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Mercury in Marine and Oceanic Waters—a Review
Mercury contamination in water has been an issue to the environment and human health. In this article, mercury in marine and oceanic waters has been reviewed. In the aquatic environment, mercury occurs in many forms, which depend on the oxidation-reduction conditions. These forms have been briefly d...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5013138/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27656005 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11270-016-3060-3 |
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author | Gworek, Barbara Bemowska-Kałabun, Olga Kijeńska, Marta Wrzosek-Jakubowska, Justyna |
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description | Mercury contamination in water has been an issue to the environment and human health. In this article, mercury in marine and oceanic waters has been reviewed. In the aquatic environment, mercury occurs in many forms, which depend on the oxidation-reduction conditions. These forms have been briefly described in this article. Mercury concentrations in marine waters in the different parts of the world have been presented. In the relevant literature, two models describing the fate and behavior of mercury in saltwater reservoirs have been presented, a conceptual model which treats all the oceans as one ocean and the “ocean margin” model, providing that the ocean margins manifested themselves as the convergence of continents and oceans, covering such geological features, such as estuaries, inland seas, and the continental shelf. These two conceptual models have been summarized in the text. The mercury content in benthic sediments usually reflects is level in the water reservoir, particularly in reservoirs situated in contaminated areas (mines, metallurgical plants, chemically protected crops). The concentrations of mercury and its compounds determined in the sediments in surface waters in the different parts of the world have been presented. Due to the fact that the pollution caused by mercury is a serious threat for the marine environment, the short paragraph about mercury bioaccumulation in aquatic organisms has been included. The cited data demonstrated a large scatter of mercury contents both between the fish species and the water areas. Mathematical models, valuable tools which provide information about the possible responses of ecosystems, developed to simulate mercury emissions, both at a small scale, for local water reservoirs, and at a global scale, as well as to model mercury bioaccumulation in the chain web of aquatic systems have been described. |
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spelling | pubmed-50131382016-09-19 Mercury in Marine and Oceanic Waters—a Review Gworek, Barbara Bemowska-Kałabun, Olga Kijeńska, Marta Wrzosek-Jakubowska, Justyna Water Air Soil Pollut Article Mercury contamination in water has been an issue to the environment and human health. In this article, mercury in marine and oceanic waters has been reviewed. In the aquatic environment, mercury occurs in many forms, which depend on the oxidation-reduction conditions. These forms have been briefly described in this article. Mercury concentrations in marine waters in the different parts of the world have been presented. In the relevant literature, two models describing the fate and behavior of mercury in saltwater reservoirs have been presented, a conceptual model which treats all the oceans as one ocean and the “ocean margin” model, providing that the ocean margins manifested themselves as the convergence of continents and oceans, covering such geological features, such as estuaries, inland seas, and the continental shelf. These two conceptual models have been summarized in the text. The mercury content in benthic sediments usually reflects is level in the water reservoir, particularly in reservoirs situated in contaminated areas (mines, metallurgical plants, chemically protected crops). The concentrations of mercury and its compounds determined in the sediments in surface waters in the different parts of the world have been presented. Due to the fact that the pollution caused by mercury is a serious threat for the marine environment, the short paragraph about mercury bioaccumulation in aquatic organisms has been included. The cited data demonstrated a large scatter of mercury contents both between the fish species and the water areas. Mathematical models, valuable tools which provide information about the possible responses of ecosystems, developed to simulate mercury emissions, both at a small scale, for local water reservoirs, and at a global scale, as well as to model mercury bioaccumulation in the chain web of aquatic systems have been described. Springer International Publishing 2016-09-07 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5013138/ /pubmed/27656005 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11270-016-3060-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2016 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Article Gworek, Barbara Bemowska-Kałabun, Olga Kijeńska, Marta Wrzosek-Jakubowska, Justyna Mercury in Marine and Oceanic Waters—a Review |
title | Mercury in Marine and Oceanic Waters—a Review |
title_full | Mercury in Marine and Oceanic Waters—a Review |
title_fullStr | Mercury in Marine and Oceanic Waters—a Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Mercury in Marine and Oceanic Waters—a Review |
title_short | Mercury in Marine and Oceanic Waters—a Review |
title_sort | mercury in marine and oceanic waters—a review |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5013138/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27656005 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11270-016-3060-3 |
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