Assessment of chromium contamination in the Monte Alegre stream: a case study

The aim of this work was to study the contamination by chromium in the sediments of the Monte Alegre stream and in the larvae of Odonata and the possible impact caused by them on the stream macroinvertebrates community. It was found that chromium contaminated the sediments and the aquatic biota. Alt...

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Main Authors: Juliano José Corbi, Felipe André dos Santos, Ricardo Zerlin, Ademir dos Santos, Claudio Gilberto Froehlich, Susana Trivinho-Strixino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2011-06-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132011000300023