Distribution and accumulation of mercury derived from gold mining in marine environment and its impact on residents of Buyat bay, north Sulawesi, Indonesia

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 208, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 153-164

  Lasut, Markus T ^a,b   Yasuda, Yoshiaki ^c   Edinger, Evan N ^d   Pangemanan, Jane M ^a,b  

^a SAM RATULANGI UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b Kampus Unsrat Bahu ^*  (Indonesia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artisanal mining; Bioaccumulation; Indonesia; Methyl mercury; Submarine tailings disposal (STD); Sulawesi

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ARTISANAL GOLD MININGS; ARTISANAL MINING; CONTROL AREA; GOLD MINING; HG RELEASE; HUMAN HAIR; INDONESIA; MARINE BIOTA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHYL MERCURY; MINE MANAGEMENT; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SCALP HAIR; SUBMARINE TAILINGS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TOTAL MERCURIES; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; GOLD MINES; MERCURY (METAL); MINING; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINES;

TAILINGS DISPOSAL;

GOLD; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARTISANAL MINING; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GOLD MINE; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION CONTROL; TAILINGS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOTA; BIVALVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTUARY; FEMALE; FISH; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINE TAILINGS; MINING; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SNAIL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

BUYAT BAY; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; NORTH SULAWESI; SULAWESI; SUNDA ISLES; TOTOK BAY;

EID: 77951766440     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-009-0155-0     Document Type: Article

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