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| Kasper,Daniele; Palermo,Elisabete Fernandes Albuquerque; Dias,Ana Carolina Monteiro Iozzi; Ferreira,Gustavo Luiz; Leitão,Rafael Pereira; Branco,Christina Wyss Castelo; Malm,Olaf. |
| Concentrations of organic (OrgHg) and inorganic mercury (InorgHg) were assessed in different fish tissues (liver, muscle, kidney, gut and gonads) and trophic levels collected in an impacted tropical reservoir in southeastern Brazil. Organic mercury concentrations in muscle were remarkably higher in the carnivorous species Hoplias malabaricus and Oligosarcus hepsetus. The ratios of OrgHg in relation to total mercury (%OrgHg) in muscle also varied according to the species trophic level: 93% for carnivores, 84% for omnivores, 73% for algivores/planktivores and 58% for detritivores. The %OrgHg in the gut tissue of carnivores (78%) was much higher than that found in omnivores (30%), possibly reflecting a process of trophic biomagnification in the reservoir. On... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Feeding habits; Hydroelectric; Mercury species; Biomagnification; Bioaccumulation. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252009000400025 |
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