Metal pollution assessment in a Brazilian hydroelectric reservoir: Geophagus brasiliensis as a suitable bioindicator organism

Vossoroca is a reservoir in the Brazilian state of Paraná. Although it is located near big cities and can be used as a human water supply, it has remained unstudied. Concentrations of toxic metals and arsenic in sediments, water, liver, gills, and muscle of Geophagus brasiliensis from the reservoir...

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Main Authors: Halina Binde Doria, Carmen Lúcia Voigt, Sandro Xavier de Campos, Marco Antonio Ferreira Randi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais em Bacias Hidrográficas (IPABHi) 2017-08-01
Series:Revista Ambiente & Água
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-993X2017000400575&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=en