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 C., Coelho, João P., Pereira, Bárbara, Tarling, Geraint, Pardal, Miguel A., Bustamante, Paco, Stowasser, Gabriele, Brierley, Andrew S., Pereira, Maria E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: Food-web; Egg laying; Crustacean; Southern Ocean; Contaminant; Antarctic; Scotia Sea; South Orkney Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/37501; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.01.031

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