CHAPTER 13 . Mercury in Marine Environments
Slemr F, Langer E (1992) Increase in global atmospheric concentrations of mercury inferred from
measurements over the Atlantic Ocean. Nature 355: 434-437
Smith WE, Smith AM (1973) Minamata. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York
Stoeppler M, Bernhard M, Backhaus F, Schulte E (1979) Comparative studies on trace metal levels in
marine biota. I Mercury in marine organisms from the western Italian coast, the Strait of Gibraltar and the North Sea. Sci Total Environ 209-212
Summers AO, Silver S (1978) Microbial transformation of metals. Ann Rev Microbiol32: 637-642
Suzuki, T (1988) Hair and nails: Advantages and pitfalls when used in biological monitoring. In:
Clarkson TW, Friberg L, Nordberg GF, Sager PR (eds) Biological monitoring of toxic metals. Plenum Press, New York, pp 623-640
Takeuchi T (1972) Distribution of mercury in ilie environment of Minamata Bay and the Inland Ariake
Sea. In: Hartung R, Dinaman BD (eds) Environmental mercury contamination. Ann Arbor Science, Ann Arbor, PP79-81
Topping G, Davies IM (1981) Methyl mercury production in the marine water column. Nature: 290:
243- 244
Weihe P, Grandjean P, J0rgensen (1997) Methyl mercury exposure in the Faroes. Abstracts of the International Conference on Human Health and Mercury Exposure, Faroe Islands, June 1997, pp 18
Weiss HV, Koide M, Goldberg ED (1971) Mercury in a Greenland ice sheet: Evidence of recent input
by man. Science 174:692-694
WHO/IPCS (1990) Environmental health criteria, 101. Methyl mercury. International Programme on
Chemical Safety, World Health Organisation, Geneva
WHO/IPCS (1991) Environmental Health Criteria, 118. Inorganic Mercury. International Programme
on Chemical Safety, World Health Organisation, Geneva
Wilken R-D, Hintlemann H (1991) Mercury and methyl mercury in sediments and suspended particles from the River Elbe, North Germany. Water Air Soil Pollut 56:427-4370
Wood JM, Kennedy FS, Rose CG (1968) Synthesis of methyl mercury compounds by extracts of a
methogenic bacterium. Nature 220:173-174
Slemr F, Langer E (1992) Increase in global atmospheric concentrations of mercury inferred from
measurements over the Atlantic Ocean. Nature 355: 434-437
Smith WE, Smith AM (1973) Minamata. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York
Stoeppler M, Bernhard M, Backhaus F, Schulte E (1979) Comparative studies on trace metal levels in
marine biota. I Mercury in marine organisms from the western Italian coast, the Strait of Gibraltar and the North Sea. Sci Total Environ 209-212
Summers AO, Silver S (1978) Microbial transformation of metals. Ann Rev Microbiol32: 637-642
Suzuki, T (1988) Hair and nails: Advantages and pitfalls when used in biological monitoring. In:
Clarkson TW, Friberg L, Nordberg GF, Sager PR (eds) Biological monitoring of toxic metals. Plenum Press, New York, pp 623-640
Takeuchi T (1972) Distribution of mercury in ilie environment of Minamata Bay and the Inland Ariake
Sea. In: Hartung R, Dinaman BD (eds) Environmental mercury contamination. Ann Arbor Science, Ann Arbor, PP79-81
Topping G, Davies IM (1981) Methyl mercury production in the marine water column. Nature: 290:
243- 244
Weihe P, Grandjean P, J0rgensen (1997) Methyl mercury exposure in the Faroes. Abstracts of the International Conference on Human Health and Mercury Exposure, Faroe Islands, June 1997, pp 18
Weiss HV, Koide M, Goldberg ED (1971) Mercury in a Greenland ice sheet: Evidence of recent input
by man. Science 174:692-694
WHO/IPCS (1990) Environmental health criteria, 101. Methyl mercury. International Programme on
Chemical Safety, World Health Organisation, Geneva
WHO/IPCS (1991) Environmental Health Criteria, 118. Inorganic Mercury. International Programme
on Chemical Safety, World Health Organisation, Geneva
Wilken R-D, Hintlemann H (1991) Mercury and methyl mercury in sediments and suspended particles from the River Elbe, North Germany. Water Air Soil Pollut 56:427-4370
Wood JM, Kennedy FS, Rose CG (1968) Synthesis of methyl mercury compounds by extracts of a
methogenic bacterium. Nature 220:173-174