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Mercury and the Everglades. A Synthesis and Model for Complex Ecosystem Restoration : Volume II – Aquatic Mercury Cycling and Bioaccumulation in the Everglades
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ISBN: 303032057X 3030320561 Year: 2019 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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This book integrates 30 years of mercury research in the Florida Everglades to inform scientists and policy makers. The Everglades is an iconic ecosystem by virtue of its expanse; diversity of biota; and multiple international designations. Despite this, the Everglades has been subjected to multiple threats including: habitat loss, hydrologic alterations, invasive species and altered water quality. Less well recognized as a threat to Everglades human use and wildlife populations is the toxic metal, mercury. The first half of Volume II focuses on biogeochemistry and factors unique to the Everglades that make it extraordinarily susceptible to mercury methylation following its deposition: warm subtropical climate, shallow depth, high levels of dissolved organic matter, sulfate contamination, nutrient enrichment and sediment redox conditions (for review of atmospheric mercury deposition significance, see Vol. I). The second half of Volume II answers the “so what” question – why biomagnification of the methylmercury produced in the Everglades is a threat to the health of top predators including humans. The results of the synthesis presented in Volume II suggest that the mercury problem in the Florida Everglades is one of the worst in the world due to its areal extent and the degree of risk to ecological receptors and humans.

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Restoration ecology --- Ecological restoration --- Ecosystem restoration --- Rehabilitation ecology --- Restoration of ecosystems --- Applied ecology --- Ecosystems. --- Marine sciences. --- Freshwater. --- Environmental chemistry. --- Ecotoxicology. --- Water pollution. --- Marine & Freshwater Sciences. --- Environmental Chemistry. --- Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution. --- Aquatic pollution --- Fresh water --- Fresh water pollution --- Freshwater pollution --- Inland water pollution --- Lake pollution --- Lakes --- Reservoirs --- River pollution --- Rivers --- Stream pollution --- Water contamination --- Water pollutants --- Water pollution --- Pollution --- Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. --- Ecotoxicology --- Pollutants --- Environmental health --- Toxicology --- Chemistry, Environmental --- Chemistry --- Ecology --- Fresh waters --- Freshwater --- Freshwaters --- Inland water --- Inland waters --- Water --- Ocean sciences --- Aquatic sciences --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Population biology --- Mercuri --- Ecosistemes --- Contaminació --- Florida --- Contaminació ambiental --- Contaminació industrial --- Contaminació química --- Pol·lució --- Influència de l'home en la natura --- Salut pública --- Bioremediació --- Catàstrofes ecològiques --- Contaminació acústica --- Contaminació agrícola --- Contaminació atmosfèrica --- Contaminació de l'aigua --- Contaminació dels sòls --- Contaminació lumínica --- Contaminació microbiana --- Contaminació radioactiva --- Contaminació transfronterera --- Efecte de la contaminació sobre els animals --- Sediments contaminats --- Contaminants --- Descontaminació --- Residus perillosos --- Biogeocenosi --- Comunitats biològiques --- Comunitats biòtiques --- Ecosistemes naturals --- Sistemes ecològics --- Ecologia --- Biocenosis --- Argent viu --- Metalls líquids --- Compostos de mercuri --- Estado de Florida --- Florida (Estats Units d'Amèrica) --- State of Florida --- Toronita --- Florida (Estats Units d'Amèrica : Estat) --- Estats Units d'Amèrica --- Miami (Florida) --- Pensacola (Florida) --- Tallahassee (Florida)

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