Environmental contamination of fish and humans through deforestation and oil extraction in Andean Amazonia
This dissertation assesses the levels of mercury in fish and human populations and PAHs in local communities along three rivers in the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon. Land use changes in the Amazon are begetting numerous negative impacts on both ecosystems and local populations. One negative consequ...
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McGill University
2010
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| Online Access: | http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=94963 |