Transplant Experiments as a Tool for Evaluating the Suitability of Sessile Organisms as Biomonitor Species in Tropical Coastal Waters: The Case of the Brown Mussel Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Transplant Experiments as a Tool for Evaluating the Suitability of Sessile Organisms as Biomonitor Species in Tropical Coastal Waters: The Case of the Brown Mussel Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

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The present study evaluates mercury (Hg) toxicokinetics in Perna perna (L.) mussels from tropical bays through transplantation experiments. The mussels were transplanted from Guanabara Bay (GB) to Ilha Grande Bay (IGB). The experiments were carried out in December 2008 (experiment 1) and June 2009 (...

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Main Authors: Renan Thiago Laynes Longo, Petrus Magnus Amaral Galvão, Adan dos Santos Lino, João Paulo Machado Torres, Olaf Malm, Paulo Renato Dorneles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul 2018-06-01
Series:Orbital: The Electronic Journal of Chemistry
Subjects:
bioavailability
biomonitoring
bivalve
metal
tropical bays
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufms.br/index.php/orbital/article/view/16303

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