Spatial variability in total and organic mercury levels in Antarctic krill Euphausia superba across the Scotia Sea

• Published in: Environmental Pollution
• Main Authors: Seco, José, Xavier, José C., Coelho, João P., Pereira, Bárbara, Tarling, Geraint, Pardal, Miguel A., Bustamante, Paco, Stowasser, Gabriele, Brierley, Andrew S., Pereira, Maria E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Food-web; Eggs; Organic mercury; Southern Ocean; Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba; Scotia Sea; South Orkney Islands
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/publications/3e7f2ea4-459d-4651-babb-bd6fb9f5e54f; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.01.031; https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/19270/1/Seco_2019_EP_Spatialvariability_AAM.pdf

Total and organic mercury concentrations were determined for males, females and juveniles of Euphausia superba collected at three discrete locations in the Scotia Sea (the South Orkney Islands, South Georgia and the Antarctic Polar Front) to assess spatial mercury variability in Antarctic krill. The...