Environmental archives of atmospheric Hg deposition–a review

CA Cooke, A Martínez-Cortizas, R Bindler… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmental archives offer an opportunity to reconstruct temporal trends in atmospheric
Hg deposition at various timescales. Lake sediment and peat have been the most widely …

[HTML][HTML] The importance of bioconcentration into the pelagic food web base for methylmercury biomagnification: A meta-analysis

P Wu, MJ Kainz, AG Bravo, S Åkerblom… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Methylmercury (MeHg) transfer from water into the base of the food web (bioconcentration)
and subsequent biomagnification in the aquatic food web leads to most of the MeHg in fish …

Mercury as a global pollutant: sources, pathways, and effects

CT Driscoll, RP Mason, HM Chan… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
Mercury (Hg) is a global pollutant that affects human and ecosystem health. We synthesize
understanding of sources, atmosphere-land-ocean Hg dynamics and health effects, and …

Legacy impacts of all‐time anthropogenic emissions on the global mercury cycle

HM Amos, DJ Jacob, DG Streets… - Global …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Elevated mercury (Hg) in marine and terrestrial ecosystems is a global health concern
because of the formation of toxic methylmercury. Humans have emitted Hg to the …

Sub-lethal acute effects of environmental concentrations of inorganic mercury on hematological and biochemical parameters in walking catfish, Clarias batrachus

S Saha, K Dhara, AV Chukwuka, P Pal… - … and Physiology Part C …, 2023 - Elsevier
The acute toxicity of mercury to the air-breathing fish Clarias batrachus (Linn.) was
determined in this study using hematological (including hemoglobin, hematocrit, total …

Evaluating the effectiveness of the Minamata Convention on Mercury: Principles and recommendations for next steps

DC Evers, SE Keane, N Basu, D Buck - Science of the Total Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Minamata Convention on Mercury is a multilateral environmental agreement
that obligates Parties to reduce or control sources of mercury pollution in order to protect …

Use of stable isotope signatures to determine mercury sources in the Great Lakes

RF Lepak, R Yin, DP Krabbenhoft… - … & Technology Letters, 2015 - ACS Publications
Sources of mercury (Hg) in Great Lakes sediments were assessed with stable Hg isotope
ratios using multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. An isotopic mixing …

[HTML][HTML] Air pollution success stories in the United States: The value of long-term observations

TJ Sullivan, CT Driscoll, CM Beier, D Burtraw… - Environmental science & …, 2018 - Elsevier
We summarize past examples of the use of science to document the effectiveness of policy
in air quality management. Our goal is to inform public discourse amidst attempts to negate …

Benefits of mercury controls for the United States

A Giang, NE Selin - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Mercury pollution poses risks for both human and ecosystem health. As a consequence,
controlling mercury pollution has become a policy goal on both global and national scales …

Changing climate alters inputs and pathways of mercury deposition to forested ecosystems

BD Blackwell, CT Driscoll, JA Maxwell, TM Holsen - Biogeochemistry, 2014 - Springer
Although land cover and meteorological conditions are known to impact mercury (Hg)
deposition processes, few studies have addressed how changes in forest cover and shifting …