The toxicology of mercury and its chemical compounds

TW Clarkson, L Magos - Critical reviews in toxicology, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
This review covers the toxicology of mercury and its compounds. Special attention is paid to
those forms of mercury of current public health concern. Human exposure to the vapor of …

Mercury as a global pollutant: sources, pathways, and effects

CT Driscoll, RP Mason, HM Chan… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
Mercury (Hg) is a global pollutant that affects human and ecosystem health. We synthesize
understanding of sources, atmosphere-land-ocean Hg dynamics and health effects, and …

Mercury bioaccumulation and trophic transfer in the terrestrial food web of a montane forest

CC Rimmer, EK Miller, KP McFarland, RJ Taylor… - Ecotoxicology, 2010 - Springer
We investigated mercury (Hg) concentrations in a terrestrial food web in high elevation
forests in Vermont. Hg concentrations increased from autotrophic organisms to herbivores< …

Mercury in the Great Lakes region: bioaccumulation, spatiotemporal patterns, ecological risks, and policy

DC Evers, JG Wiener, N Basu, RA Bodaly, HA Morrison… - Ecotoxicology, 2011 - Springer
This special issue examines bioaccumulation and risks of methylmercury in food webs, fish
and wildlife in the Laurentian Great Lakes region of North America, and explores mercury …

MercNet: a national monitoring network to assess responses to changing mercury emissions in the United States

D Schmeltz, DC Evers, CT Driscoll, R Artz, M Cohen… - Ecotoxicology, 2011 - Springer
A partnership of federal and state agencies, tribes, industry, and scientists from academic
research and environmental organizations is establishing a national, policy-relevant …

Spatial gradients of methylmercury for breeding common loons in the Laurentian Great Lakes region

DC Evers, KA Williams, MW Meyer, AM Scheuhammer… - Ecotoxicology, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Much of the Laurentian Great Lakes region is a mercury-sensitive landscape, in
which atmospheric deposition and waterborne sources of mercury (Hg) have led to high …

Mercury exposure and neurochemical biomarkers in multiple brain regions of Wisconsin River Otters (Lontra canadensis)

P Dornbos, S Strom, N Basu - Ecotoxicology, 2013 - Springer
River otters are fish-eating wildlife that bioaccumulate high levels of mercury (Hg). Mercury
is a proven neurotoxicant to mammalian wildlife, but little is known about the underlying, sub …

Lacustrine Responses to Decreasing Wet Mercury Deposition Rates Results from a Case Study in Northern Minnesota

ME Brigham, MB Sandheinrich, DA Gay… - … science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
We present a case study comparing metrics of methylmercury (MeHg) contamination for four
undeveloped lakes in Voyageurs National Park to wet atmospheric deposition of mercury …

[图书][B] Effects of direct and indirect habitat alterations on tidal marsh sparrows in the Delaware Bay

SE Warner - 2009 - search.proquest.com
This research determines how direct (Open Marsh Water Management (OMWM) and parallel
grid ditching) and indirect (Mercury (Hg) pollution) marsh alterations affect avian salt marsh …

Utilização de cães e gatos como sentinelas para a exposição a mercúrio

RFA Barros - 2016 - search.proquest.com
A presença de contaminantes ambientais no ar, água, alimentos e ambiente doméstico
pode representar riscos significativos para a população humana. Cada vez mais, os …