A detailed understanding of the formation of the potent neurotoxic methylmercury is needed
to explain the large observed variability in methylmercury levels in aquatic systems. While it …

Insight into how environmental change determines the production and distribution of
cyanobacterial toxins is necessary for risk assessment. Management guidelines currently focus on …

The origin and composition of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in porewater of lake sediments
is intricate and decisive for fate of pollutants including mercury (Hg). While there are many …

Mercury (Hg) is a natural and widespread trace metal, but is considered a priority pollutant,
particularly its organic form methylmercury (MMHg), because of human's exposure to MMHg …

Mercury (Hg) and especially its methylated species (MeHg) are toxic chemicals that
contaminate humans via the consumption of seafood. The most recent UNEP Global Mercury …

The widely accepted conceptual model of mercury (Hg) cycling in freshwater lakes (atmospheric
deposition and runoff of inorganic Hg, methylation in bottom sediments and subsequent …

As the methylation of inorganic mercury to neurotoxic methylmercury has been attributed to
the activity of anaerobic bacteria, the formation of methylmercury in the oxic water column of …

With the aim of protecting human life and the environment, the Minamata Convention seeks
to reduce and monitor mercury (Hg) concentrations in the environment. Artisanal and Small-…

Microbial mercury (Hg) methylation in sediments can result in bioaccumulation of the neurotoxin
methylmercury (MMHg) in aquatic food webs. Recently, the discovery of the gene hgcA, …

Methylmercury (MeHg) transfer from water into the base of the food web (bioconcentration)
and subsequent biomagnification in the aquatic food web leads to most of the MeHg in fish. …