Machado |
65 (51/14) |
57.0 (16.5 - 68.5) |
2.62 (0.08 - 4.20) |
R, H, S, L |
1.09 (0.09 - 3.30) |
this study |
Madeira |
2 |
ND |
ND |
R, H, S, L |
0.62 (0.15 - 1.10) |
Oliveira et al. (2010Oliveira, R.C.; Dórea, J.G.; Bernardi, J.V.; Bastos, W.R.; Almeida, R.; Manzatto, Â.G. 2010. Fish consumption by traditional subsistence villagers of the Rio Madeira (Amazon): impact on hair mercury.Annals of Human Biology, 37: 629-642.) |
Madeira |
5 |
29.6 (27.0 - 33.0) |
ND |
ND |
0.41 (ND) |
Azevedo-Silva (2016Azevedo-Silva, C.E.; Almeida, R.; Carvalho, D.P.; Ometto, J.P.; de Camargo, P.B.; Dorneles, P.R.; Torres, J.P. 2016. Mercury biomagnification and the trophic structure of the ichthyofauna from a remote lake in the Brazilian Amazon.Environmental Research, 151: 286-296.) |
Madeira |
72 |
180.0 (ND) |
ND |
R, H, S, L |
0.24 (0.01 - 1.32) |
Bastos et al. (2015Bastos, W.R.; Dórea, J.G.; Bernardi, J.V.E.; Lauthartte, L.C.; Mussy, M.H.; Lacerda, L.D.; Malm, O. 2015. Mercury in fish of the Madeira river (temporal and spatial assessment), Brazilian Amazon.Environmental Research, 140: 191-197.) |
Madeira |
ND |
ND |
ND |
ND |
>0.50 |
Bastos et al. (2006Bastos, W.R.; Gomes, J.P.O.; Oliveira, R.C.; Almeida, R.; Nascimento, E.L.; Bernardi, J.V.E.; Pfeiffer, W.C. 2006. Mercury in the environment and riverside population in the Madeira River Basin, Amazon, Brazil.Science of the Total Environment, 368: 344-351.) |
Madeira |
81 (39/42) |
ND |
ND |
R, H, S, L |
<0.50 |
Bastos et al. (2016Bastos, W.R.; Dórea, J.G.; Bernardi, J.V.E.; Manzatto, A.G.; Mussy, M.H.; Lauthartte, L.C.; Malm, O. 2016. Sex-related mercury bioaccumulation in fish from the Madeira River, Amazon. Environmental Research, 144: 73-80.) |
Madeira and Jamari |
41 |
ND |
ND |
R, H, S, L |
0.44 (0.00 - 1.10) |
Bastos et al. (2008Bastos, W.R.; Rebelo, M.D.F.; Fonseca, M.D.F.; Almeida, R.D.; Malm, O. 2008. Um estudo descritivo do mercúrio em peixes da bacia do Rio Madeira, Amazônia, Brasil.Acta Amazonica, 38: 431-438.) |
Madeira and Roosevelt |
2 |
48.5 (ND) |
2.32 (ND) |
ND |
<0.50 |
Anjos et al. (2016Anjos, M.R.D.; Machado, N.G.; Silva, M.E.P.D.; Bastos, W.R.; Miranda, M.R.; Carvalho, D.P.D.; Fulan, J.Â. 2016. Bioaccumulation of methylmercury in fish tissue from the Roosevelt River, Southwestern Amazon basin.Revista Ambiente & Água, 11: 508-518.) |
Manacapuru Lake |
12 |
ND |
ND |
R, H, S, L |
0.54 (0.17 - 0.97) |
Beltran-Pedreros et al. (2011Beltran-Pedreros, S.; Zuanon, J.; Leite, R.G.; Peleja, J.R.P.; Mendonça, A.B.; Forsberg, B.R. 2011. Mercury bioaccumulation in fish of commercial importance from different trophic categories in an Amazon floodplain lake.Neotropical Ichthyology, 9: 901-908.) |
Tapajós |
50 |
ND |
ND |
R, S |
0.59 (ND) |
Sampaio da Silva et al. (2009Sampaio da Silva, D.; Lucotte, M.; Paquet, S.; Davidson, R. 2009. Influence of ecological factors and of land use on mercury levels in fish in the Tapajós River basin, Amazon.Environmental Research, 109: 432-446.) |
Purus |
3 |
ND |
ND |
L |
0.61 (0.31 - 0.86) |
Castro et al. (2016Castro, N.S.S.D.; Braga, C.M.; Trindade, P.A.D.A.; Giarrizzo, T.; Lima, M.D.O. 2016. Mercury in fish and sediment of Purus River, Acre State, Amazon.Cadernos Saúde Coletiva, 24: 294-300.) |
Madeira |
41 |
ND |
ND |
S |
0.33 (ND) |
Sousa et al. (2015Sousa, E.A.D.; Miranda, M.R.; dos Santos, M.H.; Costa Júnior, W.A.; Lauthartte, L.C.; Mussy, M.H.; Bastos, W.R. 2015. Assessment of trace metals in Amazonian fish exposed to untreated urban sewage: high chromium concentrations in fish tissues.Revista Ambiente & Água, 10: 499-509.) |
Tapajós |
69 |
(12.1 - 40.0) |
ND |
R, L |
0.57 (0.13 - 2.94) |
Da Silva et al. (2013Da Silva, D.S.; Lucotte, M.; Paquet, S.; Brux, G.; Lemire, M. 2013. Inverse mercury and selenium concentration patterns between herbivorous and piscivorous fish in the Tapajos River, Brazilian Amazon.Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 97: 17-25.) |
Cassiporé |
14 |
40.0 (ND) |
0.84 (ND) |
H, L |
0.50 (ND) |
Lima et al. (2015Lima, D.P.D.; Santos, C.; Silva, R.D.S.; Yoshioka, E.T.O.; Bezerra, R.M. 2015. Heavy metal contamination in fish and water from Cassiporé River basin, State of Amapá, Brazil.Acta Amazonica, 45: 405-414.) |
Beni |
4 |
ND |
ND |
ND |
0.66 (ND) |
Rivera et al. (2016Rivera, S.J.; Pacheco, L.F.; Achá, D.; Molina, C.I.; Miranda-Chumacero, G. 2016. Low total mercury in Caiman yacare (Alligatoridae) as compared to carnivorous, and non-carnivorous fish consumed by Amazonian indigenous communities.Environmental Pollution, 218: 366-371.) |
Amazon Region |
ND |
ND |
ND |
ND |
1.10 (ND) |
Bittarello et al. (2019Bittarello, A.C.; Vieira, J.C.S.; Braga, C.P.; de Paula Araújo, W.L.; da Cunha Bataglioli, I.; da Silva, J.M.; de Magalhães Padilha, P. 2019. Characterization of molecular biomarkers of mercury exposure to muscle tissue of Plagioscion squamosissimus and Colossoma macropomum from the Amazon region.Food Chemistry, 276: 247-254.) |
Amazon and Tapajós |
ND |
ND |
ND |
ND |
1.81 (ND) |
Bourdineaud et al. (2015Bourdineaud, J.P.; Durrieu, G.; Sarrazin, S.L.F.; da Silva, W.C.R.; Mourão, R.H.V.; de Oliveira, R.B. 2015. Mercurial exposure of residents of Santarém and Oriximiná cities (Pará, Brazil) through fish consumption.Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 22: 12150-12161.) |