Phytoplankton community-level bio-optical assessment in a naturally mercury contaminated Antarctic ecosystem (Deception Island)

• Published in: Marine Environmental Research
• Main Authors: Duarte, Bernardo, Cabrita, Maria Teresa, Vidal, Tânia, Pereira, Joana Luísa, Pacheco, Mário, Pereira, Patrícia, Canário, João, Gonçalves, Fernando J.M., Matos, Ana Rita, Rosa, Rui, Marques, J. C., Caçador, Isabel, Gameiro, C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Antarctica; Hg contamination; Phytoplankton; Photochemistry; Antarctic; Deception Island; Fumarolas; Gabriel de Castilla; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/38806; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.07.014

Mercury naturally contaminated environments, like Deception Island (Antarctica), are field labs to study the physiological consequences of chronic Hg-exposure at the community level. Deception Island volcanic vents lead to a continuous chronic exposure of the phytoplanktonic communities to potential...