| mercury contamination in freshwater, estuarine, and marine fishes in relation to small-scale gold mining in suriname, south america. | the extent of mercury contamination in surinamese food fishes due to small-scale gold mining was investigated by determination of the total mercury concentration in 318 freshwater fishes, 109 estuarine fishes, and 110 fishes from the atlantic ocean. high background levels were found in the piranha serrasalmus rhombeus (0.35 microg hg x g(-1) muscle tissue, wet mass basis) and the peacock cichlid cichla ocellaris (0.39 microg x g(-1)) from the central suriname nature reserve. average mercury leve ... | 2001 | 11437465 |