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.
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Chapter Title
Mercury concentrations and transfers in phyto- and zooplankton communities in a coastal Mediterranean ecosystem (bay of Toulon, France)
Authors
Flora Drouet, Jean-Louis Jamet, Dominique Jamet, Françoise Miralles, Michelle Brochen, Fabienne Chavanon, Christophe Brach-Papa
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.61
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Publication Year
2022
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Book Title
Ninth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques”
Book Subtitle
Livorno (Italy) 14th-16th June 2022
Editors
Laura Bonora, Donatella Carboni, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2022
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© 2022 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0030-1
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-0031-8
Series Title
Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques
Series ISSN
2975-0423
Series E-ISSN
2975-0288