LM9.1-8 Contaminants in polar physical and biological environment, humans and climate influence - Det Internasjonale Polaråret 2007-2008

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LM9.1-8 Contaminants in polar physical and biological environment, humans and climate influence

Time: Wednesday 9 June 11:00 - 12:30
Location : Jan Mayen 3

Theme 1. Linkages between Polar Regions and global systems

Session 1-8. Contaminants in polar physical and biological environment, humans and c limate influence

11:00 Climate effects on contaminant exposure of Arctic marine and freshwater biota
Presenter: GA Stern
11:15 New Mercury Trends in Western Hudson Bay Beluga: Links to Climate Change
Presenter: A. Gaden
11:30 Mercury transfer in food webs of Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus L.) lakes in the Canadian Arctic
Presenter: N Gantner
11:45 Trends in mercury and persistent organic contaminants in lake trout and burbot in Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada over 1993-2008: spatial and temporal patterns
Presenter: M. Evans
12:00 Microbial transformations: A missing link in understanding mercury fate and effects in polar regions
Presenter: T. Barkay