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A review of the lethal and sub-lethal effects of mercury on aquatic life

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Mercury and its compounds are included in the “Black List” of all the international conventions such as the Oslo, Paris, and Barcelona Conventions and the EEC Directive on the discharge of dangerous substances, the main aim of which is to prevent aquatic pollution. One of the common objectives of these control measures is to eliminate, to prohibit, or to strictly control the discharge of all black list substances into natural waters.

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Taylor, D. (1979). A review of the lethal and sub-lethal effects of mercury on aquatic life. In: Gunther, F.A., Gunther, J.D. (eds) Residue Reviews. Residues of Pesticides and Other Contaminants in the Total Environment, vol 72. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6214-5_2

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