Interaction of Naturally Occurring Phytoplankton with the Biogeochemical Cycling of Mercury in Aquatic Environments and Its Effects on Global Hg Pollution and Public Health
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26310%2F23%3APU149262" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26310/23:PU149262 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/11/8/2034" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/11/8/2034</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11082034" target="_blank" >10.3390/microorganisms11082034</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Interaction of Naturally Occurring Phytoplankton with the Biogeochemical Cycling of Mercury in Aquatic Environments and Its Effects on Global Hg Pollution and Public Health
Original language description
The biogeochemical cycling of mercury in aquatic environments is a complex process driven by various factors, such as ambient temperature, seasonal variations, methylating bacteria activity, dissolved oxygen levels, and Hg interaction with dissolved organic matter (DOM). As a consequence, part of the Hg contamination from anthropogenic activity that was buried in sediments is reinserted into water columns mainly in highly toxic organic Hg forms (methylmercury, dimethylmercury, etc.). This is especially prominent in the coastal shallow waters of industrial regions worldwide. The main entrance point of these highly toxic Hg forms in the aquatic food web is the naturally occurring phytoplankton. Hg availability, intake, effect on population size, cell toxicity, eventual biotransformation, and intracellular stability in phytoplankton are of the greatest importance for human health, having in mind that such Hg incorporated inside the phytoplankton cells due to biomagnification effects eventually ends up in aquatic wildlife, fish, seafood, and in the human diet. This review summarizes recent findings on the topic of organic Hg form interaction with natural phytoplankton and offers new insight into the matter with possible directions of future research for the prevention of Hg biomagnification in the scope of climate change and global pollution increase scenarios.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10617 - Marine biology, freshwater biology, limnology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Microorganisms
ISSN
2076-2607
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
11
Issue of the periodical within the volume
8
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
1-15
UT code for WoS article
001057159600001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85168882206