Mercury uptake and dynamics in sea ice algae, phytoplankton and grazing copepods from a Beaufort Sea Arctic marine food web

Mercury (Hg) is one of the primary contaminants of concern in the Arctic marine ecosystem. Methyl Hg (MeHg) is known to biomagnify in food webs. During the International Polar Year - Circumpolar Flaw Lead study, sea ice, seawater, bottom ice algae, phytoplankton and the herbivorous copepods were col...

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Main Author: Burt, Alexis Emelia
Other Authors: Stern, Gary (Environment and Geography) Wang, Feiyue (Chemistry/Environment and Geography)
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/8907