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☺ Estimated direct and riverine inputs of mercury into the north-east Atlantic have decreased between 1990–99, which shows the effects of emission reduction target setting in OSPAR and EU. ☺ Estimated atmospheric inputs of mercury into the North Sea have decreased between 1987 and 1995, showing the...

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Main Authors: Loads To, Key Message
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1986
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.457.4515
http://www.hce.it/sea/IMG/pdf/HS_fact_sheet_Hg_101003.pdf
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Summary:☺ Estimated direct and riverine inputs of mercury into the north-east Atlantic have decreased between 1990–99, which shows the effects of emission reduction target setting in OSPAR and EU. ☺ Estimated atmospheric inputs of mercury into the North Sea have decreased between 1987 and 1995, showing the effect of air pollution abatement policies in the countries surrounding the North Sea. ☺ Estimations indicate an inconsistent but decreasing trend for mercury in mussels from both the north-east Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. Estimations indicated no general trends were evident for concentrations in cod muscle or herring muscle. Estimations for inputs and concentrations in mussels and fish have been derived from data that are unbalanced, incomplete or both. (A) Direct and riverine inputs of mercury into the north-east Atlantic and atmospheric input into the North Sea. (B) Mercury concentrations in blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) from north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean mussel (M. galloprovincialis) from the Mediterranean. 0