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Mercury concentration in ecosystem components in water bodies and streams in Khanh Hoa province (Central Vietnam)

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Total mercury concentration in water, seston, soils, and muscle tissues of fish in water bodies in Khan Hoa province was determined. Hg concentration in water does not exceed 40 ng/l. It migrates in water mostly in dissolved form. Hg concentration in soils of the examined water bodies varies from 0.01 to 0.05 mg/(kg dry mass) and that in the muscle tissues of fish on the average does not exceed 1.4 mg/(kg dry mass).

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  1. Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Nekouzskii raion, Yaroslavl oblast, 152742, Russia

    N. V. Lobus & V. T. Komov

  2. Coastal Department of the Russia Vietnamese Tropical Center, Joint Russia-Vietnam Research and Technological Center, Nha Trang Nyachang, Vietnam

    Nguyen Thi Hai Thanh

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Original Russian Text © N.V. Lobus, V.T. Komov, Nguyen Thi Hai Thanh, 2011, published in Vodnye Resursy, 2011, Vol. 38, No. 6, pp. 733–739.

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Lobus, N.V., Komov, V.T. & Thanh, N.T.H. Mercury concentration in ecosystem components in water bodies and streams in Khanh Hoa province (Central Vietnam). Water Resour 38, 799–805 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807811060091

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