Fate of copper in intensive shrimp farms: bioaccumulation and deposition in pond sediments

We present the distribution of Cu in water, sediments and biomass from intensive shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei Boone, 1931)) farming in northeastern Brazil. The results show no difference in dissolved Cu concentrations between waters entering and leaving the ponds. However, there was a large export o...

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Main Authors: LD. Lacerda, JA. Santos, DV. Lopes
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=S1519-69842009000400012&lng=en&tlng=en