Assessment of trace metal levels in catfish (Cathorops spixii ) from Sal River Estuary, Aracaju, State of Sergipe, Northeastern Brazil

Water Environment Research

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2301-2305

  Barbieri, Edison ^a   Passos, Elisangela De Andrade ^b   Aragão, Kennedy Alexandre Sousa ^b   Santos, Danielle Barros ^b   Garcia, Carlos Alexandre Borges ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESCA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Catfish; Estuary; Liver kidney; Muscle; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; EFFLUENTS; ESTUARIES; FISH; METALS; MUSCLE; NICKEL; SEWAGE; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

CATFISH; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTS; FLAME ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; METAL ACCUMULATION; NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL; TRACE METAL;

COPPER;

CADMIUM; COPPER; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; LEAD; NICKEL; TRACE METAL; ZINC; METAL;

ABSORPTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRACE METAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BRAZIL; CATFISH; CATHOROPS SPIXII; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; EFFLUENT; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; ESTUARY; LIVER LEVEL; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KIDNEY; LIVER; METABOLISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARACAJU; BRAZIL; SERGIPE;

CATHOROPS SPIXII;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATFISHES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KIDNEY; LIVER; METALS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79952256142     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143009X12465435982935     Document Type: Article

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