Subsurface seawater methylmercury maximum explains biotic mercury concentrations in the Canadian Arctic

Mercury (Hg) is a contaminant of major concern in Arctic marine ecosystems. Decades of Hg observations in marine biota from across the Canadian Arctic show generally higher concentrations in the west than in the east. Various hypotheses have attributed this longitudinal biotic Hg gradient to regiona...

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Published in:Sci Rep
Main Authors: Wang, Kang, Munson, Kathleen M., Beaupré-Laperrière, Alexis, Mucci, Alfonso, Macdonald, Robie W., Wang, Feiyue
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6160454/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30262886
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32760-0
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