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- Title
Effects of Recent Human Colonization on the Presence of Mercury in Amazonian Ecosystems.
- Authors
Roulet, M.; Lucotte, M.; Farella, N.; Serique, G.; Coelho, H.; Sousa Passos, C.J.; de Jesus da Silva, E.; Scavone de Andrade, P.; Mergler, D.; Guimaraes, J.-R.D.; Amorim, M.
- Abstract
Studies the effects of human colonization on the presence of mercury in Amazonian ecosystems. Characterization of three mercury sources; Greater mercury emission from goldmining activity than from the burning of forest biomass; Major disturbance of the natural mercury cycle through the erosion of forest soils following human colonization.
- Subjects
AMAZON River Region; BIOTIC communities; MERCURY; COLONIZATION (Ecology)
- Publication
Water, Air & Soil Pollution, 1999, Vol 112, Issue 3-4, p297
- ISSN
0049-6979
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1005073432015