Table 1.

Total Hg concentration in fish consumed by Amazon populations living in communities located in the Tapajós River basin, 1994–2000.

Location	Region	Habits	N	Hg-total $\overline{X}$ (min-max) (μg / g) (*)	Reference
Various	Tapajós	C	21	(0.28 – 3.82)	Akagi et al. 1994
Alta Floresta	Teles Pires	C, NC	24	(0.80 – 3.82)	Akagi et al. 1995
Various	Tapajós	C	16	0.55 (0.04 – 3.77)	Malm et al. 1995
Various	Tapajós	C	98	0.42 ± 0.23	Bidone et al. 1997
Various	Tapajós	NC	140	0.06 ± 0.05	Bidone et al. 1997
Brasília Legal	Tapajós	C	73	0.51 ± 0.22 (0.06 – 1.35)	Lebel et al. 1997
Brasília Legal	Tapajós	NC (O)	32	0.46 ± 0.24	Lebel et al. 1997
Brasília Legal	Tapajós	NC (H)	68	0.07 ± 0.07	Lebel et al. 1997
Various	Tapajós	C	122	0.48 ± 0.00	Malm et al. 1997
Jacareacanga	Tapajós	C	-	0.29 ± 0.10	Brabo et al. 1999
Jacareacanga	Tapajós	NC	-	0.11 ± 0.04	Brabo et al. 1999
Jacareacanga	Tapajós	C	32	0.30 (0.65 – 0.55)	Brabo et al. 2000
Jacareacanga	Tapajós	NC	48	0.10 (0.03 – 0.20)	Brabo et al. 2000
Santarém	Tapajós	C	69	0.22 (0.08 – 0.89)	Lima et al. 2000
Santarém	Tapajós	NC	40	0.04 (0.00 – 0.14)	Lima et al. 2000

C, carnivorous. NC, non-carnivorous. NC (O), non-carnivorous (omnivorous). NC (H), non-carnivorous, herbivorous.

^(*)Original values rounded to the second decimal.