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

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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burt, Alexis Emelia
Other Authors: Stern, Gary (Environment and Geography) Wang, Feiyue (Chemistry/Environment and Geography)
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Mercury
Arctic
Sea ice algae
Zooplankton
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/8907

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