Methylmercury exposure in wildlife: a review of the ecological and physiological processes affecting contaminant concentrations and their interpretation

J Chételat, JT Ackerman, CA Eagles-Smith… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Exposure to methylmercury (MeHg) can result in detrimental health effects in wildlife. With
advances in ecological indicators and analytical techniques for measurement of MeHg in a …

A survey of swarm intelligence based load balancing techniques in cloud computing environment

MA Elmagzoub, D Syed, A Shaikh, N Islam, A Alghamdi… - Electronics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cloud computing offers flexible, interactive, and observable access to shared resources on
the Internet. It frees users from the requirements of managing computing on their hardware. It …

Impact of dissolved organic matter and environmental factors on methylmercury concentrations across aquatic ecosystems inferred from a global dataset

Z Wu, Z Li, B Shao, Y Zhang, W He, Y Lu, K Gusvitskii… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) input into ecosystems is estimated to have increased by twofold to fivefold
since the industrial revolution. In aquatic ecosystems, methylmercury (MeHg) receives the …

Inter-and intraspecific variability of total mercury concentrations in bats of Texas (USA)

MC Parker, SR Fritts, SP Weaver, MB Meierhofer… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Exposure to mercury (Hg) may cause deleterious health effects in wildlife, including bats.
Texas produces more Hg pollution than any other state in the United States, yet only one …

Land use, season, and parasitism predict metal concentrations in Australian flying fox fur

CA Sánchez, MT Penrose, MK Kessler… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban-living wildlife can be exposed to metal contaminants dispersed into the environment
through industrial, residential, and agricultural applications. Metal exposure carries lethal …

Methylmercury impact on adult neurogenesis: is the worst yet to come from recent Brazilian environmental disasters?

RS Raposo, DV Pinto, R Moreira, RP Dias… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Worldwide environmental tragedies of anthropogenic origin causing massive release of
metals and other pollutants have been increasing considerably. These pollution outbreaks …

Mercury bioaccumulation in tropical bats from a region of active artisanal and small-scale gold mining

F Carrasco-Rueda, BA Loiselle, PC Frederick - Ecotoxicology, 2020 - Springer
Mercury negatively affects human and animal health. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining
can be a major local source of mercury contamination, especially into aquatic systems in …

[HTML][HTML] Bats are an excellent sentinel model for the detection of genotoxic agents. Study in a Colombian Caribbean region

C Calao-Ramos, D Gaviria-Angulo, J Marrugo-Negrete… - Acta tropica, 2021 - Elsevier
Wildlife animals have been affected by human activities and the diminution of the areas
needed to develop wildlife. In Colombia, artisanal and industrial mining focuses on gold …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating washing techniques to eliminate external contamination of trace elements in bat fur and bird feathers

J Keute, J Rizzo, F Giunta, BV Hernout - Ecotoxicology and Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Non-invasive proxies, such as fur and feathers, are likely to be increasingly used to assess
the potential exposure of chemicals, including trace metals and metalloids. However, the …

Wing membrane and fur samples as reliable biological matrices to measure bioaccumulation of metals and metalloids in bats

R Mina, J Alves, AA da Silva, T Natal-da-Luz… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
There is a growing conservation concern about the possible consequences of
environmental contamination in the health of bat communities. Most studies on the effects of …