Total Mercury Articles & Analysis
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Total mercury (Hg) concentrations of muscle, liver, blood, and epidermal keratin were measured in typically consumed, economically and culturally important species of turtle (Podocnemis unifilis and Podocnemis expansa) and caiman (Melanosuchus niger and Caiman crocodilus) from the Rio Purus in the Amazon basin, Brazil. ...
Mean concentrations of total mercury [THg] and selenium [TSe] (mass and molar based) were determined for five regions of the heart and two regions of the kidney of bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus) harvested in Alaska in 2010–2011. ...
Mercury can disrupt the endocrine systems of mammals and fish, but little is known about its effects on avian hormones. ...
Few studies have investigated the effects of Hg on wild fish from remote areas, even though these fish can have high total Hg concentrations. In Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site (KNPNHS), Nova Scotia, Canada, concentrations of total Hg in many yellow perch (Perca flavescens) currently exceed the estimated threshold level for adverse effects in fish (0.2 µg Hg g−1 (wet wt), ...
It included a questionnaire as well as whole blood (total mercury, cadmium, and lead) and hair (total mercury) sampling (collection period 2002–2003). The median values of total mercury (B-Hg 0.70 µg/L; range 0.27–2.1 µg/L), cadmium (0.30 µg/L, 0.05–4.8 µg/L) and lead (11.0 µg/L, 4.2–79 µg/L) in ...