Present situation of fish mercury pollution in heavily mercury-contaminated Baihua reservoir in Guizhou

Chinese Journal of Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1357-1361

  Yan, Hai Yu ^a   Feng, Xin Bin ^a   Liu, Ting ^b   Shang, Li Hai ^a   Li, Zhong Gen ^a   Li, Guang Hui ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b Guizhou Commun Res Inst   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Fish; Mercury pollution; Present situation of pollution

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; GROWTH RATE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; SHELLFISH; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU;

EID: 53149103246     PISSN: 10004890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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