The tropical African mercury anomaly: Lower than expected mercury concentrations in fish and human hair

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1967-1975

  Black, Frank J ^a,b   Bokhutlo, Thethela ^c   Somoxa, Aaron ^c   Maethamako, Mothusi ^c   Modisaemang, Ontlogetse ^c   Kemosedile, Thebe ^a   Cobb Adams, Cristina ^b   Mosepele, Ketlhatlogile ^a   Chimbari, Moses ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fisheries Division ^*  (Botswana)

Author keywords

Fish; Hair; Mercury; Okavango Delta; Southern Africa; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC FOOD; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BOTSWANA , SOUTHERN AFRICA; DRY WEIGHT; ELEVATED MERCURY; FISH CONSUMPTION; FLOOD-PLAINS; FLOODED AREAS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL POLLUTANTS; HAIR; HUMAN HAIR; MERCURY; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY LEVELS; MONOMETHYLMERCURY; OKAVANGO DELTA; PISCIVOROUS FISH; SOUTHERN AFRICA; TOTAL MERCURIES; TOXIC LEVELS; WET WEIGHT; WETLAND ECOSYSTEM;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FISHERIES; MERCURY (METAL); TOXICITY; TROPICS; WETLANDS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISHING COMMUNITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; TOXICITY TEST; WETLAND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FLOODING; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INTAKE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; PISCIVORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; TROPICS; WETLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BOTSWANA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS; YOUNG ADULT;

BOTSWANA; NGAMILAND; OKAVANGO DELTA; SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 79952619388     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.11.027     Document Type: Article

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