Abstract
The methyl-mercury pollution in the marine as well as in estuarine or brackish water environment usually due to industrial waste. In some locations of the Jakarta Bay, the mercury content in sea water was in the range 2.8 to 35.2 ppb and tends to be increase with the rapidly industrial growth in the Jakarta. These values were higher than the normal level of mercury in sea water which usually was not more than 0.15 ppb. The Angke Estuary is one of the fishing area especially for the Jakarta Brackish water culture. This estuary received industrial wastes from the Jakarta city and neighboring areas. In the present paper, the author reports, the result of observation of mercury content in the river water, sea water and marine organisms in Angke Estuary, Jakarta Bay.
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