Influence of a hydroelectric dam on fish mercury contamination along the Sinnamary River (French Guiana)

Influence of a hydroelectric dam on fish mercury contamination along the Sinnamary River (French Guiana)

The Petit Saut hydroelectric dam and the upstream and downstream areas of the Sinnamary River in French Guiana (Amazon basin) have been studied from 1993 to 2020. The nearly thirty-years-long study of the monitoring of total mercury concentration in fish and the physicochemical survey of the environ...

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Main Authors: Régine Maury-Brachet, Émilie P. Dassié, Alexia Legeay, Patrice Gonzalez, Agnès Feurtet-Mazel, François Gourand, Yannick Dominique, Régis Vigouroux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-01-01
Series:Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Subjects:
Mercury contamination
Tropical fish
Dam impoundment
French Guiana
Human health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147651323012757

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