How does climate change influence arctic mercury?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 414, Issue , 2012, Pages 22-42

  Stern, Gary A ^a,b   Macdonald, Robie W ^b,c   Outridge, Peter M ^b,d   Wilson, Simon ^e   Chételat, John ^f   Cole, Amanda ^g   Hintelmann, Holger ^h   Loseto, Lisa L ^a,b   Steffen, Alexandra ^g   Wang, Feiyue ^b   Zdanowicz, Christian ^d  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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

^f CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^h TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Biogeochemical; Climate change; Cryosphere; Exposure; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CRYOSPHERE; DEMETHYLATION; DIETARY EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; FOOD WEBS; FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; MARINE FOOD WEB; MASS BALANCE; MELTING GLACIERS; MERCURY CYCLING; MERCURY DISTRIBUTION; MERCURY EMISSIONS; MERCURY FLUXES; MERCURY METHYLATION; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; RISING TEMPERATURES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS; TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS; TOP-DOWN PROCESS; TRANSPORT PATHWAYS;

ALKYLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; ICE; MERCURY (METAL); OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; MERCURY;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE FORCING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOOD WEB; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGLACIATION; DEMETHYLATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FISH; FOOD WEB; FREEZE THAWING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LAND BIOME; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY CYCLING; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA; SPECIES HABITAT; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRESH WATER; ICE COVER; MERCURY; METHYLATION; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84855534631     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.10.039     Document Type: Review

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