Mercury Pollution Integration and Synthesis

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57 papers, covering: Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems; Atmospheric Cycling, Transport, and Deposition; Terrestrial and Watershed Processes; Bioaccumulation; Modeling of Aquatic Ecosystems; Analytical Methodology and Chemistry; Pollution and Remediation; Human Health and Public Policy.

Contents

Foreword Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems Mercury in the Environment: Biogeochemistry Levels of Mercury in the Tucurui Reservoir and its Surrounding Area in Para, Brazil The Distribution of Mercury in a Mediterranean Area Distribution and Speciation of Mercury in the Water and Fish of Nan Hu (South Lake), Guangxi Province, People's Republic of China Chemical Speciation of Mercury in a Meromictic Lake Distribution and Flux of Particulate Mercury in Four Stratified Seepage Lakes Elemental Mercury Cycling within the Mixed Layer of the Equatorial Pacific Ocean Aqueous and Biotic Mercury Concentrations in Boreal Lakes: Model Predictions and Observations Methylmercury in a Permanently Stratified Fiord Methylmercury Sources in Boreal Lake Ecosystems The Vertical Distribution of Mercury Species in Wisconsin Lakes: Accumulation in Plankton Layers Sources and Fates of Mercury and Methylmercury in Wisconsin Lakes Atmospheric Cycling, Transport, and Deposition Atmospheric Cycling of Mercury: An Overview Historical Atmospheric Mercury Deposition in the Mid-Continental United States as Recorded in an Ombrotrophic Peat Bog Air-Water Cycling of Mercury in Lakes Atmospheric Bulk Deposition of Mercury to the Southern Baltic Sea Area Measurements of Atmospheric Mercury in the Great Lakes Basin Diurnal Variations in Mercury Concentrations in the Ground Layer Atmosphere Particulate-Phase Mercury in the Atmosphere: Collection/Analysis Method Development and Applications Application of Throughfall Methods to Estimate Dry Deposition of Mercury The Atmospheric Chemistry of Mercury: Kinetic Studies of Redox Reactions Atmospheric Mercury Measurements at a Rural Site in Southern Ontario, Canada Terrestrial and Watershed Processes Mercury in Forest Ecosystems: Risk and Research Needs Spatial Distribution Patterns of Mercury in an East-Central Minnesota Landscape Methylmercury Input/Output and Accumulation in Forested Catchments and Critical Loads for Lakes in Southwestern Sweden The Relation Between Mercury in Soil and the Transport of Mercury from Small Catchments in Sweden Fluxes and Turnover of Methylmercury: Mercury Pools in Forest Soils Mercury in Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Review Mercury Release and Transformation from Flooded Vegetation and Soils: Experimental Evaluation and Simulation Modeling Bioaccumulation Amplification of Mercury Concentrations in Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) Downstream from the La Grande 2 Reservoir, James Bay, Quebec Earthworm Bioaccumulation of Mercury from Contaminated Flood Plain Soils Mercury Concentration in Perch (Perca fluviatilis) as Influenced by Lacustrine Physical and Chemical Factors in Two Regions of Russia Mercury in the Food Chains of a Small Polyhumic Forest Lake in Southern Finland Mercury in Vegetation of the Precambrian Shield You Are What You Eat and Little Bit More: Bioenergetics-Based Models of Met

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