Mercury uptake within an ice algal community during the spring bloom in first-year Arctic sea ice

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4746-4754

  Burt, Alexis ^a,b   Wang, Feiyue ^a   Puc̈ko, Monika ^a,b   Mundy, Christopher John ^a   Gosselin, Michel ^c   Philippe, Benoît ^c   Poulin, Michel ^d   Tremblay, Jean Éric ^e   Stern, Gary A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Beaufort Sea; bioaccumulation; ice algae; mercury; sources

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; SEA ICE; SEAWATER;

ARCTIC; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; BEAUFORT SEA; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; ICE ALGAE; MERCURY BIOACCUMULATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TRANSFORMATION PROCESS;

MERCURY (METAL);

ALGA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD WEB; GRAZING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NICHE; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMINERALIZATION; RESUSPENSION; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

ALGAE;

EID: 84887107808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20380     Document Type: Article

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