Leptodactylus macrosternum (Anura: Leptodactylidae) as a bioindicator of potentially toxic chemical elements in irrigated perimeters in northeastern Brazil

Biomonitoring programs have developed in the last decades, including the toxicity evaluation of endemic organisms in populations from polluted areas. Environmental bioindicators respond to contaminants as predictors of future damage to their population, ecosystem and human. Amphibian are considered...

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Main Authors: Roberta da Rocha Braga, Patrícia de Menezes Gondim, Rodrigo Mendes Pereira, Bruno Lemos Batista, Eliana Reiko Matushima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2022-01-01
Series:Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590182622000066