158
A. Kudo and R.R. Turner: Mercury Contamination of Minamata Bay
Lacerda LD, Salomons W (1991) Mercury in the Amazonia: a chemical time bomb. Report sponsored
by the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Physical Planning and Environment. Chemical Time Bomb
Project, The Netherlands, 46 pp
Liang L, Horvat M, Cernichiari E, Gelein B, Balogh S, Clarkson TW (1996) A simple solvent extraction
technique for elimination of matrix interferences on determination of methyl mercury in
environmental and biological samples by ethylation/GC/CVAFS. Talanta 43'1883-1888
Mishima A (1992) Bitter sea - the human cost of Minamata disease. Kosei Publishing, Tokyo, 231PP.
Miyahara S, Schintu M, Kauri T, Kudo T (1988) Twelve years of observations of mercury
concentrations in Yatsushiro Sea (japan). Water Sci Technol 20:193-197
Nakanishi J (1992) Interview with Dr. Hirokatsu Akagi: the blind spot of mercury contamination
survey. Water Rep 2:8-10
Nakayama Y, Kyuma K, Hirota R, Fujiki (1992) Treatment of bottom sediment containing mercury
and monitoring method using fishes. In: Management of bottom sediments containing toxic
substances. Proc 13th US-Japan Experts' meet, April 1992, Pub ADA 253 003, Water Resources
Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, pp 1-22
Nishimura H, Kumagai M (1983) Mercury pollution of fishes in Minamata Bay and surrounding water:
analysis of pathway of mercury. Water Air Soil Pollut 20:401-411
Sakamoto H, Tomiyasu T, Yonehara N (1995) The contents and chemical forms of mercury in
sediments from Kagoshima Bay, in comparison with Minamata Bay and Yatsushiro Sea,
southwestern Japan. Geochem J 29:97-105
Takizawa Y (1979) Epidemiology of mercury poisoning. In: Nriagu )0 (ed) The biogeochemistry of
mercury in environment. Elsevier-North Holland Biomedical Press, Amsterdam, pp 325-365
Wilken R-D, Wallschlaeger D (1996) The Elbe River: a special example for a European river
contaminated heavily with mercury. In: Baeyens W, Ebinghaus R, Vasilier 0 (eds) Global and
regional mercury cycles: sources, fluxes and mass balances. Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp 317-328
Yoshida T, Ikegaki Y (1977) A study of the behavior of mercury-contaminated sediments in Minamata
Bay. In: Management of bottom sediments containing toxic substances. Proc 2nd US-Japan Experts'
meet, Oct 1976, Tokyo. EPA-600/3-77-083, pp 127-142
A. Kudo and R.R. Turner: Mercury Contamination of Minamata Bay
Lacerda LD, Salomons W (1991) Mercury in the Amazonia: a chemical time bomb. Report sponsored
by the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Physical Planning and Environment. Chemical Time Bomb
Project, The Netherlands, 46 pp
Liang L, Horvat M, Cernichiari E, Gelein B, Balogh S, Clarkson TW (1996) A simple solvent extraction
technique for elimination of matrix interferences on determination of methyl mercury in
environmental and biological samples by ethylation/GC/CVAFS. Talanta 43'1883-1888
Mishima A (1992) Bitter sea - the human cost of Minamata disease. Kosei Publishing, Tokyo, 231PP.
Miyahara S, Schintu M, Kauri T, Kudo T (1988) Twelve years of observations of mercury
concentrations in Yatsushiro Sea (japan). Water Sci Technol 20:193-197
Nakanishi J (1992) Interview with Dr. Hirokatsu Akagi: the blind spot of mercury contamination
survey. Water Rep 2:8-10
Nakayama Y, Kyuma K, Hirota R, Fujiki (1992) Treatment of bottom sediment containing mercury
and monitoring method using fishes. In: Management of bottom sediments containing toxic
substances. Proc 13th US-Japan Experts' meet, April 1992, Pub ADA 253 003, Water Resources
Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, pp 1-22
Nishimura H, Kumagai M (1983) Mercury pollution of fishes in Minamata Bay and surrounding water:
analysis of pathway of mercury. Water Air Soil Pollut 20:401-411
Sakamoto H, Tomiyasu T, Yonehara N (1995) The contents and chemical forms of mercury in
sediments from Kagoshima Bay, in comparison with Minamata Bay and Yatsushiro Sea,
southwestern Japan. Geochem J 29:97-105
Takizawa Y (1979) Epidemiology of mercury poisoning. In: Nriagu )0 (ed) The biogeochemistry of
mercury in environment. Elsevier-North Holland Biomedical Press, Amsterdam, pp 325-365
Wilken R-D, Wallschlaeger D (1996) The Elbe River: a special example for a European river
contaminated heavily with mercury. In: Baeyens W, Ebinghaus R, Vasilier 0 (eds) Global and
regional mercury cycles: sources, fluxes and mass balances. Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp 317-328
Yoshida T, Ikegaki Y (1977) A study of the behavior of mercury-contaminated sediments in Minamata
Bay. In: Management of bottom sediments containing toxic substances. Proc 2nd US-Japan Experts'
meet, Oct 1976, Tokyo. EPA-600/3-77-083, pp 127-142