Expression Levels of <i>hgcAB</i> Genes and Mercury Availability Jointly Explain Methylmercury Formation in Stratified Brackish Waters
Éric Capo, Caiyan Feng, Andrea G. Bravo, Stefan Bertilsson, Anne L. Soerensen, Jarone Pinhassi, Moritz Buck, Camilla Karlsson, Jeffrey A. Hawkes, Erik Björn
Abstract
methylation rate, we advance the fundamental understanding of mechanistic principles governing MeHg formation in nature and enable refined predictions of MeHg levels in coastal seas in response to the accelerating spread of oxygen-deficient zones.
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MethylmercuryBrackish waterMercury (programming language)Baltic seaMethylationEnvironmental chemistryChemistryGeneWater columnEcologyBiologyOceanographySalinityBiochemistryGeologyBioaccumulationProgramming languageComputer scienceMercury impact and mitigation studiesMarine animal studies overview