Mercury in the environment [electronic resource] : pattern and process / edited by Michael S. Bank.
Bank, Michael S.
2012
TD196.M38 M466 2012eb
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Title
Mercury in the environment [electronic resource] : pattern and process / edited by Michael S. Bank.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780520951396 electronic book
9780520271630 hardcover : cover
Publication Details
Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 340 p.) : ill., maps.
Call Number
TD196.M38 M466 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.738/4
Summary
"Mercury deposition and contamination is widespread and well documented, and it continues to be a public-health concern for certain sectors of the global human population in both developed and developing countries. This edited volume focuses on integrating the diverse sciences involved in the process of mercury cycling in the environment--from the atmosphere, through terrestrial and aquatic food webs, and human populations--to develop a comprehensive perspective on this important environmental pollutant. Using a systems-level approach, this book provides recommendations on mercury remediation, risk communication, education, and monitoring. In response to a growing need for understanding the cycling of this ubiquitous pollutant, the science of mercury has grown rapidly, expanding into several interdisciplinary fields and encompassing such disparate academic and scientific disciplines as biogeochemistry, economics, sociology, public health, decision sciences, physics, global change, and mathematics. Only recently have scientists really begun to establish more holistic approaches to studying mercury pollution, giving rise to investigations that have furthered the integration of a multi-tiered approach, especially by using chemistry, biology, and human health sciences collectively. The study of mercury pollution has produced a variety of contributions to domestic and international policies related to the management of mercury in the environment"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Part One: Mercury cycling in the environment
1. Sources and transport: A global issue / Phil Swartzendruber and Daniel Jaffe
2. Industrial use of mercury in the ancient world / William E. Brooks
Part Two: Methods for research, monitoring, and analysis
3. Analytical methods for measuring mercury in water, sediment, and biota / Brenda K. Lasorsa, Gary A. Gill, and Milena Horvat
4. Use of stable isotopes in mercury research / Holger Hintelmann
5. Atmospheric chemistry, modeling, and biogeochemisty of mercury / Noelle Eckley Selin
6. A framework for a mercury monitoring and assessment program: Synthesis and future research / Robert P. Mason
Part Three: Mercury in terrestrial and aquatic environments
7. The role of soils in storage and cycling of mercury / Aria Amirbahman and Ivan J. Fernandez
8. Mercury cycling in terrestrial watersheds / James B. Shanley and Kevin Bishop
9. Mercury hotspots in freshwater ecosystems: Drivers, processes, and patterns / Celia Y. Chen, Charles T. Driscoll, and Neil C. Kamman
10. Mercury in the marine environment / Frank J. Black, Christopher H. Conaway, and A. Russell Flegal
Part Four: Toxicology, risk analysis, humans, and policy
11. Ecotoxicology of mercury in fish and wildlife: Recent advances / Anton M. Scheuhammer, Niladri Basu, David C. Evers, Gary H. Heinz, Mark B. Sandheinrich, and Michael S. Bank
12. Risk evaluation of mercury pollution / Joanna Burger and Michael Gochfeld
13. Mercury and Public Health: An assessment of Human exposure / Wendy McKelvey and Emily Oken
14. Mercury exposure in vulnerable populations: Guidelines for fish consumption / John Dellinger, Matthew Dellinger, and Jennifer S. Yauck
15. Environmental justice: The mercury connection / Jerome Nriagu, Niladri Basu, and Simone Charles
16. Integrating mercury science and environmental policy: A state perspective / C. Mark Smith

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