Mercury distribution in different tissues and trophic levels of fish from a tropical reservoir, Brazil

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 751-758

  Kasper, Daniele ^a   Palermo, Elisabete Fernandes Albuquerque ^a   Dias, Ana Carolina Monteiro Iozzi ^b   Ferreira, Gustavo Luiz ^b   Leitão, Rafael Pereira ^c   Branco, Christina Wyss Castelo ^b   Malm, Olaf ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biomagnification; Feeding habits; Hydroelectric; Mercury species

Indexed keywords

HEPSETUS; HOPLIAS MALABARICUS; OLIGOSARCUS;

EID: 73649087320     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-62252009000400025     Document Type: Article

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