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- Publisher
- CSIRO Publishing
- Copyright
- CSIRO
- ISSN
- 1448-2517
- eISSN
- 1449-8979
- DOI
- 10.1071/EN08024
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Environmental context. Mercury has unique physico-chemical characteristics that include long-range atmospheric transport, transformation into highly toxic methylmercury species, and the bioaccumulation of these compounds, especially in the marine environment. This has motivated intense international research on mercury as a pollutant of global concern. With respect to Polar regions, scientific interest and research activities were even accelerated after the discovery of the so-called atmospheric mercury depletion events (AMDEs), which are supposed to lead to enhanced mercury deposition flux into these pristine environments in the ecologically very sensitive period in polar spring.
Journal
Environmental Chemistry – CSIRO Publishing
Published: Apr 17, 2008