Vegetation uptake of mercury and impacts on global cycling

J Zhou, D Obrist, A Dastoor, M Jiskra… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Mercury (Hg) is a global pollutant that emits in large quantities to the atmosphere (> 6,000–
8,000 Mg Hg per year) through anthropogenic activities, biomass burning, geogenic …

Mercury in the terrestrial environment: a review

B Gworek, W Dmuchowski… - Environmental Sciences …, 2020‏ - Springer
Background Environmental contamination by mercury is and will continue to be a serious
risk for human health. Pollution of the terrestrial environment is particularly important as it is …

Cycling of mercury in the environment: Sources, fate, and human health implications: A review

F Beckers, J Rinklebe - Critical Reviews in Environmental Science …, 2017‏ - Taylor & Francis
Mercury (Hg) is ubiquitary, naturally enriched in volcanic regions, and has wide applications
in science, industry, and agriculture. Recently, the increasing awareness of Hg toxicity has …

Mercury isotopes in a forested ecosystem: Implications for air‐surface exchange dynamics and the global mercury cycle

JD Demers, JD Blum, DR Zak - Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Forests mediate the biogeochemical cycling of mercury (Hg) between the atmosphere and
terrestrial ecosystems; however, there remain many gaps in our understanding of these …

[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 develo** rapidly in others. We …

Metal and metalloid foliar uptake by various plant species exposed to atmospheric industrial fallout: mechanisms involved for lead

E Schreck, Y Foucault, G Sarret, S Sobanska… - Science of the Total …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Fine and ultrafine metallic particulate matters (PMs) are emitted from metallurgic activities in
peri-urban zones into the atmosphere and can be deposited in terrestrial ecosystems. The …

Stable isotope evidence shows re-emission of elemental mercury vapor occurring after reductive loss from foliage

W Yuan, J Sommar, CJ Lin, X Wang, K Li… - Environmental …, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
The mechanism of elemental mercury (Hg0) re-emission from vegetation to the atmosphere
is currently poorly understood. In this study, we investigated branch-level Hg0 atmosphere …

World emissions of mercury from artisanal and small scale gold mining

KH Telmer, MM Veiga - Mercury fate and transport in the global …, 2009‏ - Springer
We estimate mercury releases from artisanal and small scale gold mining (ASGM) based on
available data about mercury and gold exports and imports by country and from field reports …

Moss and lichen biomonitoring of atmospheric mercury: a review

R Bargagli - Science of the Total Environment, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Long-range transport and residence time of elemental Hg (Hg°) in air promote global
dispersion and deposition in remote ecosystems. Many biotic and abiotic factors contribute …

Mercury distribution across 14 US forests. Part I: Spatial patterns of concentrations in biomass, litter, and soils

D Obrist, DW Johnson, SE Lindberg… - … science & technology, 2011‏ - ACS Publications
Results from a systematic investigation of mercury (Hg) concentrations across 14 forest sites
in the United States show highest concentrations in litter layers, strongly enriched in Hg …