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table 10.5
Total Mercury and Monomethylmercury Biomagnifi cation in Various Marine Food Webs
Arctic and Antarctic Ecosystems
Baffi n Bay
a,b
Barents Sea
c,d
Lancaster Sound
e
Terra Nova Bay/Ross Sea
f
TOTAL
H
g
TOTAL
H
g
TOTAL
H
g
TOTAL
H
g
Test substance
(
g g
1
WET
WT
)
%
MMH
g
(
g g
1
WET
WT
)
%
MMH
g
(
g g
1
WET
WT
)
%
MMH
g
(
g g
1
WET
WT
)
%
MMH
g
Surface waters
0.0000006
g
4
3
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Algae or microseston
0.003
nd
NA
NA
0.005
NA
0.01
0.002
NA
Zooplankton
0.015
0.015
43
40
0.03
6
0.02
0.01
NA
0.02
0.01
NA
Molluscs
NA
NA
NA
NA
0.03
0.01
NA
0.06
0.03
NA
Prey (small) fi sh
0.023
0.015
100
0.01
nd
0.06
0.1
NA
0.03
0.02
NA
Piscivorous (large) fi sh
h
NA
NA
0.06
0.02
35 (9-100)
NA
NA
0.15
0.11
NA
Piscivorous birds
h
1.7
1.1
79
20
0.22
0.09
62
21
i
0.5
0.2
NA
0.17
NA
Seals
h
0.68
0.29
79
14
NA
NA
0.3
0.3
NA
1.9
NA
Coastal Ecosystems
South San Francisco
Bay
m,n,o,p,q,r,s
Long Island Sound
j
Princess Royal Harbor
k
North Sea
l
TOTAL
H
g
TOTAL
H
g
TOTAL
H
g
TOTAL
H
g
Test substance
(
g g
1
WET
WT
)
%
MMH
g
(
g g
1
WET
WT
)
%
MMH
g
(
g g
1
WET
WT
)
%
MMH
g
(
g g
1
WET
WT
)
%
MMH
g
Surface waters
0.000001
g
3
NA
NA
0.0000009
g
1-17
0.000005
g
2
3
Algae or microseston
0.006
9
0.03 (0.02-0.04)
10 (5-13)
0.044
3
0.024
(1-2)
Zooplankton
NA
NA
0.28 (0.13-0.42)
65 (25-89)
NA
NA
NA
NA
Molluscs
NA
NA
0.37 (0.11-1.2)
48 (18-72)
0.022
0.009
35
17
0.06
0.02
NA
Prey (small) fi sh
0.03
92
0.48 (0.37-0.60)
93 (91-95)
0.12
0.12
96
6
0.15
0.10
NA
Piscivorous (large) fi sh
h
0.14
98
2.3 (0.62-4.8)
95
0.16
0.19
94
4
0.45
0.20
NA
Piscivorous birds
h
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
1.0
0.7
NA
Seals
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
0.34
0.09
t,u
NA
NA
below detection limit.
a. Campbell et al. (2005), b. Kirk et al. (2008), c. Jæger et al. (2009), d. Joiris et al. (1997a, 1997b), e. Atwell et al. (1998), f. Bargagli et al. (1998), g. total Hg in water in
not available/not measured, nd
1, h. muscle tissue, i. liver,
j. Hammerschmidt and Fitzgerald (2006), k. Francesconi and Lenanton (1992), l. Baeyens et al. (2003), m. Conaway et al. (2003), n. Davis et al. (2006), o. Hunt et al. (2008), p. Eagles-Smith et al. (2009a),
q. Luengen and Flegal (2009), r. NOAA (2007), s. Brookens et al. (2008), t. blood, u. juveniles and adults.
g mL
