A global ocean inventory of anthropogenic mercury based on water column measurements

Nature

Volumn 512, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-68

  Lamborg, Carl H ^a   Hammerschmidt, Chad R ^b   Bowman, Katlin L ^b   Swarr, Gretchen J ^a   Munson, Kathleen M ^a   Ohnemus, Daniel C ^a   Lam, Phoebe J ^a   Heimbürger, Lars Eric ^c   Rijkenberg, Micha J A ^d   Saito, Mak A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPEDITIONS; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MERCURY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84905575064     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13563     Document Type: Article

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