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Methylation of inorganic mercury in polar marine waters

Authors :
Holger Hintelmann
Igor Lehnherr
Jane L. Kirk
Vincent L. St. Louis
Source :
Nature Geoscience. 4:298-302
Publication Year :
2011
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2011.

Abstract

Monomethylmercury is a neurotoxin that accumulates in marine organisms. Incubation experiments suggest that methylation of inorganic mercury accounts for around half of the monomethylmercury present in polar marine waters.

Details

ISSN :
17520908 and 17520894
Volume :
4
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nature Geoscience
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........80387e54309db6d64ad83afb17e410e9
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1134