An evaluation of teeth of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) from Greenland as a matrix to monitor spatial and temporal trends of mercury and stable isotopes.

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Aubail, Aurore, Dietz, Rune, Rigét, Frank, Simon-Bouhet, Benoit, Caurant, Florence
• Other Authors: LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés - UMR 7266 (LIENSs), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), National Environmental Research Institute (NERI)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2010
• Subjects: mercury; stable isotopes; carbon; nitrogen; ringed seal; Phoca hispida; teeth; spatial and temporal trends; [SDV.TOX.TCA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology/Toxicology and food chain; Greenland; Qeqertarsuaq; Ittoqqortoormiit; East Greenland
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00610710; https://hal.science/hal-00610710/document; https://hal.science/hal-00610710/file/VersionHAL_Aubail_et_al2010.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.07.038

International audience Total mercury (Hg) concentrations were measured in teeth of ringed seals from Qeqertarsuaq, central West Greenland (1982 to 2006) and Ittoqqortoormiit, central East Greenland (1986 to 2006). Stable isotopic ratios of carbon (13C/12C) and nitrogen (15N/14N) were determined as w...