Global Database of Mercury and Methylmercury in Litterfall and Throughfall

A harmonized global database provides concentrations and fluxes of mercury and methylmercury in litterfall and throughfall. The dataset is released on figshare under a CC-BY-4.0 license and is maintained by contributor Laura Sereni. It represents the first release of this database, with a last recorded update in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling global mercury cycling based on litterfall and throughfall flux data.
• Assessing environmental mercury pollution levels based on concentration measurements.
• Studying methylmercury bioaccumulation pathways in forest ecosystems based on the described chemical species.

Strengths

• Dataset is explicitly described as the first harmonized global database for this specific environmental measurement.
• It is version-controlled via a public GitHub repository, suggesting a structured update process.
• The license is clearly stated as CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse with attribution.

Limitations

• The dataset size is listed as 0.0 B, indicating the actual data files may not be present or the record is a placeholder.
• Row count and column definitions are unknown, limiting pre-download assessment of structure and scale.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Data is harmonized from multiple contributors, with submissions managed via GitHub forks/pull requests or email.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 06:55:52; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global