Diatom ooze sediments are a large marine mercury sink (Press Release, ChemEurope.com; 30 July 2018)
http://www.chemeurope.com/en/news/166183/diatom-ooze-sediments-are-a-large-marine-mercury-sink.html
Abstract
Diatom-ooze — A Large Neglected Global Marine Mercury Sink (ZAFERANI et al., 2018)
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/EGU2018-9651.pdf
Digital Map of Seafloor Sediments
[DUTKIEWICZ et al., 2015 (University of Sydney)]
Selected Research Publications:
Mercury in the Diatoms of Various Ecological Formations (BELDOWSKA et al., 2018)
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs11270-018-3814-1.pdf
Elemental mercury: its unique properties affect its behaviour and fate in the environment (GONZALEZ-RAYMAT et al., 2017)
Mercury in the marine environment of the Canadian Arctic: Review of recent findings (BRAUNE et al., 2015)
Census of seafloor sediments in the world’s oceans (DUTKIEWICZ et al., 2015)
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-pdf/43/9/795/3547966/795.pdf
Global Biogeochemical Implication of Mercury Discharges from Rivers and Sediment Burial (AMOS et al., 2014)
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/es502134t
Mercury Speciation in Marine Environments under Sulfate-Limited Conditions (HAN et al., 2010)
https://www.aaronhartmann.com/s/Han-et-al-2010-Mercury-sediments-sulfate-limitation.pdf
The chemical cycle and the bioaccumulation of mercury (MOREL et al., 1998)
C. Mei-Ling HAMILTON - Environmental Geochemistry Issues 