Guiana dolphins (sotalia guianensis, van benédén 1864) as indicators of the bioaccumulation of total mercury along the coast of rio de Janeiro State, Southeastern Brazil

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-59

  De Moura, Jailson Fulgencio ^a   Hacon, Sandra De Souza ^a   Vega, Claudia Maribel ^b   Hauser Davis, Rachel Ann ^b   De Campos, Reinaldo Calixto ^b   Siciliano, Salvatore ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Guiana dolphin; Mercury; Sotalia guianensis

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; HG CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MUSCLE TISSUES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SOTALIA GUIANENSIS; SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL; TOTAL MERCURIES; WET WEIGHT;

BIOCHEMISTRY; DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES); TISSUE;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DOLPHINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; MERCURY; MUSCLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CETACEA; SOTALIA GUIANENSIS;

EID: 84856621504     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-011-0448-z     Document Type: Article

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