Book description
This book provides a detailed examination of the concentration, form
and cycling of trace metals and metalloids through the aquatic
biosphere, and has sections dealing with the atmosphere, the ocean,
lakes and rivers. It discusses exchanges at the water interface
(air/water and sediment/water) and the major drivers of the cycling,
concentration and form of trace metals in aquatic systems. The initial
chapters focus on the fundamental principles and modelling approaches
needed to understand metal concentration, speciation and fate in the
aquatic environment, while the later chapters focus on specific
environments, with case studies and research highlights.
Specific examples deal with metals that are of particular scientific
interest, such as mercury, iron, arsenic and zinc, and the book deals
with both pollutant and required (nutrient) metals and metalloids. The
underlying chemical principles controlling toxicity and
bioavailability of these elements to microorganisms and to the aquatic
food chain are also discussed.
Readership: Graduate students studying environmental chemistry
and related topics, as well as scientists and managers interested in
the cycling of trace substances in aqueous systems
Additional resources for this book can be found at: www. wiley.
com/go/mason/tracemetals.
Robert Mason is a Professor in the Departments of Marine
Sciences and Chemistry at the University of Connecticut. His research
focuses on the chemistry, fate, transport and bioaccumulation of trace
metals in the marine and freshwater environments, with a focus on
exchanges at the primary interfaces (air/water and sediment/water) and
on transformations (methylation/demethylation, oxidation/reduction).
Mercury biogeochemistry has been the primary focus of much of his research.
