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

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  • Carl H. Lamborg

    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

  • Chad R. Hammerschmidt

    (Wright State University)

  • Katlin L. Bowman

    (Wright State University)

  • Gretchen J. Swarr

    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

  • Kathleen M. Munson

    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

  • Daniel C. Ohnemus

    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

  • Phoebe J. Lam

    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

  • Lars-Eric Heimbürger

    (Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Laboratoire Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, CNRS/IRD/Université Paul-Sabatier, 14, avenue Édouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France)

  • Micha J. A. Rijkenberg

    (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Den Burg, 1790 AB, The Netherlands)

  • Mak A. Saito

    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Abstract

GEOTRACES sampling of deep water from the Atlantic, Pacific and Southern oceans allows an estimate of the amount (tripled in surface waters) and distribution (two-thirds increase in water less than a thousand metres deep) of anthropogenic mercury accumulating in the global ocean.

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  • Carl H. Lamborg & Chad R. Hammerschmidt & Katlin L. Bowman & Gretchen J. Swarr & Kathleen M. Munson & Daniel C. Ohnemus & Phoebe J. Lam & Lars-Eric Heimbürger & Micha J. A. Rijkenberg & Mak A. Saito, 2014. "A global ocean inventory of anthropogenic mercury based on water column measurements," Nature, Nature, vol. 512(7512), pages 65-68, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:512:y:2014:i:7512:d:10.1038_nature13563
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13563
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    1. Miguel Motas & Silvia Jerez & Marta Esteban & Francisco Valera & José Javier Cuervo & Andrés Barbosa, 2021. "Mercury Levels in Feathers of Penguins from the Antarctic Peninsula Area: Geographical and Inter-Specific Differences," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(18), pages 1-10, September.
    2. Emily Seelen & Van Liem-Nguyen & Urban Wünsch & Zofia Baumann & Robert Mason & Ulf Skyllberg & Erik Björn, 2023. "Dissolved organic matter thiol concentrations determine methylmercury bioavailability across the terrestrial-marine aquatic continuum," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-13, December.
    3. Schofield, Keith, 2017. "Mercury emission control: Phase II. Let’s now go passive," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 122(C), pages 311-318.
    4. Jane A. Parkin Kullmann & Roger Pamphlett, 2018. "A Comparison of Mercury Exposure from Seafood Consumption and Dental Amalgam Fillings in People with and without Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): An International Online Case-Control Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(12), pages 1-14, December.

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