2024

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  Seung Hyeon Lim, Younggwang Kim, Laura C. Motta, Eun Jin Yang, Tae Siek Rhee, Jong Kuk Hong, Seunghee Han & Sae Yun Kwon. 2024.

  Near surface oxidation of elemental mercury leads to mercury exposure in the Arctic Ocean biota

  Nature Communications

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  Sangwoo Eom, Jihee Kim, Eunji Jung, Sae Yun Kwon, Yongseok Hong, Mikyung Lee, Ji Hyoung Park, Seunghee Han. 2024.

  Effects of hydrologic regimes on the loading and spatiotemporal variation of mercury in the microtidal river estuary

  Marine Pollution Bulletin

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  Di Chen, Chengshuai Liu, Ting Gao, Bizheng Yang, Sae Yun Kwon, Runsheng Yin. 2024.

  Granite weathering profiles accumulate vegetation-derived mercury

  Chemical Geology

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  Saebom Jung, Lucien Besnard, Mi-Ling Li, John R Reinfelder, Eunhee Kim, Sae Yun Kwon*, and Jeong-Hoon Kim*. 2024.

  Interspecific Variations in the Internal Mercury Isotope Dynamics of Antarctic Penguins: Implications for Biomonitoring

  Environmental Science & Technology

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  Yo Han Yang, Min-Seob Kim, Jaeseon Park and Sae Yun Kwon. 2024.

  Atmospheric mercury uptake and accumulation in forests dependent on climatic factors

  Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts

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  Young Gwang Kim, Sae Yun Kwon, Spencer J. Washburn, Scott C. Brooks, Ji Won Yoon, Lucien Besnard. 2024

  Reconsidering mercury sources and exposure pathways to bivalves: Insights from mercury stable isotopes

  Water Research

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  Young Gwang Kim, Sae Yun Kwon, Spencer J. Washburn, Yongseok Hong, Seung Hee Han, Mikyung Lee, Ji Hyoung Park. 2024.

  Environmental forensics approach to source investigation in a mercury contaminated river: Insights from mercury stable isotopes

  Journal of Hazardous Materials

2023

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  Kwang-Hun Lee, Shahid Ali, Yena Kim, Kitack Lee, Sae Yun Kwon, Jonghun Kam. 2023.

  High Resolution Mapping of Nitrate Loads of a Reservoir Using an Uncrewed Surface Vehicle: Potential Opportunities and Challenges

  Water Resources Research.

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  Wen Xue, Runsheng Yin, Sae Yun Kwon, Haijun Peng, Di Chen, Mengxiu Zeng, Linchuan Fang. 2023

  Climatic regulation of atmospheric mercury deposition: Evidence from mercury isotopes in an alpine peat core

  Geology

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  Hoin Lee, Sae Yun Kwon, Jonghun Kam, Kitack Lee, Xuewu Fu, In-Gyu Cho, Sung-Deuk Choi. 2023.

  Isotopic investigation of sources and processes affecting gaseous and particulate bound mercury in the east coast, South Korea

  Science of the Total Environment

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  Kitack Lee, Jun-Seok Kim, Ki-Tae Park, Min-Ji Park, Eunho Jang, Kristinn Gudmundsson,Solveig R. Olafsdottir, Jon Olafsson, Young Jun Yoon, Bang-Yong Lee, Sae Yun Kwon, Jonghun Kam. 2023.

  Observational evidence linking ocean sulfur compounds to atmospheric dimethyl sulfide during Icelandic Sea phytoplankton blooms

  Science of the Total Environment

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  Anqi Liu, Jonghun Kam, Sae Yun Kwon & Wanyun Shao. 2023.

  Monitoring the impact of climate extremes and COVID-19 on statewise sentiment alterations in water pollution complaints

  npj Clean Water.

Lucien Besnard, Brandyn M. Lucca, Oliver N. Shipley, Gaël Le Croizier, Raúl O. Martínez-Rincón, Jeroen E. Sonke, David Point, Felipe Galván-Magaña, Edouard Kraffe, Sae Yun Kwon, Gauthier Schaal. 2023.

Mercury isotope clocks predict coastal residency and migration timing of hammerhead sharks

Journal of Applied Ecology

• Martin Tsz-Ki Tsui, Sae Yun Kwon, Mi-Ling Li, Kevin Bishop. 2023.

  Comments on “Decreasing mercury levels in consumer fish over the three decades of increasing mercury emissions in China”

  Eco-Environment & Health.

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  Zhuhong Wang, Jing Liao, Xiaoling Guo, Xue Li, Sae Yun Kwon. 2023.

  Total mercury in different egg tissues provides insights to mercury metabolisms in bird bodies

  Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.

2022

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  In-Gyu Cho, Dong-Woon Hwang, Sae Yun Kwon, Sung-Deuk Choi. 2022.

  Optimization and application of passive air sampling method for gaseous elemental mercury in Ulsan, South Korea

  Environmental Science & Pollution Research.

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  Yang YH, Kwon SY, Tsui MTK, Motta LC, Washburn SJ, Park J, Kim M-S, Shin K-H. 2022.

  Ecological Traits of Fish for Mercury Biomonitoring: Insights from Compound-Specific Nitrogen and Stable Mercury Isotopes

  Environmental Science & Technology.

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  Li ML, Kwon SY, Poulin BA, Tsui MTK, Motta LC, Cho M. 2022.

  Internal Dynamics and Metabolism of Mercury in Biota: A review of Insights from Mercury Stable Isotopes.

  Environmental Science & Technology.

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  정새봄, 김영광, 권세윤. 2022.

  수은 안정동위원소를 활용한 환경과학수사의 접근법.

  대한환경공학회지, 44, 5.

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  Kim J, Kwon SY, Kim K, Han S. 2022.

  Import, export, and speciation of mercury in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard: influences of glacier melt and river discharge.

  Marine Pollution Bulletin, 179, 113693.

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  Isa SA, Hafeez MA, Singh BK, Kwon SY, Choung S, Um W. 2022.

  Efficient mercury sequestration from wastewaters using palm kernel and coconut shell derived biochars.

  Environmental Advances, 8, 100196.

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  Jung S, Kwon SY, Li ML, Yin R, Park J. 2022.

  Elucidating sources of mercury in the west coast of Korea and the Chinese marginal seas using mercury stable isotopes.

  Science of The Total Environment, 814, 152598.

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  Yang H, Yang X, Ning Z, Kwon SY, Li M, Tack FMG., Kwon EE., Rinklebe J, Yin R. 2022.

  The beneficial and hazardous effects of selenium on the health of the soil-plant-human system: An overview.

  Journal of Hazardous Materials, 422, 126876.

2021

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  Lee JH, Kwon SY, Yin R, Motta LC, Kurz AY, Nam S-I. 2021.

  Spatiotemporal characterization of mercury isotope baselines and anthropogenic influences in lake sediment cores.

  Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 35(10), e2020GB006904.

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  Lee JH, Kwon SY, Lee H, Nam S-I, Kim J-H, Joo YJ, Jang K, Kim H, Yin R. 2021.

  Climate-associated changes in mercury sources in the Arctic fjord sediments.

  ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 5(9), 2398-2407.

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  Jung S, Kwon SY, Hong Y, Yin R, Motta LC. 2021.

  Isotope investigation of mercury sources in a creek impacted by multiple anthropogenic activities.

  Chemosphere, 130947.

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  Zhou T, Pan X, Sun R, Deng C, Shen J, Kwon SY, Grasby SE, Xiao J, Yin R. 2021.

  Cryogenian interglacial greenhouse driven by enhanced volcanism: Evidence from mercury records.

  Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2021, 564: 116902.

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  Hyun HR, Yoon H, Lyon ES, Kim JJ, Kwon SY, Lee TK. 2021.

  Short-Term Legacy Effects of Mercury Contamination on Plant Growth and nifH-Harboring Microbial Community in Rice Paddy Soil.

  Microbial Ecology, 2021, 1-10.

2020

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  Seo SH, Kwon SY, Choi SD, Chang YS. 2020.

  Twenty-year trends and exposure assessment of polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans in human serum from the Seoul citizens.

  Chemosphere, 2020, 128558.

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  Lee BJ, Kwon SY, Yin R, Li M, Jung S, Lim SH, Lee JH, Kim KW, Kim KD, Jang JW. 2020.

  Internal dynamics of inorganic and methylmercury in a marine fish: Insights from mercury stable isotopes.

  Environmental Pollution, 267, 115588.

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  Shin ES, Jeong Y, Barghi M, Seo SH, Kwon SY, Chang YS. 2020.

  Internal distribution and fate of persistent organic contaminants (PCDD/Fs, DL-PCBs, HBCDs, TBBPA, and PFASs) in a Bos Taurus.

  Environmental Pollution, 267, 115306.

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  Sun R, Sun G, Kwon SY, Feng X, Kang S, Zhang Q, Huang J, Yin R. 2020.

  Mercury biogeochemistry over the Tibetan Plateau: An overview.

  Critical Reviews In Environmental Science and Technology, DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2020.1733894.

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  Kim H, Kwon SY, Lee K, Lim D, Han S, Kim TW, Joo YJ, Lim J, Kang MH, Nam SI. 2020.

  Input of terrestrial organic matter linked to deglaciation increased mercury transport to the Svalbard fjords.

  Scientific Reports, 10, 3446.

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  Kwon SY, Blum JD, Yin R, Tsui MTK, Yang YH, Choi JW. 2020.

  Mercury stable isotopes for monitoring the effectiveness of the Minamata Convention on Mercury. 

  Earth-Science Reviews, 103111.

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  Yin R, Pan X, Deng C, Sun G, Kwon SY, Lepak RF, Hurley JP. 2020.

  Consistent trace element distribution and mercury isotopic signature between a shallow buried volcanic-hosted epithermal gold deposit and its weathered horizon.

  Environmental Pollution, 113954.

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  Tsui MTK, Blum JD, Kwon SY. 2020.

  Review of stable mercury isotopes in ecology and biogeochemistry.

  Science of The Total Environment, 135386.

2019

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  Xue W, Kwon SY, Grasbye SE, Sunderland EM, Pana X, Suna R, Zhoua T, Yanb H, Yin R. 2019.

  Anthropogenic influences on mercury in Chinese soil and sediment revealed by relationships with total organic carbon.

  Environmental Pollution, 255, 113186.

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  Tsui MTK, Liu S, Brasso RL, Blum JD, Kwon SY, Ulus Y, Nollet YH, Balogh SJ, Eggert SL, Finlay JC. 2019.

  Controls of methylmercury bioaccumulation in forest floor food webs.

  Environmental Science and Technology, 53(5), 2434-2440.

2018

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  Kwon SY, Selin NE, Giang A, Karplus VJ, Zhang D. 2018.

  Present and future mercury deposition and fate in Chinese rice: Insights from modeling.

  Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 32(3), 437-462.

2016

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  Kwon SY, Selin NE. 2016.

  Uncertainties in atmospheric mercury modeling for policy evaluation.

  Current Pollution Reports, 2(2), 103-114.

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  Kwon SY, Blum JD, Madigan DJ, Block BA, Popp BN. 2016.

  Quantifying mercury isotope dynamics in captive Pacific Bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis).

  Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 4:000088.

2015

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  Kwon SY, Blum JD, Nadelhoffer K, Dvonch JT, Tsui MTK. 2015.

  Isotopic study of mercury sources and transfer between a freshwater lake and adjacent forest food web.

  Science of the Total Environment, 532, 220-229.

2014

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  Kwon SY, Blum JD, Chen C, Meattey D. 2014.

  Mercury isotope study of sources and exposure pathways of methylmercury in estuarine food webs in the Northeastern USA.

  Environmental Science and Technology, 48(17), 10089-10097.

2013

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  Kwon SY, Blum JD, Chesney E, Chirby M. 2013.

  Application of mercury isotopes for tracing trophic transfer and internal distribution of mercury in marine fish feeding experiments.

  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 32(10), 2322-2330.

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  Tsui MTK, Blum JD, Finlay JC, Balogh SJ, Kwon SY, Nollet YH. 2013.

  Photodegradation of methylmercury in stream ecosystems.

  Limnology and Oceanography, 58(1), 13-22.

2012

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  Kwon SY, Blum JD, Basu N, Head JA, Madenjian C, Solomon D. 2012.

  Absence of isotope fractionation of methylmercury in freshwater aquatic food webs.

  Environmental Science and Technology, 46(14), 7527-7534.

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  Tsui MTK, Blum JD, Kwon SY, Finlay JC, Balogh SJ, Nollet YH. 2012.

  Sources and transfers of methylmercury in adjacent river and forest food webs.

  Environmental Science and Technology, 46(20), 10957-10964.

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  Kwon SY, McIntyre PB, Flecker AS, Campbell L. 2012.

  Mercury biomangification in the food web of a neotropical stream.

  Science of the Total Environment, 417, 92-97.