Mercury in the aquatic environment of the village of Caimito at the Mojana Region, North of Colombia

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 409-420

  Olivero Verbel, Jesus ^a   Johnson Restrepo, Boris ^a   Mendoza Marín, Claudia ^a   Paz Martinez, Ramon ^a   Olivero Verbel, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Fish; Hazard index; Mercury; Risk; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHERIES; HAZARDS; MERCURY (METAL); POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS;

COLOMBIA; FISH; HAZARD INDEX; SPECIES;

WATER POLLUTION;

MERCURY; RIVER WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; COLOMBIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; MARSH; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PROCHILODUS MAGDALENAE;

EID: 23944467206     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WATE.0000049162.54404.76     Document Type: Article

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