Mercury in the Anthropocene Ocean

The toxic metal mercury is present only at trace levels in the ocean, but it accumulates in fish at concentrations high enough to pose a threat to human and environmental health. Human activity has dramatically altered the global mercury cycle, resulting in loadings to the ocean that have increased...

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Main Authors: Lamborg, Carl H. (Author), Bowman, Katilin (Author), Hammerschmidt, Chad (Author), Gilmour, Cindy (Author), Munson, Kathleen (Author), Tseng, Chun-Mao (Author), Selin, Noelle Eckley (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oceanography Society, 2014-05-30T18:34:22Z.
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