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TableofcontentsECOTOXworkshopinChinainMay:JointworkshopbetweenSMaReFandCHEMSTREES 1Nextnewsletter 1Newpublications 1SchedueleofthingstocomeinSMaReF 2

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WordsfromtheleadershipWhat a year it has been with SMaReF! Thevisit to Guiyang and the Wanshan miningarea, The ICMGP, and the course in Umeå!Justasimportantasthesebigeventsthoughare the actual projects and individualexchanges that have started up in thebackground.For2016andonwards itwillbesuchfocussedactivitiesthatwillplayabiggerrole in SMaReF, even though educationalactivitiesliketheMayEcotoxwillcontinuetobearranged.Now,though it istimetoenjoyourrespectiveholidayseasonsinSwedenandChina!Season’sGreeting!Kevin

ECOTOXworkshopinChinainMay:JointworkshopbetweenSMaReFandCHEMSTREESThe Sino-Swedish Mercury ManagementResearch Framework, in cooperation with“Swedish-Chinese chemical pollution stress

and risks research program in the Yangtzeriver delta region” invite applications fromPhD students and other interestedresearchers toaworkshop ledbyDr.MartinKainz on the ”Principles of Aquatic Eco-toxicologyandfoodwebs”.Inthiscoursewewill learn and work on how to combineaquatic food web processes withenvironmentaltoxicology.ThiswillbeheldatTongjiUniversityinShanghaibetweenMay9and 16. Invitation and contact informationwillbeannouncedsoon.

NextnewsletterPlanned for release in March 2016. Weencourage you to send newly publishedHg-relatedpapersthatalsocanbeaddedtothisnewsletter.Sendthisto:Staffan.akerblom@slu.se

NewpublicationsLevanoni,O.Bishop,K.Mckie,B.G.Hartman,G. Eklöf, K. and Ecke, F. (2015) Impact ofBeaver Pond Colonization History onMethylmercury Concentrations in SurfaceWater.EnvironmentalScience&Technology.49, (21), 12679-12687. doi:10.1021/acs.est.5b03146

Wang,X. Zhang,H. Lin,C.-J. Fu,X. Zhang,Y.andFeng,X.(2015)Transboundarytransportand deposition of Hg emission from

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springtimebiomassburningintheIndo-ChinaPeninsula. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 120, (18), 9758-9771.doi:10.1002/2015JD023525

Yu, B. Wang, X. Lin, C.-J. Fu, X. Zhang, H.Shang, L. and Feng, X. (2015)Characteristicsand potential sources of atmosphericmercury at a subtropical near-coastal site inEastChina. JournalofGeophysicalResearch-Atmospheres 120(16), 8563-8574. doi:10.1002/2015JD023425

SchedueleofthingstocomeinSMaReF2015December:QuangleQiuwill return toChinaafter his first stay at the LimnologyDepartmentinUppsala2016February 15: SMaReF steering committeemeetingMarch1:SMaReFcouncilmeetingMay 9-16: Principles of Aquatic Eco-toxicologyandfoodwebsinShanghaiMay17:SMaReFsteeringcommitteemeetingJune13:SMaReFcouncilmeeting2017July 16-21, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.The 13th edition of the InternationalConferenceonMercuryasaGlobalPollutant.

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SMaReFworkpackages(WP)andongoingexchangesWPA:Land-airexchange–InandoutofthelandscapeLeadinggroup XinbinFeng

MatsNilssonJonasSommarKevinBishop

Exchanges Name(homeuniversity) Receiving

university/city

Project Academiclevel

Projectmanagement

Startdate–enddate

Contact

StefanOsterwalder(BaselUniversity)

BaselUniversity Land-airexchangeofHginborealpeatlands

PhDstudent KevinBishop/MatsNilsson

Kevin.bishop@slu.se

WPB:Methylation:SynergisticeffectsLeadinggroup UlfSkyllberg

GuangleQiuMatsNilssonStefanBertilsson

Exchanges Name(homeuniversity) Receiving

university(city)

Project Academiclevel

Projectmanagement

Startdate–enddate

Contact

GuangleQiu(SKLEG) UppsalaUniversity/Uppsala

HgmethylatingbacteriacommunityinChinesericepaddyfield

Professor KevinBishop,StefanBertilsson

2015-09-01–2015-12-15

Kevin.bishop@slu.se

XiaohangXu(SKLEG) UppsalaUniversity/Uppsala

HgmethylatingbacteriacommunityinChinesericepaddyfield

PhDstudent KevinBishop,StefanBertilsson

2015-09-01–2015-12-15

qiuguangle@vip.skleg.cn

BaolinWang SwedishUniversityofAgriculturalSciences/Uppsala

HgmethylatingbacteriacommunityinSwedishpeatlands

PhD KevinBishop,StefanBertilsson

2015-03-01- Kevin.bishop@slu.se

GobtemiAdediran(TheUniversityofEdinburgh)

SwedishUniversityofAgriculturalSciences/Umeå

MechanismsofuptakeandmethylationofHgbyanaerobicbacteria

Postdoc ErikBjörn 2015-05-01- erik.bjorn@umu.se

YuSong(InstituteofAppliedEcology,CAS)

SwedishUniversityofAgriculturalSciences/Umeå

KineticsandthermodynamicsofHgchemicalspeciationinorganicmatterdominatedsoilsandsediments

Postdoc UlfSkyllberg 2015-05-01- Ulf.skyllberg@slu.se

WeiZhu(SKLEG) Umeå Transformationsof Postdoc ErikBjörn,Ulf 2015-05-01- erik.bjorn@umu.se

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University/Umeå

Hg/MeHgincontaminatedfibersediments

Skyllberg

TaoJiang(SouthwestUniversity)

UmeåUniversity/Umeå

RedxopropertiesofnaturalorganicmatterandinfluenceonHg/meHgtransformations

Postdoc UlfSkyllberg 2015-05-01- Ulf.skyllberg@slu.se

WPC:Entryintothefoodchain–WhentointerveneLeadinggroup ErikBjörn

JiubinChenGiangleQiuMarkusMeiliHaiyuYan

Exchanges Name(homeuniversity) Receiving

university(city)

Project Academiclevel

Projectmanagement

Startdate–enddate

Contact

HaiyuYan(SKLEG) SwedishUniversityofAgriculturalSciences/Uppsala

Hgbioaccumulationinfreshwaterecosystem

Professor KevinBishop 2015-07-01–2015-10-01

Kevin.bishop@slu.se

KasunAbeysinghe(SKLEG)

SKLEG Hgbioavailabilityandbioaccumulationinterrestrialecosystems

Masterstudent

GuangleQiu 2014-06-01- qiuguangle@vip.skleg.cn

ZhidongXu(SKLEG) SKLEG Hgbioavailabilityandbioaccumulationinterrestrialecosystems

Masterstudent

GuangleQiu 2014-09-01- qiuguangle@vip.skleg.cn

PianpianWu SwedishUniversityofAgriculturalSciences/Uppsala

Hgbioavailabilityandbioaccumulationinfreshwaterecosystems

PhDstudent KevinBishop/StaffanÅkerblom

2013-10-01- Pianpian.wu@slu.se

WPD:Remediation–WhenitistolateLeadinggroup UlfSkyllberg

XinbinFengErikBjörnJiubinChen

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StefanBertilssonExchanges Name(homeuniversity) Receiving

university(city)

Project AcademicLevel

Projectmanagement

Startdate–enddate

Contact

WeiZhu(SKLEG) UmeåUniversity

TransformationsofHg/MeHgincontaminatedfibersediments

Postdoc ErikBjörn/UlfSkyllberg

2015-05-01- erik.bjorn@umu.se