Contaminação por mercúrio em ecossistemas aquáticos: Uma análise das áreas críticas

Estudos Avancados

Volumn 22, Issue 63, 2008, Pages 173-190

  de Lacerda, Luiz Drude ^a,b   Malm, Olaf ^c  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Bioavailability; Contamination; Estuaries; Mercury

Indexed keywords

EID: 55249125963     PISSN: 01034014     EISSN: 18069592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0103-40142008000200011     Document Type: Article

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