Methylmercury photodegradation influenced by sea-ice cover in Arctic marine ecosystems

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 188-194

  Point, D ^a,b   Sonke, J E ^b   Day, R D ^a   Roseneau, D G ^c   Hobson, K A ^d   Vander Pol, S S ^a   Moors, A J ^a   Pugh, R S ^a   Donard, O F X ^e   Becker, P R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e UMR CNRS 5254   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; EGG; FOOD CHAIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; ICE COVER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; METHYLMERCURY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; SEA ICE; SEABIRD; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE WATER; TOXIN;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 79952154322     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1049     Document Type: Article

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