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Combined effects of water pH and salinity on the bioaccumulation of inorganic mercury and methylmercury in the shore crab Carcinus maenas
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The balance of evidence favours HgCl2 and CH3HgCl as the most bioavailable species for uptake of Hg(II) and MeHg, respectively, indicating that chemical speciation may be an important factor governing metal uptake.About:
This article is published in Marine Pollution Bulletin.The article was published on 1997-11-01. It has received 48 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Carcinus maenas & Bioaccumulation.read more
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Mercury in the Aquatic Environment: A Review of Factors Affecting Methylation
TL;DR: The current state of knowledge on the physicochemical behavior of mercury in the aquatic environment, and in particular the environmental factors influencing its transformation into highly toxic methylated forms is examined in this paper.
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A Review of the Effects of Multiple Stressors on Aquatic Organisms and Analysis of Uncertainty Factors for Use in Risk Assessment
TL;DR: Quantitative analysis of data indicated that an uncertainty factor for the laboratory to field extrapolation should be smaller than one for an ecosystem in a temperate region, while a factor greater than one would be appropriate for systems nearby discharge points of cooling water.
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Heavy Metals, Major Metals, Trace Elements
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the problem of water contamination and the risks to human health as well as the economical damages it produces, and highlight the importance of human health and the need to pay attention to water contamination.
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Effects of temperature on scope for growth and accumulation of Cd, Co, Cu and Pb by the marine bivalve Mytilus edulis
Valentine K. Mubiana,Ronny Blust +1 more
TL;DR: Results suggest that temperature-effects on uptake are largely due to changes in solution chemistry and physical kinetics, which favours higher uptake at high temperature, particularly for biologically essential metals like copper.
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Responses of acid/alkaline phosphatase, lysozyme, and catalase activities and lipid peroxidation to mercury exposure during the embryonic development of goldfish Carassius auratus
TL;DR: The increased ACP, AKP, and LSZ activities revealed an enhanced ability of the embryo to synthesize more enzymes and attenuate mercury damage, suggesting that they may act as potential biomarkers in assessing the environmental mercury risk on C. auratus embryos.
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Metal speciation and bioavailability in aquatic systems
André Tessier,David R. Turner +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the Free-Ion Activity Model (FIAM) was used to model the relationship between trace metals and aquatic organisms, and the results showed that metal toxicity in aquatic organisms can be predicted from bioassays.
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Mercury in the Swedish environment — Recent research on causes, consequences and corrective methods
Oliver Lindqvist,Kjell Johansson,Lage Bringmark,Birgitta Timm,Mats Aastrup,Arne Andersson,Gunnar Hovsenius,Lars Håkanson,Åke Iverfeldt,Markus Meili +9 more
TL;DR: In the last decade, a new pattern of Hg pollution has been discerned, mostly in Scandinavia and North America, mostly due to more widespread air pollution and long-range transport of pollutants.
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Principles of Aquatic Chemistry
TL;DR: An introductory text on aquatic chemistry, emphasizing a mathematical, quantitative approach to the field, is given in this paper, which covers conservation of mass, thermodynamics and kinetics, chemical equilibrium calculations, acid-base, precipitation-dissolution, coordination, redox, and surface chemistry.
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Uptake, Toxicity, and Trophic Transfer of Mercury in a Coastal Diatom
TL;DR: In particular, the authors showed that passive uptake of uncharged, lipophilic chloride complexes is the principal accumulation route of both methylmercury and inorganic mercury in phytoplankton.
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