Molting elephant seals add mercury to coastal seawater
Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Sep 08, 2015 - As fish-eating predators at the top of the marine food chain, elephant seals accumulate high concentrations of mercury in their bodies. A new study by scientists at UC Santa Cruz shows that elephant seals shed significant amounts of mercury during molting, resulting in elevated concentrations of the toxic metal in coastal waters near the elephant seal rookery at Ano Nuevo State Reserve. Th ... more
No comments:
Post a Comment