Gold Mining and Mercury Bioaccumulation in a Floodplain Lake and Main Channel of the Tambopata River

• 作 者: Katherine A. Roach Nicolas F.
• 机 构: DepartmentofRecreation,DepartmentofWildlifeandFisheriesSciences,WildlifeHealthCenter
• 出 处: 环境保护(英文)
• 发表日期: 2013年1期
• 关键词: FISHES Giant OTTER Gold Mining MERCURY METHYLMERCURY Perú Fishes Giant Otte

Contamination of water bodies by inorganic mercury (Hg[II]) used in placer mining of gold deposits in the Madre de Dios Department, Perú, contributes to the bioaccumulation of methylmercury (MeHg) in fish tissue. We measured MeHg and total Hg (THg) c