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DOI	10.1038/s41467-022-27997-3
	Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining
	Gerson J.R.; Szponar N.; Zambrano A.A.; Bergquist B.; Broadbent E.; Driscoll C.T.; Erkenswick G.; Evers D.C.; Fernandez L.E.; Hsu-Kim H.; Inga G.; Lansdale K.N.; Marchese M.J.; Martinez A.; Moore C.; Pan W.K.; Purizaca R.P.; Sánchez V.; Silman M.; Ury E.A.; Vega C.; Watsa M.; Bernhardt E.S.
发表日期	2022
ISSN	2041-1723
卷号	13 期号:1
英文摘要	Mercury emissions from artisanal and small-scale gold mining throughout the Global South exceed coal combustion as the largest global source of mercury. We examined mercury deposition and storage in an area of the Peruvian Amazon heavily impacted by artisanal gold mining. Intact forests in the Peruvian Amazon near gold mining receive extremely high inputs of mercury and experience elevated total mercury and methylmercury in the atmosphere, canopy foliage, and soils. Here we show for the first time that an intact forest canopy near artisanal gold mining intercepts large amounts of particulate and gaseous mercury, at a rate proportional with total leaf area. We document substantial mercury accumulation in soils, biomass, and resident songbirds in some of the Amazon’s most protected and biodiverse areas, raising important questions about how mercury pollution may constrain modern and future conservation efforts in these tropical ecosystems. © 2022, The Author(s).
语种	英语
scopus关键词	artisanal mining; atmospheric pollution; coal combustion; forest canopy; gold; mercury (element); methylmercury; protected area; songbird; Amazonas [Peru]; Amazonia; Peru
来源期刊	Nature Communications
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/251248
作者单位	Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, United States; Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, United States; Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada; School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, United States; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, United States; Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States; Field Projects International, Escondido, CA 92029, United States; Biodiversity Research Institute, Portland, ME 04103, United States; Centro de Innovación Científica Amazónica (CINCIA), Puerto Maldonado, Peru; Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability (CEES), Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, United States; Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, United States; Department of Civil and En...
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Gerson J.R.,Szponar N.,Zambrano A.A.,et al. Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining[J],2022,13(1).
APA	Gerson J.R..,Szponar N..,Zambrano A.A..,Bergquist B..,Broadbent E..,...&Bernhardt E.S..(2022).Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining.Nature Communications,13(1).
MLA	Gerson J.R.,et al."Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining".Nature Communications 13.1(2022).