Mercury concentration in fish from Piracicaba River (Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 156, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 119-130

  Arantes, Irene A ^a   Pinto, M T C ^b   Mangabeira, P A ^a   Grenier Loustalot, M F ^a   Veado, M A R V ^c   Oliveira, A H ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Geophagus brasiliensis; Limnological parameters; Mercury; Piracicaba River; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ACID DIGESTION; COLD VAPOUR ATOMIC ABSORPTION; GEOPHAGUS BRASILIENSIS; GOLD MINING; HG CONCENTRATIONS; LIMNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MERCURY; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY EMISSIONS; MINAS GERAIS; MINAS GERAIS , BRAZIL; MUSCULAR TISSUES; PIRACICABA RIVER; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SUSPENDED PARTICLES; TOTAL CARBON; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TOTAL MERCURIES; WATER TEMPERATURES; WET WEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FISH; MEATS; MINING; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER ANALYSIS;

MERCURY (METAL);

CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MERCURY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED MATTER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FISH; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LIMNOLOGY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PH; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FISH; GEOPHAGUS BRASILIENSIS; HUMIDITY; LIMNOLOGY; METHYLATION; MINING; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOTIC INDEX; PRECIPITATION; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER CONTENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; PIRACICABA RIVER; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

GEOPHAGUS BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 68649116328     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0468-2     Document Type: Article

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