Methylmercury in a predatory fish (Cichla spp.) inhabiting the Brazilian Amazon

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-76

  Kehrig, Helena do A ^a   Howard, Bruce M ^b   Malm, Olaf ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazon tributaries; Hydroelectric reservoirs; Methylmercury; Predatory fish

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; RIVERS;

AMAZON TRIBUTARIES; HYDROELECTRIC RESERVOIRS; METHYLMERCURY; PREDATORY FISH;

MERCURY (METAL);

METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BODY MASS; DEFORESTATION; GOLD MINE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; LIMNOLOGY; METHYLMERCURY; MORPHOTYPE; MUSCLE; PREDATOR; SAMPLING; TURBIDITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CICHLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; TURBIDITY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CICHLIDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; GOLD; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MINING; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BALBINA RESERVOIR; BRAZIL; MADEIRA RIVER; PARA [BRAZIL]; RIO NEGRO [SOUTH AMERICA]; SOUTH AMERICA; TAPAJOS RIVER; TUCURUI LAKE;

CICHLA;

EID: 44649149699     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.12.038     Document Type: Article

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