you find preliminary Hg data for the site. Preliminary results (n=6) show a mean Hg concentrations in the river downstream from the point of wastewater discharge, of 10mg/kg, and a standard deviation of 2.12mg/kg. - What question(s) would you want to find answers to? - Propose a sampling plan to address your question(s). - What sample(s) would you collect - sampling location - sample(s) type(s) - sampling technique - sampling frequency and total number of samples - what preservation techniques will be implemented? - What would you analyze for? - What QC samples will you implement during the field sampling and the Lab sampling. - How will you use the data to answer your