Mercury in the Anthropocene Ocean

The toxic metal mercury is present only at trace levels in the ocean, but it accumulates in fish at concentrations high enough to pose a threat to human and environmental health. Human activity has dramatically altered the global mercury cycle, resulting in loadings to the ocean that have increased...

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Main Authors: Carl Lamborg, Katlin Bowman, Chad Hammerschmidt, Cindy Gilmour, Kathleen Munson, Noelle Selin, Chun-Mao Tseng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Oceanography Society 2014-03-01
Series:Oceanography
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Online Access:http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/27-1_lamborg.pdf