Metals in the water, sediment, and tissues of two fish species from different trophic levels in a subtropical Brazilian river
| Autor: | Everton Rodolfo Behr, Daniel Secretti Vendruscolo, Paula Weber, Bernardo Baldisserotto, Erico M.M. Flores, C. L. Knorr, Valderi L. Dressler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Pollution
Pollutant geography geography.geographical_feature_category biology media_common.quotation_subject Aquatic ecosystem Detritivore Contamination Oligosarcus biology.organism_classification Sink (geography) Analytical Chemistry Environmental chemistry Environmental science Spectroscopy media_common Trophic level |
| Zdroj: | Microchemical Journal. 106:61-66 |
| ISSN: | 0026-265X |
| Popis: | In aquatic environments, heavy metals are produced from natural and anthropogenic sources and the degree of contamination in fish tissues depend on the pollutant type, fish species, sampling site, trophic level, and their mode of feeding. The heavy metal concentration (Al, As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn, and Pb) in the water, sediment, and liver of two fish species (Oligosarcus spp. – carnivore and Chyphocarax voga – detritivore) was analyzed at two sampling sites in the Sinos River, Brazil, during the four seasons. The highest heavy metals concentration was observed in the sediment, followed by water, and the lowest in fish. As the sediment was the major sink for pollution by metals in this river, it probably played an important role in the uptake of these metals by the detritivore species, which accumulated more metals in the liver than the carnivore species. Furthermore, the potential ecological risk was low for both sampling sites, showing the low metal contamination in this area. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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