Mercury levels in pristine and gold mining impacted aquatic ecosystems of suriname, south america

Ambio

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 873-882

  Ouboter, Paul E ^a   Landburg, Gwendolyn A ^a   Quik, Jan H M ^b   Mol, Jan H A ^a   Van Der Lugt, Frank ^a  

^a ANTON DE KOM UNIVERSITY OF SURINAME   (Suriname)

^b Chemistry Department   (Suriname)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecosystems; Mercury pollution; Pristine environment; Small scale gold mining; Suriname

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MERCURY;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COASTAL PLAIN; FISH; GOLD MINE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING; POLLUTION EFFECT; PREDATOR; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; WET DEPOSITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; MINING; SURINAME; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GOLD; MERCURY; MINING; SURINAME; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BROKOPONDO; SURINAME;

AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 84872056053     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-012-0299-9     Document Type: Article

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