Sheyla dos Santos Brito

Vegetation-Associated Mercury Patterns and Biogeochemical Signals in a Tropical Urban Mining Region

Abstract To evaluate vegetation-associated mercury (Hg) loading in tropical regions affected by artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM), we quantified total mercury (HgT) in canopy leaves and leaf litter of Licania tomentosa across an ASGM-impacted urban center, Peixoto de A...