Mercury and Methylmercury Contamination of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: abandoned mines; Amazon rainforest; biogeochemistry; Chemistry; Cytotoxicity; diel and seasonal cycles; ecological restoration; environmental changes; erythrocytes; French Guiana; gold mining; gold mining activities; hair; in vitro; lakes; malondialdehyde; mammoth fauna mammals; Mathematics and Science; mercury; mercury mobility; methylmercury; microbial activities; mine wastes; monomethylmercury; mussel; mussel watch; Mytilus; n/a; Palawan; paleoclimate; particulate mercury; particulate organic carbon; photodegradation; Pleistocene; PQMI; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; sediment; sediments; SPM; St. Lawrence; superoxide dismutase; suspended particulate matter; water; water–sediment interface; wet deposition; Yakutia
• ISBN: 9783036521541; 3036521534; 3036521542; 9783036521534
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-2154-1

This Special Issue aims to provide new insights into the issue of the mercury contamination of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. This ubiquitous contaminant has been used by humans for many years, resulting in global contamination. When this toxic contaminant is converted to methylmercury, it accumulates in trophic chains, which is a major issue for wildlife and human health. The nine articles contained within this Special Issue on ‘‘Mercury and Methylmercury Contamination of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems’’ endeavour to identify the historical evolution of Hg and MeHg levels in aquatic environments, and to evaluate the impact of current and historical human activities, such as mining, climate change, and soil erosion, on receptor ecosystems and food chains.