Toxic mercury, aquatic ecosystem collapse, and the ancient Lowland Maya

Matthew Neal Waters, Savanna Lee Wooten, Ashley Mark Abrook, Mark Brenner, Jason Hilleary Curtis, Peter Guy Langdon, Roger Manuel Medina-Gonzalez, Savvas Paradeisis-Stathis, Richard Scott Vachula

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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aeh3280
Published: 2026-11-06
Container: Science Advances
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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@article{allodium:10.1126/sciadv.aeh3280,
  title = {Toxic mercury, aquatic ecosystem collapse, and the ancient Lowland Maya},
  author = {Matthew Neal Waters and Savanna Lee Wooten and Ashley Mark Abrook and Mark Brenner and Jason Hilleary Curtis and Peter Guy Langdon and Roger Manuel Medina-Gonzalez and Savvas Paradeisis-Stathis and Richard Scott Vachula},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Science Advances},
  doi = {10.1126/sciadv.aeh3280},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aeh3280}
}

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AU  - Savanna Lee Wooten
AU  - Ashley Mark Abrook
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AU  - Roger Manuel Medina-Gonzalez
AU  - Savvas Paradeisis-Stathis
AU  - Richard Scott Vachula
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Waters, M. N., Wooten, S. L., Abrook, A. M., Brenner, M., Curtis, J. H., Langdon, P. G., Medina-Gonzalez, R. M., Paradeisis-Stathis, S., & Vachula, R. S. (2026). Toxic mercury, aquatic ecosystem collapse, and the ancient Lowland Maya. Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aeh3280

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