Goldmining and mercury contamination of the piscivorous fish Hoplias aimara in French Guiana (Amazon basin)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 315-323

  Durrieu, Gilles ^a   Maury Brachet, Régine ^a   Boudou, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Bioindicator; Fish; Goldmining; Mercury

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; GOLD; MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; FISH; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; DENSITY; FISH; FRENCH GUIANA; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRENCH GUIANA; FRESH WATER; GOLD; MERCURY; MINING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

FRENCH GUIANA; PETIT SAUT RESERVOIR; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACESTRORHYNCHUS; HOPLIAS; MYLEUS; MYLEUS TERNETZI;

EID: 10044227016     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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