Mercury biomagnification in a Southern Ocean food web

• Published in: Environmental Pollution
• Main Authors: Seco, José, Aparício, Sara, Brierley, Andrew S., Bustamante, Paco, Ceia, Filipe R., Coelho, João P., Philips, Richard A., Saunders, Ryan A., Fielding, Sophie, Gregory, Susan, Matias, Ricardo, Pardal, Miguel A., Pereira, Eduarda, Stowasser, Gabriele, Tarling, Geraint A., Xavier, José C.
• Other Authors: University of St Andrews. Pelagic Ecology Research Group, University of St Andrews. School of Biology, University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling, University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Antarctica; Contaminants; Polar; Stable isotopes; Trophic magnification slope; GE Environmental Sciences; GC Oceanography; Health; Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Pollution; Toxicology; NDAS; SDG 14 - Life Below Water; AC; GE; GC; Antarctic; Scotia Sea; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; British Antarctic Survey
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/24777; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116620

Funding Information: We acknowledge the financial support of the Portuguese Foundation for the Science and Technology (FCT / MCTES) through a PhD grant to Jose Seco (SRFH/PD/BD/113487) and CESAM (UIDP/50017/2020+UIDB/50017/2020), through national funds. The Institut Universitaire de France is acknowledged for its support to P. Bustamante as a Senior Member. This research was also within strategic program of MARE (MARE - UID/MAR/04292/2020). The work is a contribution to the Ecosystems component of the British Antarctic Survey Polar Science for Planet Earth Programme, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, which is part of UK Research and Innovation. Funding Information: We thank the officers, crew and scientists aboard RSS James Clark Ross during cruises JR177 and JR16003 for their assistance in collecting samples. We also thank Giulia Pompeo for her help with the Hg analysis. We are grateful to G. Guillou from the “Plateforme Analyses Isotopiques” of LIENSs for his assistance during stable isotope analyses at the University of La Rochelle. We acknowledge the financial support of the Portuguese Foundation for the Science and Technology ( FCT / MCTES ) through a PhD grant to José Seco ( SRFH/PD/BD/113487 ) and CESAM ( UIDP/50017/2020+UIDB/50017/2020 ), through national funds. The Institut Universitaire de France is acknowledged for its support to P. Bustamante as a Senior Member. This research was also within strategic program of MARE (MARE - UID/MAR/04292/2020). The work is a contribution to the Ecosystems component of the British Antarctic Survey Polar Science for Planet Earth Programme, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council , which is part of UK Research and Innovation . Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Elsevier Ltd Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved. Biomagnification of mercury (Hg) in the Scotia Sea food web of the Southern Ocean was examined using the stable isotope ratios of nitrogen (δ15N) and carbon (δ13C) as proxies for trophic level and feeding habitat, ...