Histopathologic alterations observed in fish gills as a tool in environmental monitoring;Alterações histopatológicas observadas nas brânquias de peixes como instrumento no monitoramento ambiental

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 179-188

  Flores Lopes, F ^a,b   Thomaz, A T ^a  

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

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alterations; Astyanax fasciatus; Cyanocharax alburnus; Gills

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH DISEASE; GILL; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH DISEASES; GILLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ALBURNUS; ASTYANAX FASCIATUS;

EID: 79953222980     PISSN: 15196984     EISSN: 16784375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-69842011000100026     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. ADAMS, SM., SHUGART, LR., SOUTHWORTH, GR. and HINTON, DE., 1990. Application of bioindicators in assessing the health of fish populations experiencing contaminant stress. In McCarthy, JF. and Shugart, LR., Ed. Biomarkers of environmental contamination. Boca Raton: Lewis Publishers. cap. 19, p. 333-353.
2. BENDATI, MM., SCHWARZBACH, MSR., MAIZONAVE, CRM., ALMEIDA, LB. and BRINGHENTI, ML., 2003. Avaliação da qualidade da água do lago Guaíba. Subsídios para a gestão da bacia hidrográfica. DMAE, Ecos Pesquisa, vol. 4, no. 7, 34 p.
3. Brasil. Conselho Nacional do Meio Ambiente. Resolução n° 357, de 17 de março de (2005). Dispõe sobre a classificação dos corpos de água e diretrizes ambientais para o seu enquadramento, bem como estabelece as condições e padrões de lançamento de efluentes. Diário Oficial da União, Brasília, DF, 17 mar. 2005.
4. CAMARGO, MMP. and MARTINEZ, CBR. 2007. Histopathology of gills, kidney and liver of a Neotropical fish caged in an urban stream. Neotropical Ichthyology, vol. 5, no. 3, p. 327-336.
5. CARDOSO, EL., CHIARINI-GARCIA, H., FERREIRA, RMA. and POLI, CR., 1996. Morphological changes in the gills of Lophiosilurus alexandri exposed to un-ionized ammonia. Journal of Fish Biology, vol. 49, p. 778-787.
6. CERQUEIRA, CCC. and FERNANDES, MN., 2002. Gill tissue recovery after copper exposure and blood parameter responses in the tropical fish Prochilodus scrofa. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, vol. 52, p. 83-91.
7. ELLER, LL., 1975. Gill lesions in freshwater teleosts. In RIBELIN, WE. and MIGAKI, G., Ed. The pathology of fishes. Madison: Univ. Wisc. Press. p. 305-330.
8. FERNANDES, MN. and MAZON, F., 2003. Environmental pollution and fish gill morphology. In: VAL, AL. and KAPOOR, BG., Ed. Fish adaptations. Enfield: Science Publishers, p. 203-231.
9. FLORES-LOPES, F., COGNATO, DP. and MALABARBA, LR., 2005. Alterações Histopatológicas observadas nas brânquias do Lambari Astyanax jacuhiensis (LINNAEUS, 1758) (TELEOSTEI: CHARACIDAE) sob influência de efluentes Petroquímicos. Revista Brasileira de Toxicologia, vol. 18, no. 2, p. 99-104.
10. Fundação Estadual de Proteção Ambiental-FEPAM, 1999. Qualidade das águas do rio dos Sinos. Departamento de Qualidade Ambiental, Divisão de planejamento e diagnóstico, Monitoramento da qualidade da água. 49 p.
11. nd ed. Washington: Taylor and Francis. cap. 9, p. 257-306.
12. HOSE, JE., McGURK, MD., MARTY, GD., HINTON, DE., BROWN, ED. and BAKER, TT., 1996. Sublethal effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on herring embryos and larvae: morphological, cytogenetic, and histopathological assessments, 1989-1991. Canadian Journal of Fish and Aquatic Science, vol. 53, p. 2355-2365.
13. JAGOE, CH. and HAINES, TA., 1997. Changes in gills morphology of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Smolts due to addition of acid and aluminum to stream water. Environmental Pollution, vol. 97, no. 12, p. 137-146.
14. KARLSSON, L., 1983. Gill morphology in the zebrafish, Brachydanio rerio (Hamilton-Buchanan). Journal of Fish Biology, vol. 23, p. 511-524.
15. KARLSSON-NORRGREN, L., RUNN, P., HAUX, C. and FÖRLIN, L., 1985. Cadmium-induced changes in gill morphology of Zebrafish, Brachydanio rerio (Hamilton-Buchanan), and rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson. Journal of Fish Biology, vol. 27, p. 81-95.
16. KLONTZ, GW., 1972. Hematological techniques and the immune response in rainbow trout. Symposium Zoologic Society of London, vol. 30, p. 89-99.
17. o 36-Peixes. Campinas: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia. 14 p.
18. MALABARBA, LR., PEREIRA, EHL., SILVA, JFP., BRUSCHI Jr., W. and FLORES-LOPES, F., 2004. Avaliação da qualidade da água através da freqüência de anomalias morfológicas em peixes: estudo de caso do lago Guaíba, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Comunicações do Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia da PUCRS, Série Zoologia, vol. 17, no. 2, p. 97-128.
19. MALLAT, J., 1985. Fish gill structural changes induced by toxicants and other irritants: a statistical review. Canandiam Journal Fish of Aquatic Science, vol. 42, p. 630-648.
20. MATTHIESSEN, P., THAIN, JE., LAW, RJ. and FILEMAN, TW., 1993. Attempts to assess the environmental hazard posed by complex mixtures of organic chemicdals in UK estuaries. Marine Pollution Bulletim, vol. 26, p. 90-95.
21. MAZON, AF., CERQUEIRA, CCC., MONTEIRO, EAS. and FERNANDES, MN., 1999. Acute copper exposure in freshwater fish: Morphological and physiological effect. In VAL, AL. and ALMEIDA-VAL, VMF. Biology of tropical fishes. Manaus: INPA. p. 263-275.
22. MAZON, AF., MONTEIRO, EAS., PINHEIRO, GHD. and FERNANDES, MN., 2002. Hematological and physiological changes induced by short-term exposure to copper in the freshwater fish, Prochilodus scrofa. Brazilian Journal of Biology, vol. 62, no. 4A, p. 621-631.
23. MICHALANY, J., 1980. Técnica histológica em Anatomia Patológica, com instruções para o cirurgião, enfermeira e citotécnico. São Paulo: EPU. 277 p.
24. MORANDI, IC. and BRINGHENTI, ML., 1997. Qualidade das águas do rio Gravataí. Prefeitura Municipal de Porto Alegre, DMAE. 57 p.
25. OLIVERIA-RIBEIRO, CA., BELGER, L., PELLETIER, É. and ROULEAU, C., 2002. Histopathological evidence of inorganic mercury and methyl mercury toxicity in the arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). Environmental Research, vol. 90, p. 217-225.
26. POLEKSIC, V. and MITROVIC-TUTUNDZIC, V., 1994. Fish gills as a monitor of sublethal and chronic effects of pollution. In MÜLLER, R. and LLOYD, R., Ed. Sublethal and chronic effects of pollutants on freshwater fish. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. p. 339-352.
27. SCHWAIGER, J., WANKE, R., ADAM, S., PAWERT, M., HONNEN, W. and TRIEBSKORN, R. 1997. The use of histopathological indicators to evaluate contaminant-related stress in fish. Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Stress and Recovery, vol. 6, p. 75-86.
28. STEBBING, ARD., 1985. A possible synthesis. In BAYNE, BL., Ed. The effects of stress and pollution on marine animals. New York: Praeger.
29. STENTIFORD, GD., LONGSHAW, M., LYONS, BP., JONES, G., GREEN, M. and FEIST, SW., 2003. Histopathological biomarkers in estuarine fish species for the assessment of biological effects of contaminants. Marine Environmental Research, vol. 55, p. 137-159.
30. TEH, SJ., ADAMS, SM. and HINTON, DE., 1997. Histopathologic biomarkers in feral frewshwater fish populations exposed to different types of contaminant stress. Aquatic Toxicology, vol. 37, p. 51-70.
31. THIYAGARAJAH, A., HARTLEY, WR., MAJOR, SE. and BROXON, MW., 1996. Gill histopathology of two species of Buffalo fish from a contaminated swamp. Marine Environmental Research, vol. 42, no. 1-4, p. 261-266.
32. THOPHON, S., KRUATRACHUE, M., UPATHAM, ES., POKETHITIYOOK, P., SAHAPHONG, S. and JARITKHUAN, S., 2003. Histological alterations of white seabass, Lates calcarifer, in acute and subchronic cadmium exposure. Environmetal Pollution, vol. 121, p. 307-320.
33. WINKALER, EU., SILVA, AG., GALINDO, HC. And MARTINEZ, CBR., 2001. Biomarcadores histológicos e fisiológicos para o monitoramento da saúde de peixes de ribeirões de Londrina, Estado do Paraná. Acta Scientiarum, vol. 23, no. 2, p. 507-514.
34. WOOD, CM. and SOIVIO, A., 1991. Environmental effects on gill function: an introduction. Physiological Zoology, vol. 64, p. 1-3.