03082nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10556487 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 120120s2012 cauabd sb 001 0 eng d 2011052057 9780520271630 (hardback) 9780520951396 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)794493902 TD196.M38 M466 2012eb 363.738/4 23 Mercury in the environment [electronic resource] : pattern and process / edited by Michael S. Bank. 1st ed. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012. xiii, 340 p. : ill., maps. Includes bibliographical references and index. pt. 1. Mercury cycling in the environment -- pt. 2. Methods for research, monitoring, and analysis -- pt. 3. Mercury in terrestrial and aquatic environments -- pt. 4. Toxicology, risk analysis, humans, and policy. "Mercury deposition and contamination is widespread and well documented, and it continues to be a public-health concern for certain sectors of the global human population in both developed and developing countries. This edited volume focuses on integrating the diverse sciences involved in the process of mercury cycling in the environment--from the atmosphere, through terrestrial and aquatic food webs, and human populations--to develop a comprehensive perspective on this important environmental pollutant. Using a systems-level approach, this book provides recommendations on mercury remediation, risk communication, education, and monitoring. In response to a growing need for understanding the cycling of this ubiquitous pollutant, the science of mercury has grown rapidly, expanding into several interdisciplinary fields and encompassing such disparate academic and scientific disciplines as biogeochemistry, economics, sociology, public health, decision sciences, physics, global change, and mathematics. Only recently have scientists really begun to establish more holistic approaches to studying mercury pollution, giving rise to investigations that have furthered the integration of a multi-tiered approach, especially by using chemistry, biology, and human health sciences collectively. The study of mercury pollution has produced a variety of contributions to domestic and international policies related to the management of mercury in the environment"-- Provided by publisher. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Mercury Environmental aspects. Mercury Bioaccumulation. Mercury Toxicology. Mercury Health aspects. Electronic books. local Bank, Michael S. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10556487 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 89747 89747