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The source of mercury in fish in a new impoundment was identified in this study as the inundated soil. The mercury in the soil was introduced into the food chain by direct uptake by microorganisms, rather than by a dissolution process; thus, the mercury level in the fish is not indicative of the quality of the impoundment as a public water supply.
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Meister et al. (1979) studied this question.
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