Evaluation of Perna perna (Linné, 1758) as a tool to monitoring trace metals contamination in estuarine and coastal waters of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Perna perna was collected from several sites along the coast of Rio de Janeiro and analysed for the content of copper, zinc, cadmium and chromium. In spite of the observed concentration variability in organisms pertaining to the same population, statistical evaluation allowed metal level differentia...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Química
2004-01-01
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Series: | Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532004000100016 |