Mercury in Terrestrial Food Webs of the Idrija Mining Area
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Horvat M, Mandie V, Liang L, Bloom NS, Padberg S, Lee YH, Hintelmann H, Benoit J (1994)
Certification of methylmercury compounds concentration in marine sediment reference material,
IAEA-356. Appl Organomet Chem 8:533-540
Huckabee JW, Sanz Diaz F, Janzen SA, Solomon J (1983) Distribution of mercury in vegetation at
Almaden, Spain. Environ Pollut (Ser A) 30:211-224
Kliitzli F (1965) Qualitat und Quantitiit der Rehasung (in Wald und Griinlandgesellschaften des
niirdlichen Schweizer Mittellandes). Veriiffentlichungen des Geobotanischen Institutes der Eidg.
Techn. Hochschule. Hans Huber, Bern, (in German)
Kosta L, Byrne AR, Stegnar P, Zelenko V (1972) Uptake of mercury by plants and its distribution
in living organisms in an environment with increased concentration of this element. In:
Radiotracer studies of chemical residues in food and agriculture. IAEA-PL-469/5, Vienna, Austria
pp 47-59
Kosta L, Byrne AR, Zelenko V, Stegnar P, Dermelj M, Ravnik V (1974a) Studies on the uptake,
distribution and transformations of mercury in living organisms in the Idrija region and
comparative areas. Vestn Siov Kem Drus 21:49-76
Kosta L, Zelenko V, Stegnar P, Ravnik V, Dermelj M, Byrne AR (1974b) Fate and significance of
mercury residues in an agricultural ecosystem. In: Isotope tracer studies of chemical residues and
the agricultural environment. IAEA-PL-512/30, Vienna, Austria pp 87-102
Kosta L, Zelenko V, Ravnik V, Levstek M, Dermelj M, Byrne AR (1974c) Trace elements in human
thyroid with special reference to the observed accumulation of mercury following long-term
exposure. In: Comparative studies of food and environmental contamination. IAEA, Vienna,
Austria pp 541-550
Kosta L, Byrne AR, Zelenko V (1975) Correlation between selenium and mercury in man following
exposure to inorganic mercury. Nature 254:238-239
Kurt F (1970) Das Rehwild. Bayerische Landes-Verlag, Miinchen, Germany (in German)
Krynski A, Kaluzinski 1, Wlazeiko M., Adamowski A (1982) Contamination of roe deer by mercury
compounds. Acta Theriol 27:499-507
LaFleur PD (1973) Retention of mercury when freeze-drying biological materials. Anal Chem 45:15341536
Liang L, Bloom NS (1993) Determination of total mercury by single-stage gold amalgamation with cold
vapour atomic spectrometric detection. J Anal Atom Spectrom 8:591-594
Liang L, Horvat M, Bloom NS (1994a) An improved speciation method for mercury by GC/CVAFS
after aqueous phase ethylation and room temperature precollection. Talanta 41:371-379
Liang L, Bloom NS, Horvat M (1994b) Simultaneous determination of mercury speciation in biological
materials by GC/CV AFS after ethylation and room-temperature precollection. Clin Chem 40:602607
Lindberg SE, Jackson DR, Huckabee JW, Janzen SA, Levin MJ, Lund JR (1979) Atmospheric emission
and plant uptake of mercury from agricultural soils near the Almaden mercury mine. J Environ
Qual 8:572-578
Lindqvist 0 (1991) Mercury in the Swedish environment. Water Air Soil Pollut (SpecTssue) 55:1-261
Lupsina-Miklaveic V (1994) Determination of total mercury in the air. M Sc Thesis. Univ of Ljubljana,
Ljubljana, Slovenia (in Slovene)
Lutz W (1985) Ergebnisse der Untersuchungen von Rehen (Capreolus capreolus L.) und Hasen (Lepus
europaeus Pallas) auf Schwermetalle und chlorierte Kohlenwasserstoffe in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Z
Jagdwiss 31:153-175 (in German)
May K, Stoeppler M, Reisinger K (1987) Studies in the ratio total mercury/methylmercury in the
aquatic food chain. Toxicol Environ Chem 13:153-159
Nriagu JO, Pacyna JM (1988) Quantitative assessment of worldwide contamination of air, water and
soils by trace metals. Nature 33J:134-139
O'Brien DJ, Kaneene JB, Poppenga RH (1993) The use of mammals as sentinels for human exposure to
toxic contaminants in the environment. Environ Health Perspect 99:351-368
Padberg S (1991) mercury in terrestrial ecosystem. Investigations of transport and transformation
mechanisms. Ph D Thesis. Univ of Tiibingen, Tiibingen, Germany (in German, English Summary)
Padberg S, Stoeppler M (1991) Studies of transport and turnover of mercury and methylmercury. In:
Merian E, Haerdi W (eds) Metal compounds in environment and life. vol 4. Interrelation between
319
Horvat M, Mandie V, Liang L, Bloom NS, Padberg S, Lee YH, Hintelmann H, Benoit J (1994)
Certification of methylmercury compounds concentration in marine sediment reference material,
IAEA-356. Appl Organomet Chem 8:533-540
Huckabee JW, Sanz Diaz F, Janzen SA, Solomon J (1983) Distribution of mercury in vegetation at
Almaden, Spain. Environ Pollut (Ser A) 30:211-224
Kliitzli F (1965) Qualitat und Quantitiit der Rehasung (in Wald und Griinlandgesellschaften des
niirdlichen Schweizer Mittellandes). Veriiffentlichungen des Geobotanischen Institutes der Eidg.
Techn. Hochschule. Hans Huber, Bern, (in German)
Kosta L, Byrne AR, Stegnar P, Zelenko V (1972) Uptake of mercury by plants and its distribution
in living organisms in an environment with increased concentration of this element. In:
Radiotracer studies of chemical residues in food and agriculture. IAEA-PL-469/5, Vienna, Austria
pp 47-59
Kosta L, Byrne AR, Zelenko V, Stegnar P, Dermelj M, Ravnik V (1974a) Studies on the uptake,
distribution and transformations of mercury in living organisms in the Idrija region and
comparative areas. Vestn Siov Kem Drus 21:49-76
Kosta L, Zelenko V, Stegnar P, Ravnik V, Dermelj M, Byrne AR (1974b) Fate and significance of
mercury residues in an agricultural ecosystem. In: Isotope tracer studies of chemical residues and
the agricultural environment. IAEA-PL-512/30, Vienna, Austria pp 87-102
Kosta L, Zelenko V, Ravnik V, Levstek M, Dermelj M, Byrne AR (1974c) Trace elements in human
thyroid with special reference to the observed accumulation of mercury following long-term
exposure. In: Comparative studies of food and environmental contamination. IAEA, Vienna,
Austria pp 541-550
Kosta L, Byrne AR, Zelenko V (1975) Correlation between selenium and mercury in man following
exposure to inorganic mercury. Nature 254:238-239
Kurt F (1970) Das Rehwild. Bayerische Landes-Verlag, Miinchen, Germany (in German)
Krynski A, Kaluzinski 1, Wlazeiko M., Adamowski A (1982) Contamination of roe deer by mercury
compounds. Acta Theriol 27:499-507
LaFleur PD (1973) Retention of mercury when freeze-drying biological materials. Anal Chem 45:15341536
Liang L, Bloom NS (1993) Determination of total mercury by single-stage gold amalgamation with cold
vapour atomic spectrometric detection. J Anal Atom Spectrom 8:591-594
Liang L, Horvat M, Bloom NS (1994a) An improved speciation method for mercury by GC/CVAFS
after aqueous phase ethylation and room temperature precollection. Talanta 41:371-379
Liang L, Bloom NS, Horvat M (1994b) Simultaneous determination of mercury speciation in biological
materials by GC/CV AFS after ethylation and room-temperature precollection. Clin Chem 40:602607
Lindberg SE, Jackson DR, Huckabee JW, Janzen SA, Levin MJ, Lund JR (1979) Atmospheric emission
and plant uptake of mercury from agricultural soils near the Almaden mercury mine. J Environ
Qual 8:572-578
Lindqvist 0 (1991) Mercury in the Swedish environment. Water Air Soil Pollut (SpecTssue) 55:1-261
Lupsina-Miklaveic V (1994) Determination of total mercury in the air. M Sc Thesis. Univ of Ljubljana,
Ljubljana, Slovenia (in Slovene)
Lutz W (1985) Ergebnisse der Untersuchungen von Rehen (Capreolus capreolus L.) und Hasen (Lepus
europaeus Pallas) auf Schwermetalle und chlorierte Kohlenwasserstoffe in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Z
Jagdwiss 31:153-175 (in German)
May K, Stoeppler M, Reisinger K (1987) Studies in the ratio total mercury/methylmercury in the
aquatic food chain. Toxicol Environ Chem 13:153-159
Nriagu JO, Pacyna JM (1988) Quantitative assessment of worldwide contamination of air, water and
soils by trace metals. Nature 33J:134-139
O'Brien DJ, Kaneene JB, Poppenga RH (1993) The use of mammals as sentinels for human exposure to
toxic contaminants in the environment. Environ Health Perspect 99:351-368
Padberg S (1991) mercury in terrestrial ecosystem. Investigations of transport and transformation
mechanisms. Ph D Thesis. Univ of Tiibingen, Tiibingen, Germany (in German, English Summary)
Padberg S, Stoeppler M (1991) Studies of transport and turnover of mercury and methylmercury. In:
Merian E, Haerdi W (eds) Metal compounds in environment and life. vol 4. Interrelation between