Fish as bioindicators to assess the effects of pollution in two Southern Brazilian rivers using the comet assay and micronucleus test

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 459-468

  Moraes De Andrade, Vanessa ^a   Da Silva, Juliana ^a,b   Da Silva, Fernanda R ^a   Heuser, Vanina D ^a   Dias, Johnny F ^a   Yoneama, Maria Lúcia ^c   De Freitas, Thaies R O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Comet assay; Fish; Micronucleus test; Mullet (Mugil sp.); Sea catfish (Netuma sp.)

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHEMICAL AGENT; HYDROCARBON; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; METAL; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CATFISH; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; GENOTOXICITY; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPRING; SUMMER; TECHNIQUE; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAZIL; CATFISHES; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERYTHROCYTES; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; SMEGMAMORPHA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; ARIIDAE; CATFISH; MUGIL;

EID: 12344288480     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20070     Document Type: Article

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