Evaluation of Heavy Metals in Fish of the Sepetiba and Ilha Grande Bays, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| Autor: | Andréa Seda da Silveira Braz Pinto, Francisco Gerson Araújo, Marilza Farias Maia, Roberto Guião de Souza Lima Junior |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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chemistry.chemical_element
Mineralogy Sciaenidae Biochemistry Metals Heavy Animals Tissue Distribution Water Pollutants Cities Gonads Muscle Skeletal Water pollution General Environmental Science Teleostei Cadmium biology Chemistry Fishes Heavy metals Environmental Exposure Contamination biology.organism_classification Liver Environmental chemistry Fish Bay Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Environmental Research. 89:171-179 |
| ISSN: | 0013-9351 |
| DOI: | 10.1006/enrs.2002.4341 |
| Popis: | Muscles, gonads, and liver tissues of fish caught in Sepetiba and Ilha Grande Bay were analyzed to assess levels of heavy metal concentrations of Cd, Fe, Zn, Pb, Ni, Cu, and Cr. Levels of Cr surpassed the maximum permissible concentration in muscle, followed by Zn in some species. Pb, Cu, and Cd presented concentrations above maximum permissible levels in gonads and liver only. Fe presented concentrations in viscera comparable to those of highly polluted areas, although there are no standards available for this metal. Ni was the only metal that did not present contamination in the fish tissues examined. Overall, fish caught in Sepetiba Bay showed higher metal concentrations than those from Ilha Grande Bay, but the latter also presented high metal concentrations in several samples. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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