Methylmercury in Managed Wetlands

Abstract

There are many global environmental issues that are directly related to varying levels of contamination from both inorganic (e.g. metals, nutrients) and organic (e.g. solvents, pesticides, flame retardants) contaminants. These affect the quality of drinking water, food, soil, aquatic ecosystems, urban systems, agricultural systems and natural habitats. This has led to the development of assessment methods and remediation strategies to identify, reduce, remove or contain contaminant loadings from these systems using various natural, engineered or synthetic technologies. In most cases, these strategies utilize interdisciplinary approaches that rely on chemistry, ecology, toxicology, hydrology, modeling and engineering. This book series provides an outlet to summarize environmental contamination and remediation related topics that provide a path forward in understanding the current state and the mitigation of environmental contamination both regionally and globally. Topic areas may include, but are not limited to, Water Re-use, Waste Management, Food Safety, Environmental Restoration, Remediation of Contaminated Sites, Analytical Methodology, and Climate Change.