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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2025

Sulfate Reduction Drives Elevated Methylmercury Formation in the Water Column of a Eutrophic Freshwater Lake.

Benjamin D Peterson, Sarah E Janssen, Brett A Poulin, Jacob M Ogorek, Amber M White, Elizabeth A McDaniel, Robert A Marick, Grace J Armstrong, Nicholas D Scheel, Michael T Tate and 2 more

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Article in Environmental science & technology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Benjamin D PetersonSchool of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin─Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5290-9142
Sarah E JanssenUpper Midwest Water Science Center, Mercury Research Laboratory, U.S. Geological Survey, Madison, Wisconsin 53726, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4432-3154
Brett A PoulinDepartment of Environmental Toxicology, University of California─Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5555-7733
Jacob M OgorekUpper Midwest Water Science Center, Mercury Research Laboratory, U.S. Geological Survey, Madison, Wisconsin 53726, United States.
Amber M WhiteEnvironmental Chemistry and Technology Program, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.
Elizabeth A McDanielDepartment of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin─Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.
Robert A MarickDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin─Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.
Grace J ArmstrongEnvironmental Chemistry and Technology Program, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.ORCID 0009-0009-8132-9011
Nicholas D ScheelFreshwater and Marine Sciences, University of Wisconsin─Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.
Michael T TateUpper Midwest Water Science Center, Mercury Research Laboratory, U.S. Geological Survey, Madison, Wisconsin 53726, United States.
David P KrabbenhoftUpper Midwest Water Science Center, Mercury Research Laboratory, U.S. Geological Survey, Madison, Wisconsin 53726, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1964-5020
Katherine D McMahonEnvironmental Chemistry and Technology Program, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mercury (Hg) contamination of aquatic food webs is controlled in part by the formation and accumulation of toxic and bioaccumulative methylmercury (MeHg). MeHg production is mediated by metabolically diverse microorganisms carrying the

Indexed as

LakesMethylmercury CompoundsSulfatesEutrophicationFresh WaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalMethylmercury CompoundsSulfatesWater Pollutants, Chemicaleutrophicationmercury cyclingmethylmercurymicrobial biogeochemistry

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PMID40152258
PMCPMC11984097

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