Challenges and opportunities for managing aquatic mercury pollution in altered landscapes

H Hsu-Kim, CS Eckley, D Achá, X Feng, CC Gilmour… - Ambio, 2018 - Springer
The environmental cycling of mercury (Hg) can be affected by natural and anthropogenic
perturbations. Of particular concern is how these disruptions increase mobilization of Hg …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in understanding and measurement of mercury in the environment: Terrestrial Hg cycling

K Bishop, JB Shanley, A Riscassi, HA de Wit… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
This review documents recent advances in terrestrial mercury cycling. Terrestrial mercury
(Hg) research has matured in some areas, and is developing rapidly in others. We …

Mercury cycling and isotopic fractionation in global forests

X Wang, W Yuan, CJ Lin, X Feng - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Forest ecosystem accounts for 31% of global land areas and plays a key role in the global
biogeochemical cycling of mercury (Hg). In this critical review, datasets of Hg flux …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of forest management on water quality

NW Shah, BR Baillie, K Bishop, S Ferraz… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water quality is generally high in watercourses draining forested areas. However, forest
management can lead to detrimental effects on water quality and the aquatic environment …

Evaluating digital terrain indices for soil wetness mapping–a Swedish case study

AM Ågren, W Lidberg, M Strömgren… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2014 - hess.copernicus.org
Trafficking wet soils within and near stream and lake buffers can cause soil disturbances, ie
rutting and compaction. This–in turn–can lead to increased surface flow, thereby facilitating …

Source tracing of natural organic matter bound mercury in boreal forest runoff with mercury stable isotopes

M Jiskra, JG Wiederhold, U Skyllberg… - … Science: Processes & …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Terrestrial runoff represents a major source of mercury (Hg) to aquatic ecosystems. In boreal
forest catchments, such as the one in northern Sweden studied here, mercury bound to …

Toward an assessment of the global inventory of present-day mercury releases to freshwater environments

D Kocman, SJ Wilson, HM Amos, KH Telmer… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Aquatic ecosystems are an essential component of the biogeochemical cycle of mercury
(Hg), as inorganic Hg can be converted to toxic methylmercury (MeHg) in these …

[HTML][HTML] Applying continuous-cover forestry on drained boreal peatlands; water regulation, biodiversity, climate benefits and remaining uncertainties

H Laudon, EM Hasselquist - Trees, Forests and People, 2023 - Elsevier
Continuous-cover forestry (CCF) is increasingly argued as an alternative to clear-cut
harvesting in managed boreal forests to improve water quality and quantity, biodiversity, and …

Impacts of wood extraction on soil: Assessing rutting and soil compaction caused by skidding and forwarding by means of traditional and innovative methods

E Marra, A Laschi, F Fabiano, C Foderi, F Neri… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Intensive forestry operations may cause soil compaction, plastic soil disturbances and
rutting, which are responsible for undesirable effects on soils, vegetation and water bodies …

Sources and transport of methylmercury in the Yangtze River and the impact of the Three Gorges Dam

M Liu, H Xie, Y He, Q Zhang, X Sun, C Yu, L Chen… - Water Research, 2019 - Elsevier
The magnitude of environmental change due to anthropogenic impacts might greatly exceed
that of natural disturbances. In this work, we quantitatively examine the impacts of river …