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Mercury in the Environment : Pattern and Process /
Mercury pollution and contamination are widespread, well documented, and continue to pose a public health concern in both developed and developing countries. In response to a growing need for understanding the cycling of this ubiquitous pollutant, the science of mercury has grown rapidly to include...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; MERCURY IN THE ENVIRONMENT; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PART ONE Mercury Cycling in the Environment; 1 Sources and Transport: A Global Issue; 2 Industrial Use of Mercury in the Ancient World; PART TWOMethods for Research, Monitoring, and Analysis; 3 Analytical Methods for Measuring Mercury in Water, Sediment, and Biota; 4 Use of Stable Isotopes in Mercury Research; 5 Atmospheric Chemistry, Modeling, andBiogeochemistry of Mercury; 6 A Framework for a Mercury Monitoring andAssessment Program: Synthesis and FutureResearch.
- PART THREEMercury in Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments7 The Role of Soils in Storage and Cyclingof Mercury; 8 Mercury Cycling in Terrestrial Watersheds; 9 Mercury Hotspots in Freshwater Ecosystems:Drivers, Processes, and Patterns; 10 Mercury in the Marine Environment; PART FOURToxicology, Risk Analysis, Humans, and Policy; 11 Ecotoxicology of Mercury in Fish and Wildlife:Recent Advances; 12 Risk Evaluation of Mercury Pollution; 13 Mercury and Public Health: An Assessment of HumanExposure; 14 Mercury Exposure in Vulnerable Populations:Guidelines for Fish Consumption.
- 15 Environmental Justice: The Mercury Connection16 Integrating Mercury Science and Environmental Policy:A State Perspective; INDEX.