The cost of gold: Mercury contamination of fishes in a Neotropical river food web
Abstract In South America, mercury contamination due to gold mining operations is a threat to both biodiversity and human health. We examined mercury (Hg) concentrations in fishes that constitute important subsistence fisheries from mined and non-mined tributaries in the middle Mazaruni River, Guyan...
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País: | Brasil |
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