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 …

Mediterranean mercury assessment 2022: an updated budget, health consequences, and research perspectives

D Cossa, J Knoery, D Bănaru… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Mercury (Hg) and especially its methylated species (MeHg) are toxic chemicals that
contaminate humans via the consumption of seafood. The most recent UNEP Global …

Dissolved organic matter thiol concentrations determine methylmercury bioavailability across the terrestrial-marine aquatic continuum

E Seelen, V Liem-Nguyen, U Wünsch… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The most critical step for methylmercury (MeHg) bioaccumulation in aquatic food webs is
phytoplankton uptake of dissolved MeHg. Dissolved organic matter (DOM) has been known …

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 …

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 …

Deltaproteobacteria and Spirochaetes-like bacteria are abundant putative mercury methylators in oxygen-deficient water and marine particles in the Baltic Sea

E Capo, AG Bravo, AL Soerensen… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Methylmercury (MeHg), a neurotoxic compound biomagnifying in aquatic food webs, can be
a threat to human health via fish consumption. However, the composition and distribution 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 …

What are the likely changes in mercury concentration in the Arctic atmosphere and ocean under future emissions scenarios?

AT Schartup, AL Soerensen, H Angot… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Arctic mercury (Hg) concentrations respond to changes in anthropogenic Hg emissions and
environmental change. This manuscript, prepared for the 2021 Arctic Monitoring and …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of algal biomass input enhanced microbial Hg methylation in lake sediments

P Lei, LM Nunes, YR Liu, H Zhong, K Pan - Environment international, 2019 - Elsevier
Eutrophication is a major environmental concern in lake systems, impacting the ecological
risks of contaminants and drinking water safety. It has long been believed that eutrophication …

Diatom ooze—A large marine mercury sink

S Zaferani, M Pérez-Rodríguez, H Biester - Science, 2018 - science.org
The role of algae for sequestration of atmospheric mercury in the ocean is largely unknown
owing to a lack of marine sediment data. We used high-resolution cores from marine …