ReviewEnvironmental science & technology2022
Internal Dynamics and Metabolism of Mercury in Biota: A Review of Insights from Mercury Stable Isotopes.
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- ComparingEnvironment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- Sperm-Associated Mercury Species Levels Determine Its Impairment: Evidence from Paired Analyses of Whole Semen and Seminal Plasma.Biological trace element research · 2026Article
- Distinct demethylation pathways of rice- and fish-derived methylmercury in pregnant women revealed by compound-specific isotope analysis.Eco-Environment & Health · 2026Article
- Quantifying Depuration of Methylmercury from Fish Consumption by Travelers.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- Stable isotopes unveil ocean transport of legacy mercury into Arctic food webs.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Hair mercury isotopes, a noninvasive biomarker for dietary methylmercury exposure and biological uptake.Environmental science. Processes & impacts · 2024Article
- Near surface oxidation of elemental mercury leads to mercury exposure in the Arctic Ocean biota.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Mediterranean Marine Mammals: Possible Future Trends and Threats Due to Mercury Contamination and Interaction with Other Environmental Stressors.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- Geographic Drivers of Mercury Entry into Aquatic Food Webs Revealed by Mercury Stable Isotopes in Dragonfly Larvae.Environmental science & technology · 2024Article
- Global mercury concentrations in biota: their use as a basis for a global biomonitoring framework.Ecotoxicology (London, England) · 2024Review
- Mercury Isotope Values in Shoreline Spiders Reveal the Transfer of Aquatic Mercury Sources to Terrestrial Food Webs.Environmental science & technology letters · 2023Article
- Mercury in Neotropical birds: a synthesis and prospectus on 13 years of exposure data.Ecotoxicology (London, England) · 2023Review
- Stochastic Dynamic Mass Spectrometric Quantitative and Structural Analyses of Pharmaceutics and Biocides in Biota and Sewage Sludge.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Can preserved museum specimens be used to reconstruct fish mercury burden and sources through time?Environmental science & technology letters · 2023Article
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Abstract
Monitoring mercury (Hg) levels in biota is considered an important objective for the effectiveness evaluation of the Minamata Convention. While many studies have characterized Hg levels in organisms at multiple spatiotemporal scales, concentration analyses alone often cannot provide sufficient information on the Hg exposure sources and internal processes occurring within biota. Here, we review the decadal scientific progress of using Hg isotopes to understand internal processes that modify the speciation, transport, and fate of Hg within biota. Mercury stable isotopes have emerged as a powerful tool for assessing Hg sources and biogeochemical processes in natural environments. A better understanding of the tissue location and internal mechanisms leading to Hg isotope change is key to assessing its use for biomonitoring. We synthesize the current understanding and uncertainties of internal processes leading to Hg isotope fractionation in a variety of biota, in a sequence of better to less studied organisms (i.e., birds, marine mammals, humans, fish, plankton, and invertebrates). This review discusses the opportunities and challenges of using certain forms of biota for Hg source monitoring and the need to further elucidate the physiological mechanisms that control the accumulation, distribution, and toxicity of Hg in biota by coupling new techniques with Hg stable isotopes.
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