Note: There are literally thousands of articles relating to mercury in the environment and humans. These are only a few selected references. Please email Ethan Nedeau if you would like to see abstracts for these articles, or would like a more complete list of recent publications.

Wildlife and ecosystem articles

• Effects of dissolved mercury on embryogenesis, survival and growth of Mytilus galloprovincialis mussel larvae
  
  Beiras, R., and E. His
  Marine Ecology Progress Series 126(103): 185-189
  1995
• Exposure to heavy metals and infectious disease mortality in harbour porpoises from England and Wales
  
  Bennett, P.M., P.D. Jepson, R.J. Law, B.R. Jones, T. Kuiken, J.R. Baker, E. Rogan, and J.K. Kirkwood
  Environmental Pollution 112(1): 33-40
  2001
• Metal concentrations in surface sediments of Boston Harbor - changes in time
  
  Bothner, M.H., M.B. ten Brink, and F.T. Manheim
  Marine Environment Research 45(2): 127-155
  1998
• Gulfwatch: monitoring spatial and temporal patterns of trace metal and organic contaminants in the Gulf of Maine (1991-1997) with the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis L
  
  Chase, M.E., S.H. Jones, P. Hennigar, J. Sowles, G.C.H. Harding, K. Freeman, P.G. Wells, C. Krahforst, K. Coombs, R. Crawford, J. Pederson, and D. Taylor
  Marine Pollution Bulletin 42(6): 491-505
  2001
• Interactive mortality factors in common loons from Maritime Canada
  
  Daoust, P-Y, G. Conboy, S. McBurney, and N. Burgess
  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34: 524-531
  1998
• Geographic trend in mercury measured in common loon feathers and blood
  
  Evers, D.C., J.D. Kaplan, M.W. Meyer, P.S. Reaman, W.E. Braselton, A. Major, N. Burgess, and A.M. Schuehammer
  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 17: 173-183
  1998
• Seabirds as monitors of the marine environment
  
  Furness, R.W., and K.C.J. Camphuysen
  ICES Journal of Marine Science 54(4): 726-737
  1997
• Concentrations of mercury, lead and cadmium in different species of groundfish, pelagic fish and crustaceans from the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence and from the Saguenay Fjord
  
  Gobeil, C., Y. Clermont, and G. Paquette
  Canadian Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 88 pp.
  1997
• Contaminant levels in harbor seals from the northeastern United States
  Lake, C.A., J.L. Lake, R. Haebler, R. McKinney, W.S. Boothman, and S.S. Sadove
  Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 29(1): 128-134
  1995
• Presence of airborne contaminants in the wildlife of northern Quebec
  
  Langlois, C., and R. Langis
  Science of the Total Environment 160-161: 391-402
  1995
• Mercury concentrations in prey fish indicate enhanced bioaccumulation in mesopelagic environments
  
  Monteiro, L.R., V. Costa, R.W. Furness, and R.S. Santos
  Marine Ecology Progress Series 141(1-3): 21-25
  1996
• Spatial and temporal trends and effects of contaminants in the Canadian Arctic marine ecosystem: a review
  
  Muir, D., B. Braune, B. DeMarch, R. Norstrom, R. Wagemann, L. Lockhart, B. Hargrave, D. Bright, R. Addison, J. Payne, and K. Reimer
  Science of the Total Environment 230(1-3): 83-144
  1999
• Toxic metals and selenium in blood from pilot whales (Globicephala melas) and sperm whales (Physeter catodon)
  
  Nielsen, J.B., F. Nielsen, P.J. Joergensen, and P. Grandjean
  Marine Pollution Bulletin 40(4): 348-351
  1998
• Linkages between atmospheric mercury deposition and the methylmercury content of marine fish
  
  Rolfhus, K.R., and W.F. Fitzgerald
  Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 80(1-4): 291-297
  1995
• Fish mercury distribution in Massachusetts, USA lakes
  
  Rose, J., M.S. Hutcheson, C.W. West, O. Pancorbo, K. Hulme, A. Cooperman, G. DeCesare, R. Isaac, and A. Screpetis
  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 18: 1370-1379
  1999
• Mercury and selenium accumulation in common loons (Gavia immer) and common mergansers (Mergus merganser) from eastern Canada
  Schuehammer, A.M., A.H.K. Wong, and D. Bond
  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 17(2): 197-201
  1998
• Metal concentrations in winter flounder, American lobster, and bivalve molluscs from Boston Harbor, Salem Harbor and coastal Massachusetts: A summary of data on tissues collected from 1986 to 1991
  
  Schwartz, J.P., N.M. Duston, C.A. Batdorf
  Pages 285-312 in The Northeast Shelf Ecosystem: Assessment, Sustainability, and Management. Blackwell Science, Cambridge, MA
  1996
• Mercury concentrations in Maine sport fishes
  
  Stafford, C.P., and T.A. Haines
  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 126: 144-152
  1997
• Seabirds as biomonitors of mercury inputs to epipelagic and mesopelagic marine food chains
  
  Thompson, D.R., R.W. Furness, and L.R. Monteiro
  Science of the Total Environment 213(1-3): 307-315
  1998
• Evaluation of the distribution of mercury in lakes in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland (Canada)
  
  Vaidya, O.C., G.D. Howell, and D.A. Leger
  Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 117(1-4): 353-369
  2000

Human-related articles

• Human health risks from methylmercury in fish
  
  Clarkson, T.W.
  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 9(7): 957-961
  1990

• Preliminary examination of contaminant loadings in farmed salmon, wild salmon and commercial salmon feed
  
  Easton, M.D.L., D. Luszniak, and E. Von der Geest
  Chemosphere 46(7): 1053-1074
  2002
• Minamata disease: Methylmercury poisoning in Japan caused by environmental pollution
  Harada, M.
  Critical Reviews in Toxicology 25(1):1-24
  1995
• Effect of a statewide sport fish consumption advisory on open-water fishing in Maine
  
  MacDonald, H.F., and K.J. Boyle
  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 17(3): 687-695
  1997
• Methylmercury: A new look at the risks
  Mahaffey, K.R.
  Public Health Reports 114(5): 397-415
  1999
• The reemergence of mercury as a national concern
  
  Sasseville, D.R., M. Barg, and S.R. Clough
  Journal of Environmental Regulation 5(1): 41-50
  1995

• Proceedings and Summary Report: Workshop on the Fate, Transport, and Transformation of Mercury in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Geological Survey
• Mercury Update: Impact on Fish Advisories
  Fact sheet produced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  EPA-823-F-01-011
  2001
• Mercury Contamination of Aquatic Ecosystems
  
  U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-216-95
  1995
• Mercury in the Environment
  
  U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 146-00
  2000
• A Review of Mercury in the Environment
  Moore, C.
  The Sportfishing Report
  December 2000
• Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers Reports
• A Summary of New Brunswick's Mercury Action Plan
  
  New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government
  1995
• Mercury in Maine: A Status Report
  A report by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection
  2002

• Mercury Policy Project
• Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• Mercury in Schools
• New Hampshire Mercury Reduction Strategy

• Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association
• BioDiversity Research Institute
• Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
• Canadian Wildlife Service: Mercury in Loons
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Mercury
• FDA Consumer Advisory for Marine Fish
• Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection: Mercury Resources
• Environment Canada: Mercury and the Environment
• National Atmospheric Deposition Program: Mercury Deposition Network