Evaluation of trace metals (cadmium, chromium, copper and zinc) in tissues of a commercially important fish (Leporinus obtusidens) from guaíba lake, southern Brazil

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 241-250

  de Carvalho Costa, Silene ^a   Hartz, Sandra Maria ^a  

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

Author keywords

Environmental contamination; Gua ba Lake; Leporinus obtusidens; Southern Brazil; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

LEPORINUS OBTUSIDENS; PISCES;

EID: 69649092857     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132009000100029     Document Type: Article

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