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 …

Mercury in the Polish part of the Baltic Sea: A response to decreased atmospheric deposition and changing environment

A Jędruch, L Falkowska, D Saniewska… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Our review of the literature showed that since the beginning of the socio-economic
transformation in Poland in the 1990s, the downward trend in Hg emissions and its …

A method for the analysis of methylmercury and total Hg in fungal matrices

M Rutkowska, J Falandysz, M Saba, P Szefer… - Applied Microbiology …, 2022 - Springer
The aim of the study was to develop an efficient method for the determination of monomethyl-
mercury (MeHg) and total mercury (THg) content in materials such as fungal sporocarps and …

Mercury and methylmercury concentration in the feathers of two species of Kingfishers Megaceryle torquata and Chloroceryle amazona in the Upper Paraguay Basin …

TC Hurtado, G de Medeiros Costa, GS de Carvalho… - Ecotoxicology, 2023 - Springer
Mercury (Hg) contamination remains a significant environmental concern. In aquatic
ecosystems, Hg can undergo methylation, forming its organic form, methylmercury (MeHg) …

Bycatch of seabirds in the Polish part of the southern Baltic Sea in 1970–2018: A review

D Marchowski - Acta Ornithologica, 2022 - BioOne
Bycatch, the unintended capture of animals other than target fish, is one of the most
important anthropogenic threats to seabirds worldwide. This problem has been relatively …

Speciation analysis of mercury in wild edible mushrooms by high-performance liquid chromatography hyphenated to inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

H Zou, C Zhou, Y Li, X Yang, J Wen, C Li… - Analytical and …, 2020 - Springer
Wild edible mushrooms can accumulate significantly elevated levels of mercury from the
surrounding environment, which could be harmful to consumers' health. Speciation analysis …

A simplified approach to determine the expiration date of certified reference material based on the results of monitoring long-term stability

C Padariya, M Rutkowska, P Konieczka - Microchemical Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
All components of the quality assurance (QA) system for measurement results depend
heavily on certified reference materials (CRMs). There is a need for a comprehensive …

[HTML][HTML] New insights on the use of bill sheath as a biomonitoring tool for mercury in two kingfisher species: A comparison with different tissues

G de Medeiros Costa, WL Lázaro, TC Hurtado… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bird species have been widely used as suitable bioindicators of environmental mercury
(Hg). However, there is still some debate about the most suitable tissue to indicate Hg body …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns of mercury accumulation in the organs of bank vole Myodes glareolus (Rodentia, Cricetidae)

VA Gremyachikh, DA Kvasov, ES Ivanova - Biosystems Diversity, 2019 - cyberleninka.ru
Mercury (Hg) and its compounds are among the most hazardous environmental pollutants
with a high cumulative potential and they can have toxic effects on human and animal health …

Enhanced Mercury Accumulation in Riparian Spiders: An Evidence of Insects' Emergence Effect in Aquatic and Upland Terrestrial Crossed Habitat

D Wang, P Li, Y Cai, M Luo, Z Xu, G Wu… - Bulletin of Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Many studies have focused on mercury (Hg) accumulation in both aquatic and terrestrial
organisms, but the effects of aquatic Hg on terrestrial organisms have rarely been …