| Literature DB >> 12123650 |
Roberto Guião de Souza Lima1, Francisco Gerson Araújo, Marilza Farias Maia, Andréa Seda da Silveira Braz Pinto.
Abstract
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.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12123650 DOI: 10.1006/enrs.2002.4341
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Environ Res ISSN: 0013-9351 Impact factor: 6.498