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Mercury in the Biogeochemical Cycle

Natural Environments and Hydroelectric Reservoirs of Northern Québec (Canada)

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Marc Lucotte

    1. Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada

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  2. Roger Schetagne

    1. Hydro-Québec, Montréal, Canada

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  3. Normand Thérien

    1. Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada

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  4. Claude Langlois

    1. Environment Canada, Montréal, Canada

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  5. Alain Tremblay

    1. Hydro-Québec, Montréal, Canada

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  • Shows the clear connection between the geochemical cycle and the influence on organisms
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE)

Part of the book sub series: Environmental Science (ENVSCIENCE)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVIII
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  2. Résumé et synthèse (French summary)

    1. Résumé et synthèse

      • Marc Lucotte, Roger Schetagne, Normand Thérien, Claude Langlois, Alain Tremblay
      Pages 1-21

  3. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Marc Lucotte, Roger Schetagne, Normand Thérien, Claude Langlois, Alain Tremblay
      Pages 23-40

  4. Analysis of Total Mercury and Methylmercury in Environmental Samples

    1. Analysis of Total Mercury and Methylmercury in Environmental Samples

      • Pierre Pichet, Ken Morrison, Isabelle Rheault, Alain Tremblay
      Pages 41-52

  5. Mercury and Methylmercury in Natural Ecosystems of Northern Québec

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. Mercury in Natural Lakes and Unperturbed Terrestrial Ecosystems of Northern Québec

      • Marc Lucotte, Shelagh Montgomery, Bernard Caron, Martin Kainz
      Pages 55-87

    3. Bioaccumulation of Mercury and Methylmercury in Invertebrates from Natural Boreal Lakes

      • Alain Tremblay
      Pages 89-113

    4. Mercury in Fish of Natural Lakes of Northern Québec

      • Roger Schetagne, Richard Verdon
      Pages 115-130

    5. Mercury in Birds and Mammals

      • René Langis, Claude Langlois, François Morneau
      Pages 131-144

  6. Mercury Dynamics at the Flooded Soil-Water Interface in the Reservoirs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
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    2. In Vitro Release of Mercury and Methylmercury from Flooded Organic Matter

      • Normand Thérien, Ken Morrison
      Pages 147-164

    3. Mercury Dynamics at the Flooded Soil-Water Interface in Reservoirs of Northern Québec: in Situ Observations

      • Marc Lucotte, Shelagh Montgomery, Maxime Bégin
      Pages 165-189

  7. Evolution of Mercury Concentrations in Aquatic Organisms from Hydroelectric Reservoirs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191
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    2. Bioaccumulation of Methylmercury in Invertebrates from Boreal Hydroelectric Reservoirs

      • Alain Tremblay
      Pages 193-214

    3. Mercury Accumulation in Fish from the La Grande Complex: Influence of Feeding Habits and Concentrations of Mercury in Ingested Prey

      • Richard Verdon, Alain Tremblay
      Pages 215-233

    4. Post-Impoundment Evolution of Fish Mercury Levels at the La Grande Complex, Québec, Canada (from 1978 to 1996)

      • Roger Schetagne, Richard Verdon
      Pages 235-258

    5. Calculated Fluxes of Mercury to Fish in the Robert-Bourassa Reservoir

      • Normand Thérien, Ken Morrison
      Pages 259-272

  8. Mercury Toxicity for Wildlife Resources

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 273-273
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    2. Assessment of the Ecotoxic Risk of Methylmercury Exposure in Mink (Mustela vison) Inhabiting Northern Québec

      • Marcel Laperle, Julie Sbeghen, Danielle Messier
      Pages 275-285

    3. Breeding Success of Osprey under High Seasonal Methylmercury Exposure

      • Jean-Luc DesGranges, Jean Rodrigue, Bernard Tardif, Marcel Laperle
      Pages 287-293
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Nowadays, major environmental issues are the object of large public debates de­ spite the fact that scientific knowledge is often insufficient to draw unequivocal conclusions. Such is the case in the ongoing debate regarding the specific contri­ butions of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and of natural climate changes to global warming. At least 10 to 20 years of additional observations will be re­ quired, before we will be able to conclude, with certainty, on this subject. In the mean time, and as directed by their immediate interests, people will continue to promote contradictory opinions. The media are, in part, responsible for perpetuat­ ing such debates in that they convey indiscriminately the opinion of highly credi­ ble scientists as that of dogmatic researchers, the latter, unfortunately too often expressing working hypotheses as established facts. Naturally, in a similarly mis­ informed manner, pressure groups tend to support the researcher whose opinions most closely represent either their particular ideological battles or their economic interests and, hence, in their own way, add further to the confusion and obscurity of the debate. Only a few years ago, mercury (Hg)contamination in hydroelectric reservoirs was the object of such media and social biases. At the time, analytical data used to support the discourse were themselves uncertain and numerous hypotheses, often times fanciful, were proposed and hastily "delivered" to the public.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada

    Marc Lucotte

  • Hydro-Québec, Montréal, Canada

    Roger Schetagne, Alain Tremblay

  • Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada

    Normand Thérien

  • Environment Canada, Montréal, Canada

    Claude Langlois

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