Rapid growth could significantly reduce methylmercury (MeHg) concentrations in aquatic
organisms by causing a greater than proportional gain in biomass relative to MeHg (somatic …

Methylmercury (MeHg) concentrations can increase by 100 000 times between seawater
and marine phytoplankton, but levels vary across sites. To better understand how ecosystem …

Developing effective regulations on mercury (Hg) emissions requires a better understanding
of how atmospheric Hg deposition affects methylmercury (MeHg) levels in aquatic biota. This …

There is a well documented accumulation of mercury in fish to concentrations of concern for
human consumption. Variation in fish Hg burden between lakes is often high and may result …

Mercury accumulation in fish is a global public health concern, because fish are the primary
source of toxic methylmercury to humans. Fish from all lakes do not pose the same level of …

We studied the effect of zooplankton diet on MeHg accumulation in different zooplankton
size-fractions from lakes of different trophic status. Using fatty acid biomarkers, we tested the …

Phytoplankton may serve as a key entry for methylmercury (MeHg) into aquatic food webs
however very few studies have quantified the bioconcentration of MeHg in marine …

Methylmercury is greatly bioconcentrated and biomagnified in marine plankton ecosystems,
and these communities form the basis of marine food webs. Therefore, the evaluation of the …

Phytoplankton concentrate mercury from their aqueous surroundings and represent the
primary entry point for Hg in aquatic food webs. We used 203Hg to compare the uptake of …

Current paradigms regarding the bioaccumulation of mercury are rooted in observations that
monomethyl mercury (meHg) biomagnifies along pelagic food chains. However …