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Terrestrial Run-off Increases Methylmercury Accumulation in Aquatic Ecosystems (3 of 12)

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Terrestrial Run-off Increases Methylmercury Accumulation in Aquatic Ecosystems (3 of 12)

image: The first sediment core successfully sampled for the mesocosm experiment is lifted on board the research vessel RVS Lotty.. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 27, 2017, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by S. Jonsson at Umeå University inUmeå, Sweden, and colleagues was titled, 'Terrestrial discharges mediate trophic shifts and enhance methylmercury accumulation in estuarine biota.' view more 

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