FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Sources, cycling and transfer of mercury in the Labrador Sea (Geotraces -Geovide cruise) BT AF COSSA, Daniel HEIMBURGER, L. E. SONKE, J. E. PLANQUETTE, H. LHERMINIER, Pascale GARCIA-IBANEZ, Maria Isabel PEREZ, FF SARTHOU, G. AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:5;6:6;7:6;8:4; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:PDG-ODE-LOPS-OH;6:;7:;8:; C1 Univ Grenoble Alpes, ISTerre, CS40700, F-38041 Grenoble, France. Abe Marseille Univ, Univ Toulon, IRD, CNRS,INSU,UM 110, F-13288 Marseille, France. Univ Toulouse, CNRS, GET OMP, 14 Ave E Belin, F-31240 Toulouse, France. Univ Bretagne Occidentale, LEMAR, F-29280 Plouzane, France. Univ Brest, Ifremer, CNRS, IRD,LOPS,IUEM, F-29280 Plouzane, France. CSIC, Inst Invest Marinas, Eduardo Cabello 6, E-36208 Vigo, Spain. C2 UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES, FRANCE UNIV AIX MARSEILLE, FRANCE UNIV TOULOUSE, FRANCE UBO, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE IIM CSIC, SPAIN SI BREST SE PDG-ODE-LOPS-OH UM LOPS LEMAR IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-europe copubli-univ-france IF 2.713 TC 22 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00411/52207/52929.pdf LA English DT Article CR GEOVIDE BO Pourquoi pas ? DE ;Labrador Sea;Mercury;North Atlantic AB The Labrador Sea links the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans and constitutes one of the main entrances of atmospheric inputs into the Ocean's interior. We report here the first high-resolution Hg distribution pattern along a transect from Greenland to Labrador coasts sampled after the 2014 winter convection. Total Hg concentrations in unfiltered (HgTUNF) samples ranged from 0.25 pmol L− 1 to 0.67 pmol L− 1 averaging 0.44 ± 0.10 pmol L− 1 (n = 113, 1σ). Concentrations in filtered samples (HgTF, < 0.45 μm) represented from 62 to 92% of the HgTUNF and exhibited a similar distribution. High HgTUNF concentrations were found (i) in the waters of the Labrador Current, which receive desalted waters from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, and (ii) in the waters over the Labrador shelf and rise. In the Labrador Sea Waters formed during the 2014 winter convection, HgTUNF concentrations were low (0.38 ± 0.05 pmol L− 1, n = 23), and increased gradually with depth (up to > 0.5 pmol L− 1) in the Northeast Atlantic Deep Waters. HgTF correlates with apparent oxygen utilization implying that atmospheric deposition, biological uptake, and microbial respiration control the Hg distribution in the Labrador Sea. Subtracting the amount of Hg released during organic matter remineralization allows us to identify a Hg and organic matter enriched fraction, which originates from fluvial sources in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago waters. This fraction is transferred southward, in surface waters with the Labrador Current, and at depth with the lower limb of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Climate warming, which will increase the mobilization of Hg from thawing permafrost, would consequently increase the Arctic export of Hg initially associated with organic matter. PY 2018 PD JAN SO Marine Chemistry SN 0304-4203 PU Elsevier Science Bv VL 198 UT 000424187700006 BP 64 EP 69 DI 10.1016/j.marchem.2017.11.006 ID 52207 ER EF