Spatial variability in total and organic mercury levels in Antarctic krill Euphausia superba across the Scotia Sea

• Published in: Environmental Pollution
• Main Authors: Seco, José, Xavier, José, Coelho, Joao, Pereira, Bárbara, Tarling, Geraint, Pardal, Miguel, Bustamante, Paco, Stowasser, Gabriele, Brierley, Andrew, Pereira, Maria
• Other Authors: CESAM & Department of Chemistry, Universidade de Aveiro, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE UC), Universidade de Coimbra Coimbra, British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), CESAM and Department of Biology, University of Minho Braga, Centre for Functional ecology, University of Coimbra Portugal (UC), 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), Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews Scotland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2019
• Subjects: Food-web; Eggs; Organic Mercury; Southern Ocean; Antarctica; [SDV.TOX.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology/Ecotoxicology; Antarctic; Scotia Sea; South Orkney Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-02339684; https://hal.science/hal-02339684/document; https://hal.science/hal-02339684/file/Seco%20et%20al%202019%20ENPO.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.01.031

International audience Total and organic mercury concentrations were determined for males, females and juveniles of Euphausia superba collected at three discrete locations in the Scotia Sea (the South Orkney Islands, South Georgia and the Antarctic Polar Front) to assess spatial mercury variability...