Avian mercury exposure and toxicological risk across western North America: a synthesis

JT Ackerman, CA Eagles-Smith, MP Herzog… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Methylmercury contamination of the environment is an important issue globally, and birds
are useful bioindicators for mercury monitoring programs. The available data on mercury …

Mercury stable isotopes for monitoring the effectiveness of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

SY Kwon, JD Blum, R Yin, MTK Tsui, YH Yang… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Minamata Convention on Mercury (MC) includes provisions for a global
monitoring program (GMP) and effectiveness evaluation (EE) to provide information on …

Modulators of mercury risk to wildlife and humans in the context of rapid global change

CA Eagles-Smith, EK Silbergeld, N Basu… - Ambio, 2018 - Springer
Environmental mercury (Hg) contamination is an urgent global health threat. The complexity
of Hg in the environment can hinder accurate determination of ecological and human health …

Biotic formation of methylmercury: A bio–physico–chemical conundrum

AG Bravo, C Cosio - Limnology and Oceanography, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mercury (Hg) is a natural and widespread trace metal, but is considered a priority pollutant,
particularly its organic form methylmercury (MMHg), because of human's exposure to MMHg …

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 …

A retrospection on mercury contamination, bioaccumulation, and toxicity in diverse environments: current insights and future prospects

V Kumar, M Umesh, MK Shanmugam, P Chakraborty… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Owing to various industrial applications of mercury (Hg), its release into the environment at
high concentration is becoming a great threat to living organisms on a global scale. Human …

The assessment and remediation of mercury contaminated sites: A review of current approaches

CS Eckley, CC Gilmour, S Janssen, TP Luxton… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Remediation of mercury (Hg) contaminated sites has long relied on traditional approaches,
such as removal and containment/cap**. Here we review contemporary practices in the …

Mercury in western North America: A synthesis of environmental contamination, fluxes, bioaccumulation, and risk to fish and wildlife

CA Eagles-Smith, JG Wiener, CS Eckley… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Western North America is a region defined by extreme gradients in geomorphology
and climate, which support a diverse array of ecological communities and natural resources …

Mercury contamination in riverine sediments and fish associated with artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Madre de Dios, Peru

G Martinez, SA McCord, CT Driscoll… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in Madre de Dios, Peru, continues to expand
rapidly, raising concerns about increases in loading of mercury (Hg) to the environment. We …

The freshwater biome gradient framework: predicting macroscale properties based on latitude, altitude, and precipitation

WK Dodds, L Bruckerhoff, D Batzer, A Schechner… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding global ecological patterns and processes, from biogeochemical to
biogeographical, requires broad‐scale macrosystems context for comparing and contrasting …