Modeling Mercury Contamination In The Evreglades Ecosystem : From Atmospheric Transport To Wetland.

Shamlan, Munir and Koh, Hock Lye and Gooi, Bee Seung and Lee, Hooi Ling and DeAngelis, Donald and Teh, Su Yean (2005) Modeling Mercury Contamination In The Evreglades Ecosystem : From Atmospheric Transport To Wetland. In: International Symposium On The Eutrophication Proses And Control In Large Shallow Lakes., 22-26 April 2005, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Nanjing, China .

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Abstract

The Florida Everglades is a vast wetland of about 10,000km located in Southern Floridaof The United States Of America.Bioaccumulation of mercury in the aquatic food chain in the Florida Everglades has been concert for seversl decades.High mercury burdens of 2.5mg/kg have been recorded by the Florida Department of Health in the largemouth bass in the Everglades,a level that is deemed unsafe by all health-based standards.The major sources of mecury in the Everglades wetlands are deprived from industrial combustions and waste incinerations transportedthrough the atmosphere over different lenght scales.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics
Divisions:	Pusat Pengajian Sains Matematik (School of Mathematical Sciences)
Depositing User:	ARKM Al Rashid Automasi
Date Deposited:	06 Jun 2008 08:50
Last Modified:	13 Jul 2013 00:34
URI:	http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/157

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