Interaction of naturally occurring phytoplankton with the biogeochemical cycling of mercury in aquatic environments and its effects on global Hg pollution and public …

Z Gojkovic, S Simansky, A Sanabria, I Márová… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
The biogeochemical cycling of mercury in aquatic environments is a complex process driven
by various factors, such as ambient temperature, seasonal variations, methylating bacteria …

The role of microalgae in the biogeochemical cycling of methylmercury (MeHg) in aquatic environments

Z Gojkovic, A Skrobonja, C Funk, I Garbayo, C Vílchez - Phycology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Methylmercury (MeHg) is the most important and the most abundant organic Hg pollutant in
the aquatic ecosystem that can affect human health through biomagnification. It is the most …

A model for methylmercury uptake and trophic transfer by marine plankton

AT Schartup, A Qureshi, C Dassuncao… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Methylmercury (MeHg) concentrations can increase by 100 000 times between seawater
and marine phytoplankton, but levels vary across sites. To better understand how ecosystem …

Effects of fulvic acid and humic acid from different sources on Hg methylation in soil and accumulation in rice

S Ran, T He, X Zhou, D Yin - Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Humus is often used as an organic modifier to reduce the bioaccumulation of heavy metals
in plants, but the effects of different humus components from different sources on the fate of …

[HTML][HTML] Arctic methylmercury cycling

S Jonsson, MN Mastromonaco, F Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic mercury (Hg) undergoes long-range transport to the Arctic where some of it is
transformed into methylmercury (MeHg), potentially leading to high exposure in some Arctic …

Microorganisms involved in methylmercury demethylation and mercury reduction are widely distributed and active in the bathypelagic deep ocean waters

I Sanz-Sáez, AG Bravo, M Ferri… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The ocean's mercury (Hg) content has tripled due to anthropogenic activities, and although
the dark ocean (> 200 m) has become an important Hg reservoir, concentrations of the toxic …

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 …

Mercury transfer in coastal and oceanic food webs from the Southwest Atlantic Ocean

NE Fioramonti, SR Guevara, YA Becker… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
The dynamics of contaminants, such as mercury (Hg), in marine trophic webs is a critical
topic in the scientific community due to the high concentrations encountered in organisms. In …

The interplay between total mercury, methylmercury and dissolved organic matter in fluvial systems: A latitudinal study across Europe

AG Bravo, DN Kothawala, K Attermeyer, E Tessier… - Water Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Large-scale studies are needed to identify the drivers of total mercury (THg) and
monomethyl-mercury (MeHg) concentrations in aquatic ecosystems. Studies attempting to …

Deciphering the role of water column redoxclines on methylmercury cycling using speciation modeling and observations from the Baltic Sea

AL Soerensen, AT Schartup… - Global …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen‐depleted areas are spreading in coastal and offshore waters worldwide, but the
implication for production and bioaccumulation of neurotoxic methylmercury (MeHg) is …