Evidence of contamination by oil and oil products in the Santos-São Vicente estuary, São Paulo, Brazil

Evidence of contamination by oil and oil products in the Santos-São Vicente estuary, São Paulo, Brazil

Different components of the mixed function oxidase (MFO) system and the levels of fluorescent aromatic compounds in bile (FACs) were measured in Cathorops spixii in order to assess the impact of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Fish were sampled in an estuary (Santos/São Vicente) with a hist...

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Main Authors: Juliana Souza Azevedo, Belisandra Lopes, Alberto Katsumiti, Elisabete Santis Braga, Helené Roche, Ciro Alberto Oliveira Ribeiro, Maria João Bebianno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2012-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
Subjects:
Compostos aromáticos fluorescentes
Citocromo P450
sistema MFO
Cathorops spixii
Costa brasileira
Fluorescent aromatic compounds
Cytochrome P450
MFO system
Brazilian coast
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