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Mercury and its alkylderivatives in freshwater fish from artificial lakes in the Czech Republic

ČÁSLAVSKÝ, J. VÁVROVÁ, M. DOLEŽALOVÁ WEISSMANNOVÁ, H. DOLEŽALOVÁ, J. TUHOVČÁKOVÁ, L.

Original Title

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

Mercury and its derivatives belong to the most dangerous pollutants in global scale. Due to their toxicity together with bio-accumulative and bio-magnification properties, mercury compounds, especially their alkylderivates, represent a serious risk for man being on the top of food chain. Because of this reason, great attention is paid to monitoring of mercury and its derivatives in all environmental compartments. This study deals with the determination of methylmercury and inorganic mercury levels in fish tissues. The fish originated from three various artificial lakes was analyzed. Brno Dam Lake is situated in relatively contaminated part of the Czech Republic, Karolínka Dam Lake is in relatively clean area of Beskydy Mountains, and Koryčany Dam Lake is in the area of Chřiby Hills. The fish available at the market in the town of Brno were also analyzed for comparison.

Keywords

Mercury, methylmercury inorganic mercury, fish tissue

Authors

ČÁSLAVSKÝ, J.; VÁVROVÁ, M.; DOLEŽALOVÁ WEISSMANNOVÁ, H.; DOLEŽALOVÁ, J.; TUHOVČÁKOVÁ, L.

RIV year

2010

Released

1. 11. 2010

Publisher

University of Nova Gorica

Location

Nova Gorica, Slovenia

ISBN

978-961-6311-66-3

Book

EMEC11: Book of Abstract

Edition

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Pages from

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BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT35350,
  author="Josef {Čáslavský} and Milada {Vávrová} and Helena {Doležalová Weissmannová} and Jana {Doležalová} and Lenka {Tuhovčáková}",
  title="Mercury and its alkylderivatives in freshwater fish from artificial lakes in the Czech Republic",
  booktitle="EMEC11: Book of Abstract",
  year="2010",
  series="1.",
  number="1.",
  pages="64--64",
  publisher="University of Nova Gorica",
  address="Nova Gorica, Slovenia",
  isbn="978-961-6311-66-3"
}