Seasonality in mercury bioaccumulation in particulate organic matter and zooplankton in a river-influenced Arctic fjord (Adventfjord, Svalbard).

• Main Author: Carrasco, Nathalie
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Marinbiologi: 497; Zooplankton diet; River inputs; Arctic coastal environment; Mercury; Terrestrial energy source; BIO-3950; Adventelva; Arctic; Longyearelva; Svalbard; permafrost; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/15949

Methylmercury (MeHg) is of concern because it has the capacity to readily bioaccumulate and biomagnify along trophic levels until humans, exhibiting toxic effects such as neurotoxicity. Increased permafrost melt (that stores large amounts of carbon and mercury (Hg)) and river inputs, are expected to...