7088

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7088
• Author: Eisler, R.
• Title: Mercury Hazards to Fish, Wildlife, and Invertebrates
• USFW Year: 1987.
• USFW - Doc Type: A Synoptic Review.
• Copyright Material: NO

TABLES
Number
Page
1 Industrial and other uses of mercury in the United
States in 1959 and in 1969. All values are in
metric tons (modified from Montague and Montague 1971). 5
2 Amount of mercury in some global reservoirs (NAS
1978), and residence times (Clarkson et al. 1984). . . . 5
3 Some properties of mercury and its compounds. . . . . . . 8
4 Mercury concentrations in selected biological and
nonbiological materials collected from Minamata
Bay, Japan, and environs. Concentrations are in
mg Hg/kg (ppm) fresh weight (FW), or dry weight (DW). . . 13
5 Mercury concentrations in water and sediments . . . . . . 18
6 Mercury concentrations in field collections of
selected species of flora and fauna. Values shown
are in mg Hg/kg fresh weight (FW), or dry weight (DW) 27
7 Toxicities of inorganic and organic mercury
compounds to selected species of aquatic organisms. . . . 46
8 Toxicity to birds of mercury administered by oral,
dietary, or other routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
9 Toxicity of organomercury compounds to
selected mammalian species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
10 Sublethal effects of organomercury compounds administered
to selected species of mammals. . . . . . . . . . . . 65
11 Proposed mercury criteria for protection of
various resources and human health. . . . . . . . . . . 70
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