Mercury biogeochemical cycling in the ocean and policy implications

Environmental Research

Volumn 119, Issue , 2012, Pages 101-117

  Mason, Robert P ^a   Choi, Anna L ^b   Fitzgerald, William F ^a   Hammerschmidt, Chad R ^c   Lamborg, Carl H ^d   Soerensen, Anne L ^b   Sunderland, Elsie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Mercury; Methylation; Methylmercury; Ocean

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; OCEAN BASIN; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OPEN OCEAN; PELAGIC FISH; POLICY APPROACH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEAWATER; UPPER OCEAN; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DEMETHYLATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD CHAIN; METHYLATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEA; WATER POLLUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HUMANS; MERCURY; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

SCOMBRIDAE; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 84870392948     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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