Biogeographic provinces of total and methyl mercury in zooplankton and fish from the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas: Results from the SHEBA drift

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4707-4713

  Stern, G A ^a   Macdonald, R W ^b  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OCEANOGRAPHY; SNOW; WATER POLLUTION;

ICE CLIMATE; MERCURY DEPLETION EVENTS (MDE); SURFACE HEAT BUDGET OF THE ARCTIC (SHEBA; ZOOPLANKTONS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; BOREOGADUS SAIDA; CALANUS HYPERBOREUS; CLIMATE; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; OCEANOGRAPHY; SAMPLING; SEA; WHALE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE; COPEPODA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; GADIFORMES; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WHALES;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; ARCTOGADUS GLACIALIS; BOREOGADUS SAIDA; CALANUS HYPERBOREUS; CETACEA; COPEPODA; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS;

EID: 22044444709     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0482278     Document Type: Article

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