Accumulation of mercury and methylmercury by mushrooms and earthworms from forest soils

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2861-2869

  Rieder, Stephan R ^a,b   Brunner, Ivano ^a   Horvat, Milena ^c   Jacobs, Anna ^a,d   Frey, Beat ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Bioavailability; Mercury; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; ECOLOGICAL GROUPS; FOREST SOILS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; METHYL MERCURY; NATURAL FORESTS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; FUNGI; HISTOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; SOILS; TISSUE;

SOIL POLLUTION;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EARTHWORM; FOREST SOIL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MUSHROOM; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL PROPERTY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; FOREST SOIL; FRUITING BODY; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY;

AGARICALES; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; OLIGOCHAETA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES;

BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 80955177123     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.04.040     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. J. Alonso, M.J. Salgado, A. Garcia, and M.J. Melgar Accumulation of mercury in edible macrofungi: influence of some factors Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 38 2000 158 162 (Pubitemid 30069096)
2. F. Bargagli, and F. Baldi Mercury and methylmercury in higher fungi and their relation with the substrata in a cinnabar mining area Chemosphere 13 1984 1059 1071 (Pubitemid 14043040)
3. P. Blaser, S. Zimmermann, J. Luster, L. Walthert, and P. Lüscher Waldböden der Schweiz, Band 2. Regionen Alpen und Alpensüdseite 2005 Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Hep Verlag Bern, Switzerland pp. 920
4. N.S. Bloom Determination of picogram levels of methylmercury by aqueous phase ethylation, followed by cryogenic gas chromatography with atomic fluorescence detection Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 46 1989 131
5. D.W. Boening Ecological effects, transport, and fate of mercury: a general review Chemosphere 40 2000 1335 1351 (Pubitemid 30165651)
6. A. Boudou, and F. Ribeyre Mercury in the food web: accumulation and transfer mechanisms A. Sigel, H. Sigel, Metal Ions in Biological Systems Mercury and Its Effects on Environment and Biology 34 1997 289 319
7. K.R. Bull, R.D. Roberts, M.J. Inskip, and G.T. Goodman Mercury concentrations in soil, grass, earthworms and small mammals near an industrial emission source Environmental Pollution 12 1977 135 140 (Pubitemid 8034004)
8. D.T. Burton, S.D. Turley, D.J. Fisher, D.J. Green, and T.R. Shedd Bioaccumulation of total mercury and monomethylmercury in the earthworm Eisenia fetida Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 170 2006 37 54
9. A.R. Byrne, L. Kosta, and V. Ravnik Trace element concentration in higher fungi The Science of the Total Environment 6 1976 65 78
10. L. Cocchi, L. Vescovi, L.E. Petrini, and O. Petrini Heavy metals in edible mushrooms in Italy Food Chemistry 98 2006 277 284
11. A. Drott, L. Lambertsson, E. Björn, and U. Skyllberg Importance of dissolved neutral mercury sulfides for methyl mercury production in contaminated sediments Environmental Science and Technology 41 2007 2270 2276 (Pubitemid 46595185)
12. G. Ernst, and B. Frey The effect of feeding behavior on Hg accumulation in the ecophysiologically different earthworms Lumbricus terrestris and Octolaseon cyaneum: a microcosm experiment Soil Biology and Biochemistry 39 2007 386 390 (Pubitemid 44738925)
13. G. Ernst, S. Zimmermann, P. Christie, and B. Frey Mercury, cadmium and lead concentrations in different ecophysiological groups of earthworms in forest soils Environmental Pollution 156 2008 1304 1313
14. J. Falandysz, M. Gucia, B. Skwarzec, A. Frankowska, and K. Klawikowska Total mercury in mushrooms and underlying soil substrate from the Borecka forest, northeastern Poland Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 42 2002 145 154 (Pubitemid 34258879)
15. J. Falandysz, A. Brzostowski, M. Kawano, K. Kannan, T. Puzyn, and K. Lipka Concentrations of mercury in wild growing higher fungi and underlying substrate near lake Wdzydze, Poland Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 148 2003 127 137 (Pubitemid 37184347)
16. R.G. Fischer, S. Rapsomanikis, M.O. Andreae, and F. Baldi Bioaccumulation of methylmercury and transformation of inorganic mercury by macrofungi Environmental Science and Technology 29 1995 993 999
17. W.F. Fitzgerald, and R.P. Mason Biogeochemical cycling of mercury in the marine environment Metal Ions in Biological System 34 1997 53 111
18. D. Gibičar, M. Horvat, M. Logar, V. Fajon, I. Falnoga, R. Ferrara, E. Lanzillotta, C. Ceccarini, B. Mazzolai, B. Denby, and J. Pacyna Human exposure to mercury in the vicinity of chlor-alkali plant Environmental Research 109 2009 355 367
19. R.N. Green, R.L. Trowbridge, and K. Klinka Towards a taxonomic classification of humus forms Forest Science Monograph 29 1993 1 49
20. J.J. Hinton, and M.M. Veiga Earthworms as bioindicators of mercury pollution from mining and other industrial activities Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis 2 2002 269 274 (Pubitemid 36137789)
21. J.J. Hinton, and M.M. Veiga Using earthworms to assess Hg distribution and bioavailability in gold mining soils Soil and Sediment Contamination 18 2009 512 524
22. J.M. Holloway, M.B. Goldhaber, K.M. Scow, and R.E. Drenovsky Spatial and seasonal variations in mercury methylation and microbial community structure in a historic mercury mining area, Yolo County, California Chemical Geology 267 2009 85 95
23. M. Horvat, L. Liang, and N.S. Bloom Comparison of distillation with other current isolation methods for the determination of methyl mercury compounds in low level environmental samples, part II water Analytica Chimica Acta 281 1993 153 168 (Pubitemid 23288590)
24. P. Kalač, J. Burda, and I. Staskov Concentrations of lead, cadmium, mercury and copper in mushrooms in the vicinity of a lead smelter The Science of the Total Environment 105 1991 109 119
25. P. Kalač, M. Nižnanská, D. Bevilaqua, and I. Staskov Concentrations of mercury, copper, cadmium and lead in fruiting bodies of edible mushrooms in the vicinity of a mercury smelter and a copper smelter The Science of the Total Environment 177 1996 251 258
26. D. Kocman, M. Horvat, and J. Kotnik Mercury fractionation in contaminated soils from the Idrija mercury mine region Journal of Environmental Monitoring 6 2004 696 703 (Pubitemid 39141437)
27. M.R. Kojo, and M. Lodenius Cadmium and mercury in macrofungi. Mechanisms of transport and accumulation Angewandte Botanik 63 1989 279 292
28. L. Liang, M. Horvat, and N.S. Bloom An improved speciation method for mercury by GC/CVAFS after aqueous phase ethylation and room temperature precollection Talanta 41 1994 371 379
29. R.P. Mason, and J.M. Benoit Organomercury compounds in the environment P. Craig, Organometallic Compounds in the Environment 2003 John Wiley and Sons, Ltd 57 99
30. M. Meili The coupling of mercury and organic matter in the biogeochemical cycle - towards a mechanistic model for the boreal forest zone Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 56 1991 333 347
31. M. Meili, K. Bishop, L. Bringmark, K. Johansson, J. Munthe, H. Sverdrup, and W. De Vries Critical levels of atmospheric pollution: criteria and concepts for operational modelling of mercury in forest and lake ecosystems The Science of the Total Environment 304 2003 83 106 (Pubitemid 36344083)
32. M.J. Melgar, J. Alonso, and M.A. García Mercury in edible mushrooms and underlying soil: bioconcentration factors and toxicological risk Science of the Total Environment 407 2009 5328 5334
33. D. Michelot, E. Siobud, J.C. Doré, C. Viel, and F. Poirier Update on metal content profiles in mushrooms-toxicological implications and tentative approach to the mechanisms of bioaccumulation Toxicon 36 1998 1997 2012 (Pubitemid 28532777)
34. K. Minagava, T. Sasaki, Y. Takizawa, R. Tamura, and T. Oshina Accumulation route and chemical form of mercury in mushroom species Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 25 1980 382 388 (Pubitemid 11195316)
35. D. Obrist, D.W. Johnson, and S.E. Lindberg Mercury concentrations and pools in four Sierra Nevada forest sites, and relationships to organic carbon and nitrogen Biogeosciences 6 2009 765 777
36. E.G. Pacyna, J.M. Pacyna, F. Steenhuisen, and S.J. Wilson Global anthropogenic mercury emission inventory for 2000 Atmospheric Environment 40 2006 4048 4063 (Pubitemid 43903339)
37. P. Pant, and M. Allen Interaction of soil and mercury as a function of soil organic carbon: some field evidence Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 78 2007 539 542 (Pubitemid 47282662)
38. M. Ravichandran Interactions between mercury and dissolved matter - a review Chemosphere 55 2004 319 331 (Pubitemid 38252935)
39. F. Raw Estimating the earthworm population by using formalin Nature 184 1959 1661
40. W.H. Schroeder, and J. Munthes Atmospheric mercury - an overview Atmospheric Environment 32 1997 809 822 (Pubitemid 28192854)
41. D. Schwesig, G. Ilgen, and E. Matzner Mercury and methylmercury in upland and wetland acid forest soils of a watershed in NE-Bavaria, Germany Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 113 1999 141 154 (Pubitemid 29342685)
42. R. Seeger, and R. Nutzel Quecksilbergehalt der Pilze Mercury content of mushrooms Zeitschrift für Lebensmittel-Untersuchung und -Forschung 160 1976 303 312
43. R.W. Sims, and B.M. Gerard Earthworms 1985 The Linnean Society of London
44. U. Skyllberg, and A. Drott Competition between disordered iron sulfide and natural organic matter associated thiols for mercury(II)-an EXAFS study Environmental Science and Technology 44 2010 1254 1259
45. V.L. St. Louis, J.W.M. Rudd, C.A. Kelly, K.G. Beatly, R.J. Flett, and N.T. Roulet Production and loss of methylmercury and loss of total mercury from boreal forest catchments containing different types of wetlands Environmental Science and Technology 30 1996 2719 2729
46. V.L. St. Louis, J.W.M. Rudd, C.A. Kelly, B.D. Hall, K.R. Rolfhus, K.J. Scott, S.E. Lindberg, and W. Dong Importance of the forest canopy to fluxes of methyl mercury and total mercury to boreal ecosystems Environmental Science and Technology 35 2001 3089 3098 (Pubitemid 32881738)
47. P. Stegnar, L. Kosta, A.R. Byrne, and V. Ravnik The accumulation of mercury by, and the occurrence of methyl mercury in some fungi Chemosphere 2 1973 57 63
48. L. Svoboda, B. Havlíčková, and P. Kalač Contents of cadmium, mercury and lead in edible mushrooms growing in a historical silver-mining area Food Chemistry 96 2006 580 585 (Pubitemid 41737705)
49. E.B. Swain, P. Jakus, G. Rice, F. Lupi, P.A. Maxson, J.M. Pacyna, A. Penn, S.J. Spiegel, and M.M. Veiga Socioeconomic consequences of mercury use and pollution 8th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant 2007
50. E. Tipping, S. Lofts, H. Hooper, B. Frey, D. Spurgeon, and C. Svendsen Critical limits for Hg(II) in soils, derived from chronic toxicity data Environmental Pollution 158 2010 2465 2471
51. J.W. Vonk, and A.K. Sijpesteijn Studies on the methylation of mercuric chloride by pure cultures of bacteria and fungi Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 39 1973 505 513
52. L. Walthert, S. Zimmermann, P. Blaser, J. Luster, and P. Lüscher Waldböden der Schweiz, Band 1, Grundlagen und Region Jura 2004 Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Hep Verlag Bern, Switzerland pp. 761
53. Y. Yin, H.E. Allen, Y. Li, C.P. Huang, and P.F. Sanders Adsorption of mercury (II) by soil: effects of pH, chloride, and organic matter Journal of Environmental Quality 25 1996 837 844 (Pubitemid 26250030)
54. G.J. Zagury, C.M. Neculita, C. Bastien, and L. Deschênes Mercury fractionation, bioavailability, and ecotoxicity in highly contaminated soils from chlor-alkali plants Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 25 2006 1138 1147 (Pubitemid 46100060)
55. S.Z. Zhang, M.Z. Dong, C.W. Qi, and G.L. Xian Bioaccumulation of total and methyl mercury in three earthworm species (Drawida sp., Allolobophora sp., and Limnodrilus sp.) Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 83 2009 937 942
56. S. Zimmermann, J. Luster, P. Blaser, L. Walthert, and P. Lüscher Waldböden der Schweiz, Band 3, Regionen Mittelland und Voralpen 2006 Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Hep Verlag Bern, Switzerland pp. 848