This publication is an introductory/summary paper to a virtual special issue of the journal Science of the Total Environment titled: Advances in Mercury Research--Reviews of Recent Advances in Mercury Research and Understanding the Biogeochemical Cycle.

The special issue contained 11 Research Articles that focused on different aspects of mercury cycling. All these papers were “review papers” and relied on synthesizing conclusions from existing published research and did not involve any direct data collection.

The Gustin et al, 2020 paper (which is associated with this Metadata Statement) provides an introduction to the journal’s special issue and briefly summarizes the primary conclusions from the other 11 papers. Therefore, there are not any datasets associated with this publication. This dataset is not publicly accessible because: This publication is an introductory/summary paper to a virtual special issue of the journal Science of the Total Environment titled: Advances in Mercury Research--Reviews of Recent Advances in Mercury Research and Understanding the Biogeochemical Cycle.

The special issue contained 11 Research Articles that focused on different aspects of mercury cycling. All these papers were “review papers” and relied on synthesizing conclusions from existing published research and did not involve any direct data collection.

The Gustin et al, 2020 paper (which is associated with this Metadata Statement) provides an introduction to the journal’s special issue and briefly summarizes the primary conclusions from the other 11 papers. Therefore, there are not any datasets associated with this publication. It can be accessed through the following means: This paper does not include any data. Format: This paper does not include any data. Citation information for this dataset can be found in the EDG's Metadata Reference Information section and Data.gov's References section.