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Mercury in the muscle tissue of fish in the Central and South Vietnam

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The content of mercury has been determined in the muscle tissue of 18 fish species in rivers, lakes, and reservoirs of Central and South Vietnam. The region is characterized by lower metal concentrations than those in water bodies in temperate and northern latitudes. In 76% of samples (n = 986), the content of Hg was ≤0.5 μg Hg/g of dry (≤0.1 μg/g of wet) tissue weight. In water bodies and watercourses of tropical latitudes, interspecific variations in fish can be one of the factors responsible for a wide range of Hg variation within the same species.

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Original Russian Text © N.V. Lobus, V.T. Komov, 2016, published in Biologiya Vnutrennykh Vod, 2016, No. 3, pp. 103–112.

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Lobus, N.V., Komov, V.T. Mercury in the muscle tissue of fish in the Central and South Vietnam. Inland Water Biol 9, 319–328 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082916030159

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