Abstract
In nature, mercury (Hg) occurs in the elemental form (Hg0-), as well as in inorganic (InHg) and organic (OrgHg) compounds. It is the only heavy metal that is liquid at room temperature and easily turns into a gas. Mercury vapours can be transported with air masses for hundreds and thousands of kilometres and-after falling down-contribute to the pollution of land and waters. In aquatic environments biogeochemical processes promote the natural microbial conversion of InHg to methylmercury (MeHg), the most bioavailable form of Hg.
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Kalisińska, E., Łanocha-Arendarczyk, N., & Kosik-Bogacka, D. I. (2019). Mercury, Hg. In Mammals and Birds as Bioindicators of Trace Element Contaminations in Terrestrial Environments: An Ecotoxicological Assessment of the Northern Hemisphere (pp. 593–653). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00121-6_17
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