Heavy metal contamination in the Taimyr Peninsula, Siberian Arctic

• Main Authors: Allen-Gil, S. M., Ford, J., Lasorsa, B. K., Monetti, M., Vlasova, T., Landers, D. H.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons IC 2003
• Subjects: Arctic; Fish; Metals; Russia; Sediment; Vegetation; Norilsk; Dicrostonyx torquatus; Lota lota; norilsk; Salvelinus alpinus; Taimyr; Alaska; lota
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/scopus_articles/2134

The Taimyr Peninsula is directly north of the world's largest heavy metal smelting complex (Norilsk, Russia). Despite this proximity, there has been little research to examine the extent of contamination of the Taimyr Peninsula. We analyzed heavy metal concentrations in lichen (Cetraria cuculla...