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 …

A review on coal fly ash-based adsorbents for mercury and arsenic removal

FO Ochedi, Y Liu, A Hussain - Journal of cleaner production, 2020 - Elsevier
Emissions of mercury and arsenic from flue gas and water have become a great public
concern due to their hazards to human health and the ecosystem. Many removal methods …

Mercury cycling in freshwater systems-An updated conceptual model

BA Branfireun, C Cosio, AJ Poulain, G Riise… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The widely accepted conceptual model of mercury (Hg) cycling in freshwater lakes
(atmospheric deposition and runoff of inorganic Hg, methylation in bottom sediments and …

Assessing water quality of five typical reservoirs in lower reaches of Yellow River, China: using a water quality index method

W Hou, S Sun, M Wang, X Li, N Zhang, X **n, L Sun… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
To assess water quality of reservoirs in lower reaches of Yellow River using the water quality
index (WQI) method and try to compare water quality and main contaminations of mountain …

Graphene oxide-based nanofiltration for Hg removal from wastewater: a mini review

M Zunita - Membranes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mercury (Hg) is one of heavy metals with the highest toxicity and negative impact on the
biological functions of living organisms. Therefore, many studies are devoted to solving the …

Mercury removal from water streams through the ion exchange membrane bioreactor concept

A Oehmen, D Vergel, J Fradinho, MAM Reis… - Journal of hazardous …, 2014 - Elsevier
Mercury is a highly toxic heavy metal that causes human health problems and
environmental contamination. In this study, an ion exchange membrane bioreactor (IEMB) …

Role of settling particles on mercury methylation in the oxic water column of freshwater systems

E Gascón Díez, JL Loizeau, C Cosio… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
As the methylation of inorganic mercury to neurotoxic methylmercury has been attributed to
the activity of anaerobic bacteria, the formation of methylmercury in the oxic water column of …

Geobacteraceae are important members of mercury-methylating microbial communities of sediments impacted by waste water releases

AG Bravo, J Zopfi, M Buck, J Xu, S Bertilsson… - The ISME …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Microbial mercury (Hg) methylation in sediments can result in bioaccumulation of the
neurotoxin methylmercury (MMHg) in aquatic food webs. Recently, the discovery of the gene …

[HTML][HTML] The importance of bioconcentration into the pelagic food web base for methylmercury biomagnification: A meta-analysis

P Wu, MJ Kainz, AG Bravo, S Åkerblom… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Methylmercury (MeHg) transfer from water into the base of the food web (bioconcentration)
and subsequent biomagnification in the aquatic food web leads to most of the MeHg in fish …

Mercury flow through an Asian rice-based food web

KS Abeysinghe, G Qiu, E Goodale, CWN Anderson… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) is a globally-distributed pollutant, toxic to humans and animals. Emissions are
particularly high in Asia, and the source of exposure for humans there may also be different …