Mercury stable isotopes constrain atmospheric sources to the ocean.


Journal

Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
09 2021
Historique:
received: 08 07 2020
accepted: 28 07 2021
entrez: 30 9 2021
pubmed: 1 10 2021
medline: 1 10 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Human exposure to toxic mercury (Hg) is dominated by the consumption of seafood

Identifiants

pubmed: 34588669
doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03859-8
pii: 10.1038/s41586-021-03859-8
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

678-682

Informations de copyright

© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.

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Auteurs

Martin Jiskra (M)

Environmental Geosciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. martin.jiskra@unibas.ch.
Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, CNRS/IRD/Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, Toulouse, France. martin.jiskra@unibas.ch.

Lars-Eric Heimbürger-Boavida (LE)

Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, CNRS/IRD/Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, Toulouse, France. lars-eric.heimburger@mio.osupytheas.fr.
Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/INSU, Université de Toulon, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) UM 110, Marseille, France. lars-eric.heimburger@mio.osupytheas.fr.

Marie-Maëlle Desgranges (MM)

Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/INSU, Université de Toulon, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) UM 110, Marseille, France.

Mariia V Petrova (MV)

Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/INSU, Université de Toulon, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) UM 110, Marseille, France.

Aurélie Dufour (A)

Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/INSU, Université de Toulon, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) UM 110, Marseille, France.

Beatriz Ferreira-Araujo (B)

Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, CNRS/IRD/Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, Toulouse, France.

Jérémy Masbou (J)

Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, CNRS/IRD/Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, Toulouse, France.
Institut Terre et Environnement de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg/EOST/ENGEES/CNRS, Strasbourg, France.

Jérôme Chmeleff (J)

Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, CNRS/IRD/Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, Toulouse, France.

Melilotus Thyssen (M)

Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/INSU, Université de Toulon, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) UM 110, Marseille, France.

David Point (D)

Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, CNRS/IRD/Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, Toulouse, France.

Jeroen E Sonke (JE)

Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, CNRS/IRD/Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, Toulouse, France. jeroen.sonke@get.omp.eu.

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