An overview on aquaculture and environmental health: with emphasis on bioaccumulation of mercury

摘要：

Due to the rapid socuo-economic development in the Pearl River Delta during the last three decades, the discharge of pollutants due to human activities has become an environmental and human health concern. This article attempts to review the (1) recent status of environmental pollution, with emphasis on mercury (Hg) and other toxic metals in the region; (2) potential transfer of these toxic metals through bioaccumulation and biomagnification in the aquatic food chains; and (3) potential health hazards through consumption of contaminated fish.

关键词： Biomagnification contamination fish health hazards methyl mercury

作者: MH Wong KC Cheung CKC Wong LYY Ko CKM Leung

作者单位: Croucher Institute for Environmental Sciences, and Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist Universi Child Health Development Center, Kowloon, Hong Kong, PR China In Vitro Fertilization Clinic, Kowloon, Hong Kong, PR China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 第九届痕量元素生物地球化学国际会议(9th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements)

会议地点: 北京

会议语种:英文

页码: 6-7

在线出版日期: 2007-07-15（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）