Mercury in environmental samples from a waterbody contaminated by gold mining in Colombia, South America

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 83-89

  Olivero, Jesus ^a   Solano, Beatris ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Fish; Gold mining; Macrophyte; Mercury; Sediment

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MERCURIALISM; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; COLOMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GOLD; MERCURY; MINING; PLANTS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; EICHORNIA; EICHORNIA CRASSIPES; TRIPORTHEUS;

EID: 0032581224     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00175-2     Document Type: Article

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