Temporal trends of Hg in Arctic biota, an update

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3520-3526

  Rigét, Frank ^a   Braune, Birgit ^b   Bignert, Anders ^c   Wilson, Simon ^d   Aars, Jon ^e   Born, Erik ^f   Dam, Maria ^g   Dietz, Rune ^a   Evans, Marlene ^h   Evans, Thomas ⁱ   Gamberg, Mary ^j   Gantner, Nikolaus ^k   Green, Norman ^l   Gunnlaugsdóttir, Helga ^m   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ⁿ   Letcher, Robert ^b   Muir, Derek ^h   Roach, Pat ^o   Sonne, Christian ^a   Stern, Gary ^p   Wiig, Oystein ^q   more..

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme AMAP Secretariat   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^f GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^g ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Faroe Islands)

^h ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^j Gamberg Consulting   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^l NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^m Matis ohf Iceland   (Iceland)

ⁿ WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^o Northern Contaminants Program   (Canada)

^p FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^q UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

more..

Author keywords

Arctic; Biota; Mercury; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CHANGE; ARCTIC; BIOTA; DATA SETS; GREENLAND; HG CONCENTRATIONS; MARINE MAMMALS; MARINE SPECIES; META-ANALYSIS; MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT; NORTH ATLANTIC; ROBUST METHODS; SAMPLING LOCATION; SCANDINAVIA; STATISTICAL POWER; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

MAMMALS; MERCURY (METAL); TISSUE;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

MERCURY;

BIOTA; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE MAMMAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOTA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIOTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MERCURY;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79959719072     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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