Assessment of potentially toxic metals in water, sediment, and the tissues of seven important fish species from neotropical brazilian river

Abstract Fish are often used as bioindicators of the presence of potentially toxic metals in aquatic ecosystems. The objective of these study was to quantify the levels of Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb and Zn in water and sediment samples from the Sorocaba River and musculature and gill samples of seven specie...

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Main Authors: Karla Fernanda Sanches Rodrigues, Welber Senteio Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia 2022-12-01
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252022000400207&tlng=en