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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Neotropical Ichthyology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252021000300204&tlng=en |