Quality monitoring and assessment of mercury contamination in water and sediments of the Botafogo river, PE, Brazil

Quality monitoring and assessment of mercury contamination in water and sediments of the Botafogo river, PE, Brazil

Since the mid 80's, the riverside population of Rio Botafogo, in the Santa Cruz channel, Itamaracá has undergone critical environmental situations due to poorly planned growth and inadequate soil occupation, and as a consequence, a loss in environmental quality resulted. In 1963, an industry fo...

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Main Authors: Joelma Moraes Ferreira, Maria do Carmo Lourenço da Silva, Maurício Alves da Motta Sobrinho, Valdinete Lins da Silva, Andréa da Cruz Gouveia de Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais em Bacias Hidrográficas (IPABHi) 2009-08-01
Series:Revista Ambiente & Água
Subjects:
Botafogo River
Mercury
Contamination
Heavy Metals
Santa Cruz Channel
Online Access:http://www.ambi-agua.net/seer/index.php/ambi-agua/article/view/218

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