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Ecological determinants of methylmercury bioaccumulation in benthic invertebrates of polar desert la...

Ecological determinants of methylmercury bioaccumulation in benthic invertebrates of polar desert la...

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Ecological determinants of methylmercury bioaccumulation in benthic invertebrates of polar desert lakes

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Ecological determinants of methylmercury bioaccumulation in benthic invertebrates of polar desert lakes

Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Journal title

Polar biology, 2014-12, Vol.37 (12), p.1785-1796

Language

English

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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Contents

We investigated concentrations of monomethylmercury (MMHg) at the base of benthic food webs in six lakes from polar desert (biologically poor and low annual precipitation) on Cornwallis Island (Nunavut, Canada, ~75°N latitude). Anthropogenic mercury emissions reach the Arctic by long-range atmospheric transport, and information is lacking on proces...

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Ecological determinants of methylmercury bioaccumulation in benthic invertebrates of polar desert lakes

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1627966464

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1627966464

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ISSN

0722-4060

E-ISSN

1432-2056

DOI

10.1007/s00300-014-1561-3

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