Chapter Mercury concentrations and transfers in phyto- and zooplankton communities in a coastal Mediterranean ecosystem (bay of Toulon, France)

• Main Author: Drouet, Flora (auth)
• Other Authors: JAMET, Jean-Louis (auth), JAMET, Dominique (auth), Marco-Miralles, Francoise (auth), Brochen, Michelle (auth), Chavanon, Fabienne (auth), Brach-Papa, Christophe (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Florence Firenze University Press 2022
• Series: Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques 1
• Subjects: The environment; Planktonic compartment; Mercury levels; Mercury tranfers; Trophic tranfers; Mediterranean Sea; Coastal ecosystem
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Summary

Plankton is critical in contaminants transfer but its role in mercury's is to be investigated. The objective was to characterize the plankton continuum's taxonomy, trophic organization and mercury levels. Bacteria, pico-, nano- and zooplankton were more abundant in the LiB and phytoplankton in the LaB. Mercury levels were higher in the LiB. Contrarily to standard mercury biomagnification pattern in higher trophic levels, the smaller size classes presented higher mercury concentrations decreasing while size increased followed by an inversion of the trend between the two largest size classes.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (9 p.)

ISBN

979-12-215-0030-1.61
9791221500301

Access

Open Access