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



Document title: Assessment of chromium contamination in the Monte Alegre stream: a case study
Journal: Brazilian archives of biology and technology
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000337697
ISSN: 1516-8913
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Centro Universitario de Araraquara, Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas e da Saude, Araraquara, Sao Paulo. Brasil
3Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Instituto de Quimica, Araraquara, Sao Paulo. Brasil
4Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Departamento de Hidrobiologia, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Year:
Season: May-Jun
Volumen: 54
Number: 3
Pages: 613-620
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental, analítico
English abstract 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. Although, the stream macroinvertebrates community structure did not appear to be modified
Disciplines: Biología
Keyword: Biología acuática,
Ecología,
Invertebrados,
Contaminación,
Cromo,
Brasil
Keyword: Biology,
Aquatic biology,
Ecology,
Invertebrates,
Contamination,
Chromium,
Brazil
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