Use of riparian spiders as sentinels of persistent and bioavailable chemical contaminants in aquatic ecosystems: A review

MM Chumchal, GB Beaubien… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aquatic ecosystems around the world are contaminated with a wide range of anthropogenic
chemicals, including metals and organic pollutants, that originate from point and nonpoint …

Distribution and trends of mercury in aquatic and terrestrial biota of New York, USA: a synthesis of 50 years of research and monitoring

EM Adams, JE Gulka, Y Yang, MEH Burton, DA Burns… - Ecotoxicology, 2023 - Springer
Mercury (Hg) inputs have particularly impacted the northeastern United States due to its
proximity to anthropogenic emissions sources and abundant habitats that efficiently convert …

Songbirds as sentinels of mercury in terrestrial habitats of eastern North America

AK Jackson, DC Evers, EM Adams, DA Cristol… - Ecotoxicology, 2015 - Springer
Mercury (Hg) is a globally distributed environmental contaminant with a variety of
deleterious effects in fish, wildlife, and humans. Breeding songbirds may be useful sentinels …

Methylmercury biomagnification in coastal aquatic food webs from western Patagonia and western Antarctic Peninsula

G Chiang, KA Kidd, M Díaz-Jaramillo, W Espejo… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) is a global pollutant of concern because its organic and more toxic form,
methylHg (MeHg), bioaccumulates and biomagnifies through aquatic food webs to levels …

Food web analysis reveals effects of pH on mercury bioaccumulation at multiple trophic levels in streams

TD Jardine, KA Kidd, N O'Driscoll - Aquatic toxicology, 2013 - Elsevier
Biomagnification processes and the factors that govern them, including those for mercury
(Hg), are poorly understood in streams. Total and methyl Hg concentrations and relative …

Mercury reduces avian reproductive success and imposes selection: an experimental study with adult-or lifetime-exposure in zebra finch

CW Varian-Ramos, JP Swaddle, DA Cristol - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Mercury is a global pollutant that biomagnifies in food webs, placing wildlife at risk of
reduced reproductive fitness and survival. Songbirds are the most diverse branch of the …

Mercury bioaccumulation and speciation in coastal invertebrates: Implications for trophic magnification in a marine food web

MA Bradford, ML Mallory, NJ O'Driscoll - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Studies on mercury bioaccumulation and biomagnification in coastal invertebrates in
eastern Canada are limited, but these data are necessary to determine risk of mercury …

Short-term mercury exposure disrupts muscular and hepatic lipid metabolism in a migrant songbird

CL Seewagen, CR Elowe, AR Gerson, DJE Groom… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Methylmercury (MeHg) is a global pollutant that can cause metabolic disruptions in animals
and thereby potentially compromise the energetic capacity of birds for long-distance …

Mercury bioaccumulation and biomagnification in a small Arctic polynya ecosystem

MG Clayden, LM Arsenault, KA Kidd… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
Recurring polynyas are important areas of biological productivity and feeding grounds for
seabirds and mammals in the Arctic marine environment. In this study, we examined food …

Mercury bioaccumulation in benthic invertebrates: from riverine sediments to higher trophic levels

L Marziali, C Roscioli, L Valsecchi - Toxics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Riverine sediments are important sites of mercury methylation and benthic invertebrates
may be indicators of Hg exposure to higher organisms. From 2014 to 2018, sediments and …