Measurements of atmospheric mercury, gaseous elemental mercury, and evasional fluxes in the Amundsen Gulf: the role of the sea-ice environment

Mercury (Hg) has been recognized as a contaminant of global concern due to its high toxicity, as well as its ability to mobilize over long distances and biomagnify up through the food chain. The discovery of polar springtime atmospheric mercury depletion events (AMDEs) in the 1990s provides a new m...

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Main Author: Latonas, Jeffrey Roman
Other Authors: Wang, Feiyue (Environment and Geography) Stern, Gary (Environment and Geography)
Language:en_US
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/4362