Global and Regional Mercury Cycles: Sources, Fluxes and Mass Balances

Front Matter....Pages i-xxviii
Mercury Analysis and Speciation in Environmental Samples....Pages 1-31
Mercury in the Katun River Basin: A Case Study of a Naturally Polluted System....Pages 273-284
Particulate, Dissolved and Methylmercury Budgets for the Scheldt Estuary (Belgium and the Netherlands)....Pages 285-301
Mercury Distribution and Fluxes in Lake Baikal....Pages 303-315
The Elbe River: A Special Example for a European River Contaminated Heavily with Mercury....Pages 317-328
Mass Balance Studies of Mercury and Methyl Mercury in Small Temperate/Boreal Lakes of the Northern Hemisphere....Pages 329-358
Forests and the Global Biogeochemical Cycle of Mercury: The Importance of Understanding Air/Vegetation Exchange Processes ....Pages 359-380
Terrestrial Mercury and Methylmercury Budgets for Scandinavia....Pages 381-401
The Role of Organic Matter in Mercury Cycle....Pages 403-414
Trends in Atmospheric Mercury Concentrations over the Atlantic Ocean and at the Wank Summit, and the Resulting Constraints on the Budget of Atmospheric Mercury....Pages 33-84
The Global Mercury Cycle: Oceanic and Anthropogenic Aspects....Pages 85-108
Estimation of Atmospheric Input and Evasion Fluxes of Mercury to and from the Great Lakes....Pages 109-121
A Regional Mercury Budget for Siberia and the Role of the Region in Global Cycling of the Metal....Pages 123-133
Emission and Local Deposition Estimates of Atmospheric Mercury in North-Western and Central Europe....Pages 135-159
Emission Inventories of Atmospheric Mercury from Anthropogenic Sources....Pages 161-177
Inventory of North American Hg Emissions to the Atmosphere....Pages 179-190
Numerical Modeling of Regional Transport, Chemical Transformations and Deposition Fluxes of Airborne Mercury Species....Pages 191-217
A Model of the Chemical Transformation of Mercury and its Long-Range Atmospheric Transport....Pages 219-227
Mercury Fluxes at the Ocean Margins....Pages 229-247
Sources, Sinks and Biogeochemical Cycling of Mercury in the Ocean....Pages 249-272
Mercury Contamination of the Environment Due to Gold Mining in Zabaikalye....Pages 415-427
Industrial Mercury Sources in Siberia....Pages 429-440
Mercury Speciation in Mineral Matter as an Indicator of Sources of Contamination....Pages 441-452
Natural Mercury Sources in the Environment: Contribution of Siberia....Pages 453-461
Mercury in Geological Systems....Pages 463-474
Mercury in Soils of the Southern West Siberia....Pages 475-489
Case Studies on Mercury Related Environmental Problems in Hungary....Pages 491-498
Mercury in the Environment of the Central Part of the Balkan Peninsula....Pages 499-504
SCOPE project “Evaluation of the Role and Distribution of Mercury on Ecosystems with Special Emphasis on Tropical Regions”....Pages 505-513
Lessons and Questions from Studies of Mercury in the Amazon Region....Pages 515-522
Atmospheric Mercury Working Group Report....Pages 523-530
Working Group Report on Oceanic Mercury Cycling....Pages 531-541
Working Group on Terrestrial Mercury Cycling....Pages 543-546
Working Group on Inland Waters....Pages 547-551
Back Matter....Pages 553-563