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Overview

Markus Meili is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and works primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research covers various subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Atmospheric Science.

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on environmental chemistry and geological studies. Notable papers include:

  • Chemical speciation of mercury, sulfur and iron in a dystrophic boreal lake sediment, as controlled by the formation of mackinawite and framboidal pyrite (2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta)
  • Holocene Atmospheric Dust Flux and Peat Accumulation in NW Russia (2020, Goldschmidt Abstracts)

Collaborative research with frequent co-authors has featured the following scientists:

  • Ulf Skyllberg
  • Anna Persson
  • Ida Tjerngren
  • Rose-Marie Kronberg
  • Andreas Drott

Publication venues where Markus Meili's work has appeared include:

  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts

Their research interests span key environmental topics such as:

  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine and environmental studies

Best Publications

  • Mercury in the Swedish environment — Recent research on causes, consequences and corrective methods

    Oliver Lindqvist;Kjell Johansson;Lage Bringmark;Birgitta Timm

  • 500 years of mercury production: global annual inventory by region until 2000 and associated emissions

    Lars D. Hylander;Markus Meili

  • Whole-lake mineralization of allochthonous and autochthonous organic carbon in a large humic lake (Örträsket, N. Sweden)

    Anders Jonsson;Markus Meili;Ann-Kristin Bergström;Mats Jansson

  • Taxon‐specific variation in the stable isotopic signatures (δ13C and δ15N) of lake phytoplankton

    Kristiina Vuorio;Markus Meili;Jouko Sarvala

  • The coupling of mercury and organic matter in the biogeochemical cycle — towards a mechanistic model for the boreal forest zone

    Markus Meili

  • Control of zooplankton dependence on allochthonous organic carbon in humic and clear-water lakes in northern Sweden

    Jan Karlsson;Anders Jonsson;Markus Meili;Mats Jansson

  • Nonlinear temperature response of lake ice breakup

    Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer;Markus Meili;David M. Livingstone

  • Sources, concentrations and characteristics of organic matter in softwater lakes and streams of the Swedish forest region

    Markus Meili

  • Large geographical differences in the sensitivity of ice-covered lakes and rivers in the Northern Hemisphere to temperature changes

    Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer;Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer;David M. Livingstone;Markus Meili;Olaf Jensen

  • Mercury in lakes and rivers

    M Meili

  • Hg methylation in sediments and floating meadows of a tropical lake in the Pantanal floodplain, Brazil

    Jean R.D. Guimarães;Markus Meili;Olaf Malm;Elcia Maria de Souza Brito

  • Impact of soil properties on critical concentrations of cadmium, lead, copper, zinc and mercury in soil and soil solution in view of ecotoxicological effects

    Wim de Vries;Steve Lofts;Ed Tipping;Markus Meili

  • Mercury in the surface water of Swedish forest lakes —concentrations, speciation and controlling factors

    Markus Meili;Ake Iverfeldt;Lars Håkanson

  • Critical levels of atmospheric pollution: criteria and concepts for operational modelling of mercury in forest and lake ecosystems.

    Markus Meili;Kevin Bishop;Lage Bringmark;Kjell Johansson;Kjell Johansson

  • The effects of forestry on Hg bioaccumulation in nemoral/boreal waters and recommendations for good silvicultural practice.

    Kevin Bishop;Craig Allan;Lage Bringmark;Edenise Garcia

  • The Rise and Fall of Mercury: Converting a Resource to Refuse After 500 Years of Mining and Pollution

    Lars D. Hylander;Markus Meili

  • Eight Boreal Wetlands as Sources and Sinks for Methyl Mercury in Relation to Soil Acidity, C/N Ratio, and Small-Scale Flooding

    Ida Tjerngren;Markus Meili;Erik Björn;Ulf Skyllberg

  • Partitioning of Hg between solid and dissolved organic matter in the humus layer of boreal forests

    Staffan Åkerblom;Markus Meili;Lage Bringmark;Kjell Johansson

  • Mercury in boreal forest lake ecosystems

    Markus Meili

  • Mercury concentrations in landlocked Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) from the Canadian Arctic. Part I: Insights from trophic relationships in 18 lakes

    Nikolaus Gantner;Nikolaus Gantner;Michael Power;Deborah Iqaluk;Markus Meili

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin Bishop
Kevin Bishop Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Göran Possnert
Göran Possnert Uppsala University
Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer
Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer Uppsala University
Derek C. G. Muir
Derek C. G. Muir Environment and Climate Change Canada
Keith R. Solomon
Keith R. Solomon University of Guelph
Michael Power
Michael Power University of Waterloo
John Munthe
John Munthe IVL - Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Ulf Skyllberg
Ulf Skyllberg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Mats Jansson
Mats Jansson Umeå University
Jean Remy Davée Guimarães
Jean Remy Davée Guimarães Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

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