Water quality assessment in piracicamirim creek upstream and downstream a sugar and ethanol industry through toxicity tests with cladocerans

An environmental impact study was conducted to determine the Piracicamirim's creek water quality in order to assess the influence of effluents from a sugar industry in this water body. For this, toxicity tests were performed with a water sample upstream and downstream the industry using the mic...

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Main Authors: Rafael Grossi Botelho, Luís Machado Neto, Ricardo Alves de Olinda, Carlos Tadeu Dias, Valdemar Luiz Tornisielo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2012-08-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132012000400020