Environmental effects on the gills and blood of Oreochromis niloticus exposed to rivers of Bahia, Brazil

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 111, Issue , 2015, Pages 23-31

  Cruz, André Luis da ^a   Prado, Thiago Matos ^a   Maciel, Letícia Aguilar da Silva ^a   Couto, Ricardo David ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contamination; Environmental biomarkers; Field study; Freshwater fish; Gill histopathology; Hematology

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; IRON; MANGANESE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; METAL; WATER POLLUTANT; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKER; BLOOD; CICHLID; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HEMATOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; METAL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANEURYSM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL FUSION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EDEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GILL; HISTOLOGY; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LAMELLAR BODY; MALE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RIVER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; CICHLID; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TOXICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BAHIA; BRAZIL;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAZIL; CICHLIDS; GILLS; METALS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 84908626311     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.09.022     Document Type: Article

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