Methylmercury uptake by diverse marine phytoplankton

• Published in: Limnology and oceanography Vol. 61; no. 5; pp. 1626 - 1639
• Main Authors: Lee, Cheng-Shiuan, Fisher, Nicholas S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2016; John Wiley and Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Marine; Prorocentrum minimum

Phytoplankton may serve as a key entry for methylmercury (MeHg) into aquatic food webs however very few studies have quantified the bioconcentration of MeHg in marine phytoplankton from seawater, particularly for non-diatoms. Experiments using 203Hg to measure MeHg uptake rates and concentration fac...