Temporal trends of mercury in Arctic biota: 10 more years of progress in Arctic monitoring
International audience Temporal trend analysis of (total) mercury (THg) concentrations in Arctic biota were assessed as part of the 2021 Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) Mercury Assessment. A mixed model including an evaluation of non-linear trends was applied to 110 time series of...
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International audience Temporal trend analysis of (total) mercury (THg) concentrations in Arctic biota were assessed as part of the 2021 Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) Mercury Assessment. A mixed model including an evaluation of non-linear trends was applied to 110 time series of THg concentrations from Arctic and Subarctic biota. Temporal trends were calculated for full time series (6–46 years) and evaluated with a particular focus on recent trends over the last 20 years. Three policy-relevant questions were addressed: (1) What time series for THg concentrations in Arctic biota are currently available? (2) Are THg concentrations changing over time in biota from the Arctic? (3) Are there spatial patterns in THg trends in biota from the Arctic? Few geographical patterns of recent trends in THg concentrations were observed; however, those in marine mammals tended to be increasing at more easterly longitudes, and those of seabirds tended to be increasing in the Northeast Atlantic; these should be interpreted with caution as geographic coverage remains variable. Trends of THg in freshwater fish were equally increasing and decreasing or non-significant while those in marine fish and mussels were non-significant or increasing. The statistical power to detect trends was greatly improved compared to the 2011 AMAP Mercury Assessment; 70% of the time series could detect a 5% annual change at the 5% significance level with power ≥ 80%, while in 2011 only 19% met these criteria. Extending existing time series, and availability of new, powerful time series contributed to these improvements, highlighting the need for annual monitoring, particularly given the spatial and temporal information needed to support initiatives such as the Minamata Convention on Mercury. Collecting the same species/tissues across different locations is recommended. Extended time series from Alaska and new data from Russia are also needed to better establish circumarctic patterns of temporal trends |
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Northern Contaminants Program Canada Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) Secretariat Norway FRS Marine Laboratory, 375 Victoria Road, Aberdeen, AB11 9DB Scotland, UK Environment and Climate Change Canada Hudelson Consulting Canada The Faroese Environment Agency Faroe Islands Akvaplan-niva AS, 9296 Tromsø, Norway 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) Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.) Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC) La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) Arctic Research Centre Aarhus (ARC) Aarhus University Aarhus Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Gamberg Consulting Canada Freshwater and Oceanic Science Unit of Research, University of Liege (FOCUS) Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) Norwegian Polar Institute Centre for Earth Observation Sciences (CEOS) University of Manitoba Winnipeg |
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Temporal trends of mercury in Arctic biota: 10 more years of progress in Arctic monitoring |
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Temporal trends of mercury in Arctic biota: 10 more years of progress in Arctic monitoring |
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ftunivcotedazur:oai:HAL:hal-03684200v1 2023-05-15T13:21:32+02:00 Temporal trends of mercury in Arctic biota: 10 more years of progress in Arctic monitoring Morris, Adam Wilson, Simon Fryer, Rob Thomas, Philippe Hudelson, Karista Andreasen, Birgitta Blévin, Pierre Bustamante, Paco Chastel, Olivier Christensen, Guttorm Dietz, Rune Evans, Marlene Evenset, Anita Ferguson, Steven Fort, Jérôme Gamberg, Mary Grémillet, David Houde, Magali Letcher, Robert Loseto, Lisa Muir, Derek Pinzone, Marianna Poste, Amanda Routti, Heli Sonne, Christian Stern, Gary Rigét, Frank Northern Contaminants Program Canada Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) Secretariat Norway FRS Marine Laboratory, 375 Victoria Road, Aberdeen, AB11 9DB Scotland, UK Environment and Climate Change Canada Hudelson Consulting Canada The Faroese Environment Agency Faroe Islands Akvaplan-niva AS, 9296 Tromsø, Norway 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) Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.) Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC) La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) Arctic Research Centre Aarhus (ARC) Aarhus University Aarhus Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Gamberg Consulting Canada Freshwater and Oceanic Science Unit of Research, University of Liege (FOCUS) Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) Norwegian Polar Institute Centre for Earth Observation Sciences (CEOS) University of Manitoba Winnipeg 2022-09 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03684200 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155803 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155803 hal-03684200 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03684200 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155803 ISSN: 0048-9697 EISSN: 1879-1026 Science of the Total Environment https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03684200 Science of the Total Environment, Elsevier, 2022, 839, pp.155803. ⟨10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155803⟩ Mercury Arctic Biota Temporal trends Environmental monitoring Statistical assessment [SDE]Environmental Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2022 ftunivcotedazur https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155803 2022-09-18T20:32:34Z International audience Temporal trend analysis of (total) mercury (THg) concentrations in Arctic biota were assessed as part of the 2021 Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) Mercury Assessment. A mixed model including an evaluation of non-linear trends was applied to 110 time series of THg concentrations from Arctic and Subarctic biota. Temporal trends were calculated for full time series (6–46 years) and evaluated with a particular focus on recent trends over the last 20 years. Three policy-relevant questions were addressed: (1) What time series for THg concentrations in Arctic biota are currently available? (2) Are THg concentrations changing over time in biota from the Arctic? (3) Are there spatial patterns in THg trends in biota from the Arctic? Few geographical patterns of recent trends in THg concentrations were observed; however, those in marine mammals tended to be increasing at more easterly longitudes, and those of seabirds tended to be increasing in the Northeast Atlantic; these should be interpreted with caution as geographic coverage remains variable. Trends of THg in freshwater fish were equally increasing and decreasing or non-significant while those in marine fish and mussels were non-significant or increasing. The statistical power to detect trends was greatly improved compared to the 2011 AMAP Mercury Assessment; 70% of the time series could detect a 5% annual change at the 5% significance level with power ≥ 80%, while in 2011 only 19% met these criteria. Extending existing time series, and availability of new, powerful time series contributed to these improvements, highlighting the need for annual monitoring, particularly given the spatial and temporal information needed to support initiatives such as the Minamata Convention on Mercury. Collecting the same species/tissues across different locations is recommended. Extended time series from Alaska and new data from Russia are also needed to better establish circumarctic patterns of temporal trends Article in Journal/Newspaper AMAP Arctic Northeast Atlantic Subarctic Alaska HAL Université Côte d'Azur Arctic Science of The Total Environment 839 155803 |