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 Neotropical birds: a synthesis and prospectus on 13 years of exposure data

CJ Sayers, DC Evers, V Ruiz-Gutierrez, E Adams… - Ecotoxicology, 2023 - Springer
Environmental mercury (Hg) contamination of the global tropics outpaces our understanding
of its consequences for biodiversity. Knowledge gaps of pollution exposure could obscure …

Significant biomagnification of methylmercury in songbird nestlings through a rice-based food web: Insights from stable mercury isotopes

Z Xu, Q Lu, D Jia, S Li, K Luo, T Su, Z Chen… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
To elucidate the sources and transfer of mercury (Hg) in terrestrial food chains, particularly in
heavily Hg-contaminated rice paddy ecosystems, we collected rice leaves, invertebrates …

Biomagnification and trophic transfer of total mercury and methylmercury in a sub-tropical montane forest food web, southwest China

C Li, Z Xu, K Luo, Z Chen, X Xu, C Xu, G Qiu - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Little is known about the bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of total mercury (THg) and
methylmercury (MeHg) via food webs in terrestrial ecosystems, especially in subtropical …

Terrestrial mercury and methylmercury bioaccumulation and trophic transfer in subtropical urban forest food webs

F Zhang, Z Xu, X Xu, L Liang, Z Chen, X Dong, K Luo… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
As the “lungs of the city”, urban forests can improve air quality by absorbing air pollutants,
becoming hotspots for mercury (Hg) pollution from anthropogenic activities. However, the …

Feathers accurately reflect blood mercury at time of feather growth in a songbird

CLJ Bottini, SA MacDougall-Shackleton… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Methylmercury (MeHg) is a globally distributed pollutant that can negatively affect wildlife.
Bird feathers are often used as a monitoring tool of contaminant exposure, but variability in …

Elevated mercury exposure in bird communities inhabiting Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining landscapes of the southeastern Peruvian Amazon

JN Pisconte, CM Vega, CJ Sayers, CS Sevillano-Ríos… - Ecotoxicology, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) represents a significant source of
anthropogenic mercury emissions to the environment, with potentially severe implications for …

Aquatic methylmercury is a significant subsidy for terrestrial songbirds: Evidence from the odd mass-independent fractionation of mercury isotopes

Z Xu, Q Lu, X Xu, L Liang, KS Abeysinghe… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
In contrast to aquatic food chains, knowledge of the origins and transfer of mercury (Hg) and
methylmercury (MeHg) in terrestrial food chains is relatively limited, especially in songbirds …

[HTML][HTML] A review of mercury contamination in representative flora and fauna of Iran: seafood consumption advisories

SJ Shooshtari, E Abdollahzadeh, A Esmaili-Sari… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) is one of the most important environmental toxicants affecting wildlife. Hg is
considered a well-known global toxicant, causing severe health problems in humans. The …

Terrestrial methylmercury bioaccumulation in a pine forest food chain revealed by live nest videography observations and nitrogen isotopes

K Luo, Z Xu, X Wang, RC Quan, Z Lu, W Bi, H Zhao… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
In comparison to the extensively documented mercury (Hg) biomagnification in food chains
of aquatic/or aquatic-related systems, Hg biomagnification in food chains in strictly terrestrial …