Can fish gill anomalies be used to assess water quality in freshwater Neotropical systems?

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5523-5531

  Gomes, Iracema David ^a   Nascimento, Aparecida A ^a   Sales, Armando ^a   Araújo, Francisco Gerson ^a  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecosystems; Biomonitoring; Fish gills; Freshwater fishes; Reservoirs; Rivers

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ASTYANAX; BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EUTROPHIC RESERVOIRS; EUTROPHIC RIVER; FISH SPECIES; FRESHWATER FISHES; FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES; T-TESTS; THREE SYSTEMS;

EUTROPHICATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

FISH;

RIVER WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; BLOOD; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; RESERVOIR; WATER QUALITY;

ANEURYSM; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTYANAX BIMACULATUS; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPITHELIUM CELL; FISH; FISH DISEASE; FISH GILL ANOMALY; GEOPHAGUS BRASILIENSIS; GILL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER NECROSIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; VASODILATATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GILLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

ASTYANAX BIMACULATUS; GEOPHAGUS BRASILIENSIS; PISCES;

EID: 84865341337     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2358-2     Document Type: Article

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