Paul C Pickhardt

Summary

Affiliation: Dartmouth College
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Algal blooms reduce the uptake of toxic methylmercury in freshwater food webs
    Paul C Pickhardt
    Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:4419-23. 2002
  2. ncbi Impacts of zooplankton composition and algal enrichment on the accumulation of mercury in an experimental freshwater food web
    Paul C Pickhardt
    Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
    Sci Total Environ 339:89-101. 2005
  3. ncbi Stoichiometric controls of mercury dilution by growth
    Roxanne Karimi
    Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:7477-82. 2007
  4. ncbi Contrasting uptake routes and tissue distributions of inorganic and methylmercury in mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) and redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus)
    Paul C Pickhardt
    Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794 5000, USA
    Environ Toxicol Chem 25:2132-42. 2006
  5. ncbi Accumulation of inorganic and methylmercury by freshwater phytoplankton in two contrasting water bodies
    Paul C Pickhardt
    Marine Sciences Research Center, Center for Environmental Molecular Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794 5000, USA
    Environ Sci Technol 41:125-31. 2007

Detail Information

Publications5

  1. ncbi Algal blooms reduce the uptake of toxic methylmercury in freshwater food webs
    Paul C Pickhardt
    Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:4419-23. 2002
    ..Bloom dilution may provide a mechanistic explanation for lower CH3Hg+ accumulation by zooplankton and fish in algal-rich relative to algal-poor systems...
  2. ncbi Impacts of zooplankton composition and algal enrichment on the accumulation of mercury in an experimental freshwater food web
    Paul C Pickhardt
    Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
    Sci Total Environ 339:89-101. 2005
    ..Results from our experiments corroborate results from field studies and suggest the importance of particular zooplankton herbivores (e.g., Daphnia) in the transfer of Hg to higher trophic levels in aquatic food webs...
  3. ncbi Stoichiometric controls of mercury dilution by growth
    Roxanne Karimi
    Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:7477-82. 2007
    ..Our findings show that rapid growth from high-quality food consumption can significantly reduce the accumulation and trophic transfer of MeHg in freshwater food webs...
  4. ncbi Contrasting uptake routes and tissue distributions of inorganic and methylmercury in mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) and redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus)
    Paul C Pickhardt
    Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794 5000, USA
    Environ Toxicol Chem 25:2132-42. 2006
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  5. ncbi Accumulation of inorganic and methylmercury by freshwater phytoplankton in two contrasting water bodies
    Paul C Pickhardt
    Marine Sciences Research Center, Center for Environmental Molecular Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794 5000, USA
    Environ Sci Technol 41:125-31. 2007
    ..Hg(II) and MeHg were entirely bound to cell surfaces of the dead cells, whereas 59-64% of the MeHg and 9-16% of the Hg(II) in living cells entered the cytoplasm...