Table 3 THg concentrations and THg mass accumulation rates in surface sediments from various sites.

From: Input of terrestrial organic matter linked to deglaciation increased mercury transport to the Svalbard fjords

Sites*

Sample No.

THg (ng g−1)

MAR (g cm−2 yr−1)

THg MAR (μg m−2 yr−1)

Huang He River

22

20 ± 3

0.5

100 ± 15

Changjiang River

24

105 ± 11

0.87

914 ± 96

East China Sea

27

18 ± 1

0.2

36 ± 2

Yellow Sea

195

19 ± 1

0.15

29 ± 2

East Sea

6

89 ± 22

0.02

18 ± 4

Okhotsk Sea

27

91 ± 30

0.02

18 ± 6

Bering Sea

11

49 ± 9

0.07

34 ± 6

Western Arctic Ocean

7

78 ± 8

0.04

31 ± 3

Alaska permafrost37

588

43 ± 30

—

—

Wijdefjorden

6

30 ± 9

0.004

1.2 ± 0.4

Dicksonfjorden

8

18 ± 7

0.11

17 ± 6

Hornsund

21

52 ± 15

0.18

92 ± 27

  1. *The data from Huang He River, Changjiang River, East China Sea, East Sea, Okhotsk Sea, Bering Sea and western Arctic Ocean were referred from Kim et al.38.
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