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Marine Mercury Bioaccumulation presents state-of-the-art research on mercury bioaccumulation in marine life. As global populations increasingly rely on fisheries resources for food, it is critical to understand how mercury is introduced into the marine environment and how it travels through marine food webs. Improving our monitoring tools and encouraging sound legislation regarding mercury exposure will help to protect marine populations and minimize human health risks associated with mercury contamination in seafood. Written by leading experts in the field of marine toxicology, this book delivers the latest information on monitoring and modeling mercury biomagnification in key marine taxa. Early chapters introduce the basic biology and ecology of how mercury travels through marine organisms and accumulates within marine food webs. Central chapters discuss the current status and exposure risks of key taxa, including marine vegetation, invertebrates, fishes, mammals, and birds. The book concludes with an assessment of human exposure to mercury through seafood products and novel modeling tools to assess environmental exposure risks and bioaccumulation.
Marine Mercury Bioaccumulation provides a global assessment of mercury contamination in the ocean and its biological resources, monitoring and modeling tools at our disposal, existing research gaps, and suggestions for how to improve our monitoring and policy tools for improved safety of marine life and human consumption. It is an indispensable tool for researchers, resource managers, fisheries stakeholders, and students alike.
List of contents
1. Physiology of mercury in marine organisms
2. Bioindicators of mercury in the world’s oceans
3. Biomagnification in marine food chains
4. Mercury Bioaccumulation in open ocean pelagic food webs
5. Mercury speciation and bioavailability and its influence on mercury bioaccumulation in marine organisms
6. Bioaccumulation in marine mammals
7. Bioaccumulation and toxicity to marine and estuarine birds
8. Bioaccumulation in mangrove trees
9. Bioaccumulation in seagrass plants
10. Bioaccumulation of mercury in algae
11. Bioaccumulation in Antarctic benthic invertebrates
12. Human exposure to mercury through fisheries
13. Modelling mercury bioaccumulation
About the author
Dr. Luiz Drude de Lacerda is Full Professor at the Federal University of Ceará’s Institute of Marine Sciences. He obtained his BSc, MSc, and PhD in Biophysics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and his research focuses on marine ecology, biogeochemistry, toxicology. He is a Senior Researcher at the National Research Council of Brazil and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, the Brazilian Climate Fund, the World Academy of Scientists, the Future Coasts Academy, the International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems, and the UN Expert Panel of the Regular Process World Ocean Assessment. He has led the development of 21 books.
