Abstract: Highlights: • Copepods more efficiently assimilated methylmercury than inorganic mercury. • Algal size can consequentially influence uptake for different mercury species. • The fraction of methylmercury transferred to zooplankton varies with algae species. • Uptake of mercury species into algae is active. • Demonstrated the usefulness of stable isotopes approaches. Mercury (Hg) and methylmercury (CH3Hg) are found at trace levels in most marine waters. These species, particularly CH3Hg, then ominously bioaccumulate through marine food ...
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Environmental chemistry
Ecology