FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Spatial and temporal distribution of mercury and methylmercury in bivalves from the French coastline BT AF BRIANT, Nicolas CHOUVELON, Tiphaine MARTINEZ, Laura BRACH-PAPA, Christophe CHIFFOLEAU, Jean-Francois SAVOYE, N. SONKE, J. KNOERY, Joel AS 1:1;2:1;3:1;4:1;5:1;6:2;7:3;8:1; FF 1:PDG-RBE-BE-LBCM;2:PDG-RBE-BE-LBCM;3:PDG-RBE-BE-LBCM;4:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERPAC;5:PDG-RBE-BE;6:;7:;8:PDG-RBE-BE-LBCM; C1 IFREMER, Ctr Atlantique, Lab Biogeochim Contaminants Metall, F-44311 Nantes 3, France. Univ Bordeaux, EPOC, UMR 5805, F-33400 Talence, France. Univ Paul Sabatier, CNRS, IRD, Lab Geosci Environm Toulouse,Observ Midi Pyrenees, 14 Ave Edouard Belin, F-31400 Toulouse, France. C2 IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV BORDEAUX, FRANCE UNIV TOULOUSE, FRANCE SI NANTES TOULON SE PDG-RBE-BE-LBCM PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERPAC PDG-RBE-BE IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-univ-france IF 3.241 TC 32 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00353/46465/46398.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Mercury;Methylmercury;France;Bivalves;Speciation AB Marine mercury (Hg) concentrations have been monitored in the French coastline for the last half a century using bivalves. The analyses presented in this study concerned 192 samples of bivalves (mussels: Mytilus edulis and Mytilus galloprovincialis and oysters: Crassostrea gigas and Isognomon alatus) from 77 sampling stations along the French coast and in the French Antilles sea. The goals of this study were to assess MeHg levels in various common bivalves from French coastline, and to identify possible geographic, taxonomic or temporal variations of concentrations. We show that the evolution of methylmercury (MeHg) concentrations covary with total mercury (HgT) concentrations. Moreover, in most of the study sites, HgT concentrations have not decreased since 1987, despite regulations to decrease or ban mercury used for anthropic activities. PY 2017 PD JAN SO Marine Pollution Bulletin SN 0025-326X PU Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd VL 114 IS 2 UT 000393931700054 BP 1096 EP 1102 DI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.10.018 ID 46465 ER EF