A global ocean inventory of anthropogenic mercury based on water column measurements

Carl H. Lamborg (), Chad R. Hammerschmidt, Katlin L. Bowman, Gretchen J. Swarr, Kathleen M. Munson, Daniel C. Ohnemus, Phoebe J. Lam, Lars-Eric Heimbürger, Micha J. A. Rijkenberg and Mak A. Saito
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Carl H. Lamborg: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Chad R. Hammerschmidt: Wright State University
Katlin L. Bowman: Wright State University
Gretchen J. Swarr: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Kathleen M. Munson: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Daniel C. Ohnemus: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Phoebe J. Lam: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Lars-Eric Heimbürger: Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Laboratoire Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, CNRS/IRD/Université Paul-Sabatier, 14, avenue Édouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
Micha J. A. Rijkenberg: Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Den Burg, 1790 AB, The Netherlands
Mak A. Saito: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Nature, 2014, vol. 512, issue 7512, 65-68

Abstract: GEOTRACES sampling of deep water from the Atlantic, Pacific and Southern oceans allows an estimate of the amount (tripled in surface waters) and distribution (two-thirds increase in water less than a thousand metres deep) of anthropogenic mercury accumulating in the global ocean.

Date: 2014
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