ArticleEnvironmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)2019
Organic carbon content drives methylmercury levels in the water column and in estuarine food webs across latitudes in the Northeast United States.
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- The Legacy of the Idrija Mine Twenty-Five Years after Closing: Is Mercury in the Water Column of the Gulf of Trieste Still an Environmental Issue?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Patterns in forage fish mercury concentrations across Northeast US estuaries.Environmental research · 2021Article
- Historic contamination alters mercury sources and cycling in temperate estuaries relative to uncontaminated sites.Water research · 2021Article
- The influence of nutrient loading on methylmercury availability in Long Island estuaries.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2021Article
- The effects of climate, habitat, and trophic position on methylmercury bioavailability for breeding New York songbirds.Ecotoxicology (London, England) · 2020Article
- A National-Scale Assessment of Mercury Bioaccumulation in United States National Parks Using Dragonfly Larvae As Biosentinels through a Citizen-Science Framework.Environmental science & technology · 2020Article
- Preliminary investigation of polymer-based in situ passive samplers for mercury and methylmercury.Chemosphere · 2019Article
- Effects of temperature, salinity, and sediment organic carbon on methylmercury bioaccumulation in an estuarine amphipod.The Science of the total environment · 2019Article
- Brain diseases in changing climate.Environmental research · 2019Review
- Sediment organic carbon and temperature effects on methylmercury concentration: A mesocosm experiment.The Science of the total environment · 2019Article
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Abstract
Estuaries are dynamic ecosystems which vary widely in loading of the contaminant methylmercury (MeHg), and in environmental factors which control MeHg exposure to the estuarine foodweb. Inputs of organic carbon and rates of primary production are important influences on MeHg loading and bioaccumulation, and are predicted to increase with changes in climate and land use pressures. To further understand these influences on MeHg levels in estuarine biota, we used a field study approach in sites across different temperature regions, and with varying organic carbon levels. In paired comparisons of sites with high vs. low organic carbon, fish had lower MeHg bioaccumulation factors (normalized to water concentrations) in high carbon sites, particularly subsites with large coastal wetlands and large variability in dissolved organic carbon levels in the water column. Across sites, MeHg level in the water column was strongly tied to dissolved organic carbon, and was the major driver of MeHg concentrations in fish and invertebrates. Higher primary productivity (chlorophyll-a) was associated with increased MeHg partitioning to suspended particulates, but not to the biota. These findings suggest that increased inputs of MeHg and loss of wetlands associated with climate change and anthropogenic land use pressure will increase MeHg concentrations in estuarine food webs.
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