ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2022
Mercury isotopic evidence for the importance of particles as a source of mercury to marine organisms.
Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Seasonal Variability in Marine Atmospheric Mercury Isotope Signatures and Environmental Drivers.Environmental science & technology · 2026Article
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- Warming-induced retreat of West Antarctic glaciers weakened carbon sequestration ability but increased mercury enrichment.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Declines in anthropogenic mercury emissions in the Global North and China offset by the Global South.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Atmospheric Hg(0) dry deposition over environmental surfaces: Insights from mercury isotope fractionation.Eco-Environment & Health · 2024Review
- Upwelling Enhances Mercury Particle Scavenging in the California Current System.Environmental science & technology · 2024Article
- Near surface oxidation of elemental mercury leads to mercury exposure in the Arctic Ocean biota.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Stable isotopes and a changing world.Oecologia · 2023Review
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Abstract
The origin of methylmercury in pelagic fish remains unclear, with many unanswered questions regarding the production and degradation of this neurotoxin in the water column. We used mercury (Hg) stable isotope ratios of marine particles and biota to elucidate the cycling of methylmercury prior to incorporation into the marine food web. The Hg isotopic composition of particles, zooplankton, and fish reveals preferential methylation of Hg within small (< 53 µm) marine particles in the upper 400 m of the North Pacific Ocean. Mass-dependent Hg isotope ratios (δ
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