Mercury contamination in freshwater, estuarine, and marine fishes in relation to small-scale gold mining in Suriname, South America

Environmental Research

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 183-197

  Mol, Jan H ^a   Ramlal, Joyce S ^a   Lietar, Carlos ^b   Verloo, Marc ^c  

^a ANTON DE KOM UNIVERSITY OF SURINAME   (Suriname)

^b Ministry of Health   (Suriname)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amazon; Fish; Mercury pollution; Total mercury

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; GOLD; MERCURY;

ESTUARINE POLLUTION; FRESHWATER; GOLD MINE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ESTUARY; FISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MERCURIALISM; MINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIGI PAN LAGOON; LAKE BROKOPONDO; SURINAME;

ARIUS COUMA; CALAMUS BAJONADO; CARANX HIPPOS; CENTROPOMUS UNDECIMALIS; CICHLA OCELLARIS; CYNOSCION VIRESCENS; HAEMULON PLUMIERI; HOPLIAS MALABARICUS; ISOPISTHUS PARVIPINNIS; MACRODON ANCYLODON; MEGALOPS ATLANTICUS; MUSTELUS HIGMANI; PLAGIOSCION SQUAMOSISSIMUS; SERRASALMUS RHOMBEUS; SPHYRAENA GUACHANCHO;

EID: 0034932163     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.2001.4256     Document Type: Article

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