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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Autor principal: Montaña,Carmen G. (author)
Outros Autores: Liverpool,Elford (author), Taphorn,Donald C. (author), Schalk,Christopher M. (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2021
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Texto completo:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252021000300204
País:Brasil
Oai:oai:scielo:S1679-62252021000300204