Influence of a hydroelectric dam on fish mercury contamination along the Sinnamary River (French Guiana).
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf
; 269: 115771, 2024 Jan 01.
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ABSTRACT
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 environment made it possible to demonstrate the impact of the flooding of the forest and the role of the hydroelectric dam on the methylation of mercury. Results show that the physicochemical modifications generated by the construction of the dam led to a significant production of methylmercury (MeHg) in the anoxic part of the reservoir and downstream of the river leading to a strong spatio-temporal impact of the dam. Seven species of fishes are studied and their mercury concentrations vary according to many parameters fish diet, position in the water column, site, lake oxycline level and time.
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Contaminantes Químicos del Agua
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Mercurio
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Compuestos de Metilmercurio
Límite:
Animals
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Caribe ingles
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Guyana
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Guyana francesa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf
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Ecotoxicol. environ. saf
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Ecotoxicology and environmental safety
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Francia