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T1 Global Mercury Monitoring in Biota
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 Biodiversity Research Institute, 
A2 Evers, David
A2 Sunderland, Elsie
K1 biota
K1 environmental monitoring
K1 mercury
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34400
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34400
NO Monitoring mercury in biota (plants and animals) provides a pathway for understanding spatial gradients, temporal trends, and environmental magnitude of concern that cannot be ascertained in air, water, or sediment. Emphasizing upper trophic level biota for monitoring (i.e., trophic level 4 or higher) ultimately provides a confident ability to assess whether the global input of anthropogenicmercury into the environment is safe or harmful to fish, wildlife and humans. The dual approach presented here suggests conducting biotic mercury monitoring across continents and ocean basins using representative bioindicators. This information can then confidentlyprovide information for decision makers to assess the effectiveness of the Minamata Convention on Mercury at both regional and global spatial levels at temporal scales of interest.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 16, 2026