A risk assessment of the effects of mercury on Baltic Sea, Greater North Sea and North Atlantic wildlife, fish and bivalves
A wide range of species, including marine mammals, seabirds, birds of prey, fish and bivalves, were investigated for potential population health risks resulting from contemporary (post 2000) mercury (Hg) exposure, using novel risk thresholds based on literature and de novo contamination data. The ma...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/19941 2023-05-15T14:27:27+02:00 A risk assessment of the effects of mercury on Baltic Sea, Greater North Sea and North Atlantic wildlife, fish and bivalves Dietz, Rune Fort, Jérôme Sonne, Christian Albert, Céline Bustnes, Jan Ove Christensen, Thomas Kjær Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej Danielsen, Jóhannis Dastnai, Sam Eens, Marcel Erikstad, Kjell E Galatius, Anders Garbus, Svend-Erik Gilg, Oliver Hanssen, Sveinn Are Helander, Björn Helberg, Morten Jaspers, Veerle Jenssen, Bjørn Munro Jónsson, Jón Einar Kauhala, Kaarina Kolbeinsson, Yann Kyhn, Line A. Labansen, Aili Lage Larsen, Martin M. Lindstrøm, Ulf Reiertsen, Tone Kristin Rigét, Frank F. Roos, Anna Strand, Jakob Strøm, Hallvard Søndergaard, Jens Sun, Jiachen Teilmann, Jonas Therkildsen, Ole Roland Thórarinsson, Thorkell Lindberg Tjørnløv, Rune Skjold Wilson, Simon Eulaers, Igor 2020-11-24 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/19941 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.106178 eng eng Elsevier Environment International info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/ARCTOX/631203/France/SEA-ICE SHRINKING AND INCREASING HUMAN ACTIVITIES IN THE ARCTIC: WHAT RISKS FOR THE AVIAN BIODIVERSITY?// Dietz, R., Fort, J., Sonne, C., Albert, C., Bustnes, J.O., Christensen, T.K. . Eulaers, I. (2021) A risk assessment of the effects of mercury on Baltic Sea, Greater North Sea and North Atlantic wildlife, fish and bivalves. Environment International, 146 , 106178. FRIDAID 1852642 doi:10.1016/j.envint.2020.106178 0160-4120 1873-6750 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/19941 openAccess Copyright 2020 The Author(s) VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400 VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2020 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.106178 2021-06-25T17:57:49Z A wide range of species, including marine mammals, seabirds, birds of prey, fish and bivalves, were investigated for potential population health risks resulting from contemporary (post 2000) mercury (Hg) exposure, using novel risk thresholds based on literature and de novo contamination data. The main geographic focus is on the Baltic Sea, while data from the same species in adjacent waters, such as the Greater North Sea and North Atlantic, were included for comparative purposes. For marine mammals, 23% of the groups, each composing individuals of a specific sex and maturity from the same species in a specific study region, showed Hg-concentrations within the High Risk Category (HRC) and Severe Risk Category (SRC). The corresponding percentages for seabirds, fish and bivalves were 2.7%, 25% and 8.0%, respectively, although fish and bivalves were not represented in the SRC. Juveniles from all species showed to be at no or low risk. In comparison to the same species in the adjacent waters, i.e. the Greater North Sea and the North Atlantic, the estimated risk for Baltic populations is not considerably higher. These findings suggest that over the past few decades the Baltic Sea has improved considerably with respect to presenting Hg exposure to its local species, while it does still carry a legacy of elevated Hg levels resulting from high neighbouring industrial and agricultural activity and slow water turnover regime. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic North Atlantic University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Environment International 146 106178 |
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VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400 VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400 Dietz, Rune Fort, Jérôme Sonne, Christian Albert, Céline Bustnes, Jan Ove Christensen, Thomas Kjær Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej Danielsen, Jóhannis Dastnai, Sam Eens, Marcel Erikstad, Kjell E Galatius, Anders Garbus, Svend-Erik Gilg, Oliver Hanssen, Sveinn Are Helander, Björn Helberg, Morten Jaspers, Veerle Jenssen, Bjørn Munro Jónsson, Jón Einar Kauhala, Kaarina Kolbeinsson, Yann Kyhn, Line A. Labansen, Aili Lage Larsen, Martin M. Lindstrøm, Ulf Reiertsen, Tone Kristin Rigét, Frank F. Roos, Anna Strand, Jakob Strøm, Hallvard Søndergaard, Jens Sun, Jiachen Teilmann, Jonas Therkildsen, Ole Roland Thórarinsson, Thorkell Lindberg Tjørnløv, Rune Skjold Wilson, Simon Eulaers, Igor A risk assessment of the effects of mercury on Baltic Sea, Greater North Sea and North Atlantic wildlife, fish and bivalves |
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A wide range of species, including marine mammals, seabirds, birds of prey, fish and bivalves, were investigated for potential population health risks resulting from contemporary (post 2000) mercury (Hg) exposure, using novel risk thresholds based on literature and de novo contamination data. The main geographic focus is on the Baltic Sea, while data from the same species in adjacent waters, such as the Greater North Sea and North Atlantic, were included for comparative purposes. For marine mammals, 23% of the groups, each composing individuals of a specific sex and maturity from the same species in a specific study region, showed Hg-concentrations within the High Risk Category (HRC) and Severe Risk Category (SRC). The corresponding percentages for seabirds, fish and bivalves were 2.7%, 25% and 8.0%, respectively, although fish and bivalves were not represented in the SRC. Juveniles from all species showed to be at no or low risk. In comparison to the same species in the adjacent waters, i.e. the Greater North Sea and the North Atlantic, the estimated risk for Baltic populations is not considerably higher. These findings suggest that over the past few decades the Baltic Sea has improved considerably with respect to presenting Hg exposure to its local species, while it does still carry a legacy of elevated Hg levels resulting from high neighbouring industrial and agricultural activity and slow water turnover regime. |
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Dietz, Rune Fort, Jérôme Sonne, Christian Albert, Céline Bustnes, Jan Ove Christensen, Thomas Kjær Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej Danielsen, Jóhannis Dastnai, Sam Eens, Marcel Erikstad, Kjell E Galatius, Anders Garbus, Svend-Erik Gilg, Oliver Hanssen, Sveinn Are Helander, Björn Helberg, Morten Jaspers, Veerle Jenssen, Bjørn Munro Jónsson, Jón Einar Kauhala, Kaarina Kolbeinsson, Yann Kyhn, Line A. Labansen, Aili Lage Larsen, Martin M. Lindstrøm, Ulf Reiertsen, Tone Kristin Rigét, Frank F. Roos, Anna Strand, Jakob Strøm, Hallvard Søndergaard, Jens Sun, Jiachen Teilmann, Jonas Therkildsen, Ole Roland Thórarinsson, Thorkell Lindberg Tjørnløv, Rune Skjold Wilson, Simon Eulaers, Igor |
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Dietz, Rune Fort, Jérôme Sonne, Christian Albert, Céline Bustnes, Jan Ove Christensen, Thomas Kjær Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej Danielsen, Jóhannis Dastnai, Sam Eens, Marcel Erikstad, Kjell E Galatius, Anders Garbus, Svend-Erik Gilg, Oliver Hanssen, Sveinn Are Helander, Björn Helberg, Morten Jaspers, Veerle Jenssen, Bjørn Munro Jónsson, Jón Einar Kauhala, Kaarina Kolbeinsson, Yann Kyhn, Line A. Labansen, Aili Lage Larsen, Martin M. Lindstrøm, Ulf Reiertsen, Tone Kristin Rigét, Frank F. Roos, Anna Strand, Jakob Strøm, Hallvard Søndergaard, Jens Sun, Jiachen Teilmann, Jonas Therkildsen, Ole Roland Thórarinsson, Thorkell Lindberg Tjørnløv, Rune Skjold Wilson, Simon Eulaers, Igor |
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A risk assessment of the effects of mercury on Baltic Sea, Greater North Sea and North Atlantic wildlife, fish and bivalves |
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A risk assessment of the effects of mercury on Baltic Sea, Greater North Sea and North Atlantic wildlife, fish and bivalves |
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A risk assessment of the effects of mercury on Baltic Sea, Greater North Sea and North Atlantic wildlife, fish and bivalves |
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A risk assessment of the effects of mercury on Baltic Sea, Greater North Sea and North Atlantic wildlife, fish and bivalves |
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A risk assessment of the effects of mercury on Baltic Sea, Greater North Sea and North Atlantic wildlife, fish and bivalves |
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risk assessment of the effects of mercury on baltic sea, greater north sea and north atlantic wildlife, fish and bivalves |
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