Mercury levels in muscle of two fish species and sediments from the Cartagena Bay and the Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 157-163

  Alonso, D ^a   Pineda, P ^a   Olivero, J ^b   Gonzalez H ^c   Campos, N ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JORGE TADEO LOZANO   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

^c CIMAB   (Cuba)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Estuaries; Fish; Mercury; Sediments

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; RAIN; WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARY; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MUSCLE; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 0034116195     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00225-0     Document Type: Article

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