Total mercury loadings in sediment from gold mining and conservation areas in Guyana

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 179, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 555-573

  Howard, Joniqua ^a   Trotz, Maya A ^a   Thomas, Ken ^a   Omisca, Erlande ^a   Chiu, Hong Ting ^a   Halfhide, Trina ^b   Akiwumi, Fenda ^b   Michael, Ryan ^c   Stuart, Amy L ^c  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gold; Guianas; Guyana; Mercury; Mining; Sediment; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION AREAS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES; FOREST DEGRADATION; FRENCH GUIANA; GOLD MINING; GUIANAS; GUYANA; LOW CARBON; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY LOADINGS; MERCURY SEDIMENT; MINING AREAS; MINING PROCESS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; P-VALUES; SEDIMENT LOADING; TOTAL MERCURIES; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GOLD; GOLD MINES; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; MINING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

LOADING;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GOLD; MERCURY;

CORRELATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GOLD MINE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PH; PROTECTED AREA; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TROPICAL FOREST; TURBIDITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRENCH GUIANA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MINING; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL QUALITY; SURINAME; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GOLD; GUYANA; MERCURY; MINING; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DEFORESTATION; GOLD; GUYANA; LOADING; MERCURY; METALS; MINING; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

GUYANA;

EID: 79960404101     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1762-3     Document Type: Article

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