Health variables and gill morphology in the tropical fish Astyanax fasciatus from a sewage-contaminated river

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 247-255

  Alberto, André ^a   Camargo, Antonio F M ^b   Verani, José R ^a   Costa, Oscar F T ^c   Fernandes, Marisa N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood variables; Characidae; Chloride cells; Condition factor; Fish; Gonadosomatic index; Untreated domestic sewage

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; SEWAGE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTYANAX FASCIATUS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMALE; FISH; GILL; GONAD; HEALTH; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; RIVER; SEWAGE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CELL COUNT; CHLORIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FISHES; GILLS; GONADS; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RIVERS; TOXICITY TESTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ASTYANAX FASCIATUS; CHARACIDAE;

EID: 18844429451     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2004.08.009     Document Type: Article

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