| The present work was carried out in the coastal area of Ecuador under the Project ODEPLAN of the Instituto Nacional de Pesca. The evaluated information corresponds to samples collected on October 2003. Iniatially a total of 43 places were programmed for the sampling of bottom sediments, wich were demarcated with a GPS (Global Positional System). Even though there were collected a total of 41 sediments samples using a Van Veen drag, the same ones that were analyzed by Spectrophotometry of Atomic Absorption with Cold Vapor. The mercury was investigated in the total sediment as in the sediment ~,to 125 ~km, like a measure to evaluate its levels, to know its distribution in the study area that wich will allow the recognize certain events that happen with high... |
