Biomonitoring of Pb and Cd in two impacted watersheds in Southeast Brazil, using the freshwater mussel Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) (Bivalvia: Mycetopodidae) as a biological monitor

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 673-684

  Tomazelli, Andréa C ^a   Martinelli, Luiz A ^a   Avelar, Wagner E P ^a   De Camargo, Plínio B ^a   Fostier, Anne Helene ^b   Ferraz, Epaminondas S B ^a   Krug, Francisco J ^a   Santos Jr , Dário ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Brazil; Heavy metals; Mogi Gua u; Mussels; Piracicaba

Indexed keywords

ANODONTITES TRAPESIALIS; BIVALVIA; MYCETOPODIDAE;

EID: 24644437172     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132003000400022     Document Type: Article

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