Metal contamination in benthic macroinvertebrates in a sub-basin in the southeast of Brazil

Benthic macroinvertebrates have many useful properties that make possible the use of these organisms as sentinel in biomonitoring programmes in freshwater. Combined with the characteristics of the water and sediment, benthic macroinvertebrates are potential indicators of environmental quality. Thus,...

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Main Authors: WAC Chiba, MD Passerini, JG Tundisi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842011000300008&lng=en&tlng=en