The fate of mercury in Arctic terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, a review

Thomas A. Douglas; Lisa L. Loseto; Robie W. Macdonald; Peter Outridge; Aurélien Dommergue; Alexandre Poulain; Marc Amyot; Tamar Barkay; Torunn Berg; John Chételat; Philippe Constant; Marlene Evans; Christophe Ferrari; Nikolaus Gantner; Matthew Stanley Johnson; Jane Kirk; Niels Kroer; Catherine Larose; David Lean; Torkel Gissel Nielsen; Laurier Poissant; Sigurd Rognerud; Henrik Skov; Søren Johannes Sørensen; Feiuye Wang; Simon Wilson; Christian M. Zdanowicz

doi:10.1071/EN11140

The fate of mercury in Arctic terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, a review

Thomas A. Douglas, Lisa L. Loseto, Robie W. Macdonald, Peter Outridge, Aurélien Dommergue, Alexandre Poulain, Marc Amyot, Tamar Barkay, Torunn Berg, John Chételat, Philippe Constant, Marlene Evans, Christophe Ferrari, Nikolaus Gantner, Matthew Stanley Johnson, Jane Kirk, Niels Kroer, Catherine Larose, David Lean, Torkel Gissel NielsenLaurier Poissant, Sigurd Rognerud, Henrik Skov, Søren Johannes Sørensen, Feiuye Wang, Simon Wilson, Christian M. Zdanowicz

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Thomas A. Douglas, Lisa L. Loseto, Robie W. Macdonald, Peter Outridge, Aurélien Dommergue, Alexandre Poulain, Marc Amyot, Tamar Barkay, Torunn Berg, John Chételat, Philippe Constant, Marlene Evans, Christophe Ferrari, Nikolaus Gantner, Matthew S. Johnson, Jane Kirk, Niels Kroer, Catherine Larose, David Lean, Torkel Gissel Nielsen, Laurier Poissant, Sigurd Rognerud, Henrik Skov, Søren Sørensen, Feiuye Wang, Simon Wilson, Christian M. Zdanowicz - Volume 9(4)

Environmental context. Mercury, in its methylated form, is a neurotoxin that biomagnifies in marine and terrestrial foodwebs leading to elevated levels in fish and fish-eating mammals worldwide, including at numerous Arctic locations. Elevated mercury concentrations in Arctic country foods present a significant exposure risk to Arctic people. We present a detailed review of the fate of mercury in Arctic terrestrial and marine ecosystems, taking into account the extreme seasonality of Arctic ecosystems and the unique processes associated with sea ice and Arctic hydrology.

Original language	English
Journal	Environmental Chemistry (Online)
Volume	9
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	321-355
Number of pages	35
ISSN	1449-8979
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1071/EN11140
Publication status	Published - 2012

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environmental studies

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Douglas, T. A., Loseto, L. L., Macdonald, R. W., Outridge, P., Dommergue, A., Poulain, A., Amyot, M., Barkay, T., Berg, T., Chételat, J., Constant, P., Evans, M., Ferrari, C., Gantner, N., Johnson, M. S., Kirk, J., Kroer, N., Larose, C., Lean, D., ... Zdanowicz, C. M. (2012). The fate of mercury in Arctic terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, a review. Environmental Chemistry (Online), 9(4), 321-355. https://doi.org/10.1071/EN11140

The fate of mercury in Arctic terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, a review. / Douglas, Thomas A.; Loseto, Lisa L.; Macdonald, Robie W.; Outridge, Peter; Dommergue, Aurélien; Poulain, Alexandre; Amyot, Marc; Barkay, Tamar; Berg, Torunn; Chételat, John; Constant, Philippe; Evans, Marlene; Ferrari, Christophe; Gantner, Nikolaus; Johnson, Matthew Stanley; Kirk, Jane; Kroer, Niels; Larose, Catherine; Lean, David; Nielsen, Torkel Gissel; Poissant, Laurier; Rognerud, Sigurd; Skov, Henrik; Sørensen, Søren Johannes; Wang, Feiuye; Wilson, Simon; Zdanowicz, Christian M.

In: Environmental Chemistry (Online), Vol. 9, No. 4, 2012, p. 321-355.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review

Douglas, TA, Loseto, LL, Macdonald, RW, Outridge, P, Dommergue, A, Poulain, A, Amyot, M, Barkay, T, Berg, T, Chételat, J, Constant, P, Evans, M, Ferrari, C, Gantner, N, Johnson, MS, Kirk, J, Kroer, N, Larose, C, Lean, D, Nielsen, TG, Poissant, L, Rognerud, S, Skov, H, Sørensen, SJ, Wang, F, Wilson, S & Zdanowicz, CM 2012, 'The fate of mercury in Arctic terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, a review', Environmental Chemistry (Online), vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 321-355. https://doi.org/10.1071/EN11140

Douglas, Thomas A. ; Loseto, Lisa L. ; Macdonald, Robie W. ; Outridge, Peter ; Dommergue, Aurélien ; Poulain, Alexandre ; Amyot, Marc ; Barkay, Tamar ; Berg, Torunn ; Chételat, John ; Constant, Philippe ; Evans, Marlene ; Ferrari, Christophe ; Gantner, Nikolaus ; Johnson, Matthew Stanley ; Kirk, Jane ; Kroer, Niels ; Larose, Catherine ; Lean, David ; Nielsen, Torkel Gissel ; Poissant, Laurier ; Rognerud, Sigurd ; Skov, Henrik ; Sørensen, Søren Johannes ; Wang, Feiuye ; Wilson, Simon ; Zdanowicz, Christian M. / The fate of mercury in Arctic terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, a review. In: Environmental Chemistry (Online). 2012 ; Vol. 9, No. 4. pp. 321-355.

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