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Benthic and pelagic pathways of methylmercury bioaccumulation in estuarine food webs of the northeast United States by Chen, Celia Y, Borsuk, Mark E, Bugge, Deenie M, Hollweg, Terill, Balcom, Prentiss H, Ward, Darren M, Williams, Jason, Mason, Robert P

“…Methylmercury (MeHg) is a contaminant of global concern that bioaccumulates and bioamagnifies in marine food webs. Lower trophic level fauna are important…”
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Experimental and natural warming elevates mercury concentrations in estuarine fish by Dijkstra, Jennifer A, Buckman, Kate L, Ward, Darren, Evans, David W, Dionne, Michele, Chen, Celia Y

“…Marine food webs are the most important link between the global contaminant, methylmercury (MeHg), and human exposure through consumption of seafood. Warming…”
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Elevated temperature and browning increase dietary methylmercury, but decrease essential fatty acids at the base of lake food webs by Wu, Pianpian, Kainz, Martin J., Valdés, Fernando, Zheng, Siwen, Winter, Katharina, Wang, Rui, Branfireun, Brian, Chen, Celia Y., Bishop, Kevin

“…Climate change scenarios predict increases in temperature and organic matter supply from land to water, which affect trophic transfer of nutrients and…”
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Stoichiometric Controls of Mercury Dilution by Growth by Karimi, Roxanne, Chen, Celia Y., Pickhardt, Paul C., Fisher, Nicholas S., Folt, Carol L.

“…Rapid growth could significantly reduce methylmercury (MeHg) concentrations in aquatic organisms by causing a greater than proportional gain in biomass…”
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Mercury Contamination in Forest and Freshwater Ecosystems in the Northeastern United States by DRISCOLL, CHARLES T, HAN, YOUNG-JI, CHEN, CELIA Y, EVERS, DAVID C, LAMBERT, KATHLEEN FALLON, HOLSEN, THOMAS M, KAMMAN, NEIL C, MUNSON, RONALD K

“…Eastern North America receives elevated atmospheric mercury deposition from a combination of local, regional, and global sources. Anthropogenic emissions…”
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Mercury Bioavailability and Bioaccumulation in Estuarine Food Webs in the Gulf of Maine by Chen, Celia Y, Dionne, Michele, Mayes, Brandon M, Ward, Darren M, Sturup, Stefan, Jackson, Brian P

“…Marine food webs are important links between Hg in the environment and human exposure via consumption of fish. Estuaries contain sediment repositories of Hg…”
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Rapid, Efficient Growth Reduces Mercury Concentrations in Stream‐Dwelling Atlantic Salmon by Ward, Darren M., Nislow, Keith H., Chen, Celia Y., Folt, Carol L.

“…Mercury (Hg) is a potent toxin that biomagnifies in aquatic food webs. Large fish generally have higher Hg concentrations than small fish of the same species…”
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Natural selection canalizes expression variation of environmentally induced plasticity-enabling genes by Shaw, Joseph R, Hampton, Thomas H, King, Benjamin L, Whitehead, Andrew, Galvez, Fernando, Gross, Robert H, Keith, Nathan, Notch, Emily, Jung, Dawoon, Glaholt, Stephen P, Chen, Celia Y, Colbourne, John K, Stanton, Bruce A

“…Many organisms survive fluctuating and extreme environmental conditions by manifesting multiple distinct phenotypes during adulthood by means of developmental…”
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Mercury sources and fate in the Gulf of Maine by Sunderland, Elsie M., Amirbahman, Aria, Burgess, Neil M., Dalziel, John, Harding, Gareth, Jones, Stephen H., Kamai, Elizabeth, Karagas, Margaret R., Shi, Xun, Chen, Celia Y.

“…Most human exposure to mercury (Hg) in the United States is from consuming marine fish and shellfish. The Gulf of Maine is a complex marine ecosystem…”
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Algal Blooms Reduce the Uptake of Toxic Methylmercury in Freshwater Food Webs by Pickhardt, Paul C., Folt, Carol L., Chen, Celia Y., Klaue, Bjoern, Blum, Joel D.

“…Mercury accumulation in fish is a global public health concern, because fish are the primary source of toxic methylmercury to humans. Fish from all lakes do…”
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Influence of sample preparation on estuarine macrofauna stable isotope signatures in the context of contaminant bioaccumulation studies by Curtis, Amanda N., Bugge, Deenie M., Buckman, Kate L., Feng, Xiahong, Faiia, Anthony, Chen, Celia Y.

“…The ratios of stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen provide important information on food sources of aquatic organisms and trophic structure of aquatic food…”
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Metal (As, Cd, Hg, and CH3Hg) bioaccumulation from water and food by the benthic amphipod Leptocheirus plumulosus by Williams, Jason J., Dutton, Jessica, Chen, Celia Y., Fisher, Nicholas S.

“…Benthic invertebrates may be exposed to metals in pore water, overlying water, ingested sediments, and other food particles. Rates and routes of metal exposure…”
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Gene response profiles for Daphnia pulex exposed to the environmental stressor cadmium reveals novel crustacean metallothioneins by Shaw, Joseph R, Colbourne, John K, Davey, Jennifer C, Glaholt, Stephen P, Hampton, Thomas H, Chen, Celia Y, Folt, Carol L, Hamilton, Joshua W

“…Genomic research tools such as microarrays are proving to be important resources to study the complex regulation of genes that respond to environmental…”
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Connecting mercury science to policy: from sources to seafood by Chen, Celia Y, Driscoll, Charles T, Lambert, Kathleen F, Mason, Robert P, Sunderland, Elsie M

“…Mercury (Hg) is a global contaminant whose presence in the biosphere has been increased by human activity, particularly coal burning/energy production, mining,…”
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Reduced Trace Element Concentrations in Fast-Growing Juvenile Atlantic Salmon in Natural Streams by Ward, Darren M, Nislow, Keith H, Chen, Celia Y, Folt, Carol L

“…To assess the effect of rapid individual growth on trace element concentrations in fish, we measured concentrations of seven trace elements (As, Cd, Cs, Hg,…”
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Patterns of Hg bioaccumulation and transfer in aquatic food webs across multi-lake studies in the northeast US by Chen, Celia Y, Stemberger, Richard S, Kamman, Neil C, Mayes, Brandon M, Folt, Carol L

“…The northeastern USA receives some of the highest levels of atmospheric mercury deposition of any region in North America. Moreover, fish from many lakes in…”
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Comparing nearshore benthic and pelagic prey as mercury sources to lake fish: the importance of prey quality and mercury content by Karimi, Roxanne, Chen, Celia Y., Folt, Carol L.

“…Mercury (Hg) bioaccumulation in fish poses well-known health risks to wildlife and humans through fish consumption. Yet fish Hg concentrations are highly…”
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Bioaccumulation and Diminution of Arsenic and Lead in a Freshwater Food Web by Chen, Celia Y, Folt, Carol L

“…This study provides strong evidence for biotic accumulation of two metals in a contaminated watershed and diminution of both metals from lower trophic levels…”
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Meeting Report: Methylmercury in Marine Ecosystems: From Sources to Seafood Consumers by Chen, Celia Y., Serrell, Nancy, Evers, David C., Fleishman, Bethany J., Lambert, Kathleen F., Weiss, Jeri, Mason, Robert P., Bank, Michael S.

“…Mercury and other contaminants in coastal and open-ocean ecosystems are an issue of great concern globally and in the United States, where consumption of…”
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Global mercury impact synthesis: Processes in the Southern Hemisphere by Chen, Celia Y., Evers, David C.

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