Potential risks of natural mercury levels to wild predator fish in an Amazon reservoir

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4815-4827

  Sebrenski Da Silva, Grazyelle ^a   Neto, Francisco Filipak ^a   Silva De Assis, Helena Cristina ^a   Bastos, Wanderley Rodrigues ^b   De Oliveira Ribeiro, Ciro Alberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE RONDÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Biomarkers; Biomonitoring; H; Malabaricus; Mercury; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

AMAZON; AMAZON BASIN; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; AQUATIC SYSTEM; BIOMONITORING; CATALASE ACTIVITY; CONTINUOUS EXPOSURE; FOOD CHAIN; GLUTATHIONE-S-TRANSFERASE; H; HIGH INCIDENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; HORMESIS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION LEVELS; MALABARICUS; MERCURY BIOACCUMULATION; MERCURY EXPOSURE; MERCURY LEVELS; MORPHOLOGICAL ALTERATION; NATURAL MERCURY; POTENTIAL RISKS; REDOX BALANCES; SOUTHERN BRAZIL; TARGET ORGANS; TOXIC METALS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD; FISH; LIPIDS; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

MERCURY (METAL);

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MERCURY; PROTEIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; CATALYST; FISH; LIPID; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUSCLE; PREDATOR; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAZIL; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FISH; FOOD SAFETY; GILL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOPLIAS MALABARICUS; HORMESIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER LEVEL; MACROPHAGE; MELANOMACROPHAGE; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PREDATOR; PROTEIN CONTENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TARGET ORGAN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GILLS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MERCURY; MUSCLES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMAZON BASIN; BRAZIL;

HOPLIAS MALABARICUS;

EID: 84864850993     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2304-3     Document Type: Article

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