Heavy metal in tissues of three fish species from different trophic levels in a tropical Brazilian river

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 187, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 275-284

  Terra, Bianca Freitas ^a   Araújo, Francisco Gerson ^a   Calza, Cristiane Ferreira ^b   Lopes, Ricardo Tadeu ^b   Teixeira, Tatiana Pires ^a  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Fish; Habitat quality; Metal pollution; Para ba do Sul river

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISH; RIVERS; TISSUE; WATER ANALYSIS;

HABITAT QUALITY; METAL POLLUTION;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISH; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; RIVERS; TISSUE; WATER ANALYSIS;

HABITAT QUALITY; HEAVY METAL; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; TELEOST; TROPHIC LEVEL; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARNIVORE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; DETRITIVORE; FEMALE; FISH; GEOPHAGUS BRASILIENSIS; GONAD; HABITAT QUALITY; HYPOSTOMUS LUETKENI; HYPOTHESIS; LABORATORY; LAW; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSARCUS HEPSETUS; OMNIVORE; POPULATION; RIVER; SPECIES; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TROPHIC LEVEL; URBAN AREA; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

BRAZIL; RIO PARAIBA DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

GEOPHAGUS BRASILIENSIS; HEPSETUS; HYPOSTOMUS LUETKENI; OLIGOSARCUS; PISCES;

EID: 36749011963     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9515-9     Document Type: Article

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