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2023

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Overview

David Amouroux is affiliated with the University of Pau and the Adour Region in France. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with a particular emphasis on mercury impact and mitigation, isotope analysis in ecology, and heavy metals in the environment.

The scientist's work encompasses multiple subfields, including health, toxicology, and mutagenesis; ecology; pollution; nutrition and dietetics; and environmental chemistry. Within these areas, their research explores topics such as mercury impact and mitigation studies, isotope analysis in ecological contexts, heavy metal exposure and toxicity, toxic organic pollutants, marine animal studies, and selenium in biological systems.

Amouroux has published extensively, with contributions to notable scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Chemosphere
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts

Among recent publications are:

  • Mercury isotopes of key tissues document mercury metabolic processes in seabirds (2020, Chemosphere)
  • First Time Identification of Selenoneine in Seabirds and Its Potential Role in Mercury Detoxification (2022, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • A "seabird-eye" on mercury stable isotopes and cycling in the Southern Ocean (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Mercury loads and fluxes from wastewater: A nationwide survey in Switzerland (2020, Water Research)
  • Revisiting the mercury cycle in marine sediments: A potential multifaceted role for Desulfobacterota (2023, Journal of Hazardous Materials)

Amouroux has also contributed to book publications, including a recent title published by Frontiers Media: Environmental chemistry of mercury: Sources, pathways, transformations and impact (2024).

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their career, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Emmanuel Tessier
  • Zoyne Pedrero
  • Sylvain Bérail
  • Paco Bustamante
  • Yves Cherel

This breadth of research activity and collaboration highlights Amouroux's engagement with topics related to mercury and environmental chemistry, reflecting a focus on the biochemical and ecological implications of toxic elements across various ecosystems and species.

Best Publications

  • A global database of sea surface dimethylsulfide (DMS) measurements and a procedure to predict sea surface DMS as a function of latitude, longitude, and month

    A. J. Kettle;M. O. Andreae;D. Amouroux;T. W. Andreae

  • Mercury methylation, demethylation and reduction rates in coastal and marine surface waters of the Mediterranean Sea

    Mathilde Monperrus;Emmanuel Tessier;David Amouroux;Aude Leynaert

  • Species-specific stable isotope fractionation of mercury during Hg(II) methylation by an anaerobic bacteria (Desulfobulbus propionicus) under dark conditions.

    Pablo Rodríguez-González;Vladimir N. Epov;Romain Bridou;Emmanuel Tessier

  • Rapid Determination of Inorganic Mercury and Methylmercury in Biological Reference Materials by Hydride Generation, Cryofocusing, Atomic Absorption Spectrometry After Open Focused Microwave-assisted Alkaline Digestion

    Chun Mao Tseng;Alberto Dediego;Fabiennem. Martin;David Amouroux

  • Role of oceans as biogenic sources of selenium

    David Amouroux;Peter S Liss;Emmanuel Tessier;Marie Hamren-Larsson

  • Iodine transfers in the coastal marine environment: the key role of brown algae and of their vanadium-dependent haloperoxidases.

    Catherine Leblanc;Carole Colin;Audrey Cosse;Ludovic Delage

  • Biogenic Gas (CH4, N2O, DMS) Emission to the Atmosphere from Near-shore and Shelf Waters of the North-western Black Sea

    D. Amouroux;G. Roberts;S. Rapsomanikis;M. O. Andreae

  • Mercury speciation in surface and deep waters of the Mediterranean Sea

    Jože Kotnik;Milena Horvat;Emmanuel Tessier;Nives Ogrinc

  • Mercury methylation/demethylation and volatilization pathways in estuarine sediment slurries using species-specific enriched stable isotopes

    R.C. Rodríguez Martín-Doimeadios;Emmanuel Tessier;David Amouroux;Rémy Guyoneaud

  • Simultaneous determination of mercury methylation and demethylation capacities of various sulfate-reducing bacteria using species-specific isotopic tracers.

    Romain Bridou;Mathilde Monperrus;Pablo Rodriguez Gonzalez;Rémy Guyoneaud

  • Simultaneous speciation of mercury and butyltin compounds in natural waters and snow by propylation and species-specific isotope dilution mass spectrometry analysis.

    M. Monperrus;E. Tessier;S. Veschambre;D. Amouroux

  • Tracing Sources and Bioaccumulation of Mercury in Fish of Lake Baikal− Angara River Using Hg Isotopic Composition

    Vincent Perrot;Vladimir N Epov;Mikhail V Pastukhov;Valentina I Grebenshchikova

  • Overview of mercury methylation capacities among anaerobic bacteria including representatives of the sulphate-reducers: Implications for environmental studies

    M. Ranchou-Peyruse;Mathilde Monperrus;Romain Bridou;R. Duran

  • Hg Speciation and Stable Isotope Signatures in Human Hair As a Tracer for Dietary and Occupational Exposure to Mercury

    Laure Laffont;Laure Laffont;Laure Laffont;Jeroen E. Sonke;Jeroen E. Sonke;Laurence Maurice;Selma Luna Monrroy

  • Higher mass-independent isotope fractionation of methylmercury in the pelagic food web of Lake Baikal (Russia).

    Vincent Perrot;Mikhail V. Pastukhov;Vladimir N. Epov;Søren Husted

  • Volatilization of Organotin Compounds from Estuarine and Coastal Environments

    David Amouroux;Emmanuel Tessier;Olivier F. X. Donard

  • Simultaneous Determination of Species-Specific Isotopic Composition of Hg by Gas Chromatography Coupled to Multicollector ICPMS

    Vladimir N. Epov;Pablo Rodriguez-Gonzalez;Jeroen E. Sonke;Emmanuel Tessier

  • Barium and molybdenum records in bivalve shells: geochemical proxies for phytoplankton dynamics in coastal environments?

    Julien ThÉbault;Laurent Chauvaud;StÉphane L'Helguen;Jacques Clavier

  • Role of Settling Particles on Mercury Methylation in the Oxic Water Column of Freshwater Systems.

    Elena Gascón Díez;Jean-Luc Loizeau;Claudia Cosio;Sylvain Bouchet

  • Application of isotopically labeled methylmercury for isotope dilution analysis of biological samples using gas chromatography/ICPMS.

    R. C. Rodriguez Martin-Doimeadios;E. Krupp;D. Amouroux;O. F. X. Donard

  • Sampling and probing volatile metal(loid) species in natural waters by in-situ purge and cryogenic trapping followed by gas chromatography and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (P-CT–GC–ICP/MS)

    David Amouroux;Emmanuel Tessier;Christophe Pécheyran;O.F.X. Donard

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier F. X. Donard
Olivier F. X. Donard University of Pau and the Adour Region
Laurent Chauvaud
Laurent Chauvaud University of Western Brittany
Jeroen E. Sonke
Jeroen E. Sonke Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Robert Duran
Robert Duran University of Pau and the Adour Region
Eva M. Krupp
Eva M. Krupp University of Aberdeen
Chun-Mao Tseng
Chun-Mao Tseng National Taiwan University
Jacques Clavier
Jacques Clavier University of Western Brittany
Krishna Das
Krishna Das University of Liège
Paco Bustamante
Paco Bustamante University of La Rochelle
Janusz Dominik
Janusz Dominik University of Geneva

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