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8381059 
Journal Article 
Factors influencing the release of arsenic, manganese and iron from sulfide and arsenide minerals to water environment 
Con, TH; Cam, BD; Dung, NTK 
2011 
0 
EnvironmentAsia
ISSN: 1906-1714 
4 
2 
43-48 
English 
Micronucleus (MN) test in fish erythrocytes as a biomarker for marine environmental contamination. Micronucleus frequency baseline in erythrocytes was evaluated in and genotoxic potential of a common chemical was determined in fish experimentally exposed in aquarium under controlled conditions. Fish (Therapon jaruba) were exposed for 96 hrs to a single heavy metal (mercuric chloride). Chromosomal damage was determined as micronuclei frequency in fish erythrocytes. Significant increase in MN frequency was observed in erythrocytes of fish exposed to mercuric chloride. Concentration of 0.25 ppm induced the highest MN frequency (2.95 micronucleated cells/1000 cells compared. 
Arsenic releasing; Arsenide ore weathering