Mercury and Methylmercury Contamination of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems

• अन्य लेखक: Guédron, Stéphane (संपादक), Acha, Dario (संपादक)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• विषय: Research & information: general; Chemistry; Cytotoxicity; erythrocytes; methylmercury; malondialdehyde; in vitro; superoxide dismutase; mercury; PQMI; Palawan; abandoned mines; mine wastes; sediments; mussel; mussel watch; Mytilus; St. Lawrence; sediment; water; SPM; gold mining; French Guiana; monomethylmercury; water-sediment interface; diel and seasonal cycles; photodegradation; particulate mercury; suspended particulate matter; particulate organic carbon; Amazon rainforest; mammoth fauna mammals; hair; environmental changes; paleoclimate; Pleistocene; Yakutia; lakes; wet deposition; ecological restoration; mercury mobility; microbial activities; biogeochemistry; gold mining activities; n/a
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This Special Issue aims to provide new insights into the issue of the mercury contamination of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. This ubiquitous contaminant has been used by humans for many years, resulting in global contamination. When this toxic contaminant is converted to methylmercury, it accu...