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 …

[HTML][HTML] Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish

R Dietz, RJ Letcher, JP Desforges, I Eulaers… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Since the last Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) effort to
review biological effects of the exposure to organohalogen compounds (OHCs) in Arctic …

Mercury contamination and potential health risks to Arctic seabirds and shorebirds

O Chastel, J Fort, JT Ackerman, C Albert… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Since the last Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) effort to
review biological effects of mercury (Hg) on Arctic biota in 2011 and 2018, there has been a …

Effects of environmental methylmercury on the health of wild birds, mammals, and fish

AM Scheuhammer, MW Meyer… - AMBIO: a Journal of the …, 2007 - BioOne
Wild piscivorous fish, mammals, and birds may be at risk for elevated dietary methylmercury
intake and toxicity. In controlled feeding studies, the consumption of diets that contained Hg …

What are the toxicological effects of mercury in Arctic biota?

R Dietz, C Sonne, N Basu, B Braune, T O'Hara… - Science of the Total …, 2013 - Elsevier
This review critically evaluates the available mercury (Hg) data in Arctic marine biota and the
Inuit population against toxicity threshold values. In particular marine top predators exhibit …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress on our understanding of the biological effects of mercury in fish and wildlife in the Canadian Arctic

A Scheuhammer, B Braune, HM Chan, H Frouin… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
This review summarizes our current state of knowledge regarding the potential biological
effects of mercury (Hg) exposure on fish and wildlife in the Canadian Arctic. Although Hg in …

[KNIHA][B] Organic pollutants: an ecotoxicological perspective

CH Walker - 2008 - taylorfrancis.com
Difficult to measure accurately and deal with effectively, organic pollutants continue to be a
major hazard in the environment. Significantly expanded, the second edition of Organic …

Toxicity of dietary methylmercury to fish: derivation of ecologically meaningful threshold concentrations

DC Depew, N Basu, NM Burgess… - Environmental …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Threshold concentrations associated with adverse effects of dietary exposure to
methylmercury (MeHg) were derived from published results of laboratory studies on a variety …

Mink as a sentinel species in environmental health

N Basu, AM Scheuhammer, SJ Bursian, J Elliott… - Environmental …, 2007 - Elsevier
The concept of “sentinel species” is important in the environmental health sciences because
sentinel species can provide integrated and relevant information on the types, amounts …