Background: Mercury (Hg) is a toxic metal that presents public health risks through fish
consumption. A major source of uncertainty in evaluating harmful exposure is inadequate …

The present paper reports the advantages, drawbacks and applications of the main
techniques of sample preparation employed during the determinations of total mercury and …

Mercury methylation and demethylation rates were measured in periphyton biofilms growing
on submerged plants from a shallow fluvial lake located along the St. Lawrence River …

Mercury distribution in the oceans is controlled by complex biogeochemical cycles, resulting
in retention of trace amounts of this metal in plants and animals. Inter-and intra-specific …

An important provision of the Minamata Convention on Mercury is to monitor and evaluate
the effectiveness of the adopted measures and its implementation. Here, we describe for the …

Total mercury (Hg) concentrations were determined in seven tissues (skeletal muscle, liver,
blood, gonad, brain, gill, and heart) of 59 striped bass and four tissues (muscle, liver, blood …

Total mercury (Hg) concentration was determined in the tissues of 10 pelagic fishes in the
northern Gulf of Mexico, and dietary tracers (stable isotopes and fatty acids) were used to …

We collected and analyzed 2,707 large fish from 626 stream/river sites in 12 western US
states using a probability design to assess the regional distribution of whole fish mercury …

A commercially available mercury (Hg) analyzer based on sample combustion, gold
amalgamation, and atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) was evaluated for the direct …

Consumption of marine fish is a major route of toxic methyl mercury (MeHg) exposure to
ocean apex predators and human populations. Here we explore the influence of trophic …