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100 1 _aGroves, Phillip a.
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700 1 _aCarrasco-Letelier, Leonidas
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700 1 _aEguren, Gabriela
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700 1 _aTeixera de Mello, Franco
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245 1 0 _aPreliminary field study of hepatic porphyrin profiles of Astyanax fasciatus - Teleostei, Characiformes - to define anthropogenic pollution / Leonidas Carrasco-Letelier ...[et al.].
264 1 _c2006
300 _a8 páginas
500 _aDisponible en caja 17 no 4 de INICNE
520 _aThe implementation of eco-toxicological assessment in South America is presently limited due to significant scientific information gaps concerning native species and their potential use as biomarkers. Recently, a common southern hemisphere fish species, Astyanax fasciatus, has been pointed out as a potential bio-indicator to anthropogenic pollution. This is a small, abundant, Neotropical characid, which is widely distributed from Central America south, to the Rio de la Plata Basin of western Uruguay. Our study found a statistically significant increase of coproporphyrin, uroporphyrin and protoporphyrin concentrations in hepatic tissues of A. fasciatus collected from a stream segment with high anthropogenic disturbance (due mainly to agricultural derivatives and motor vehicle transportation activities). Although the area studied showed differences in up and downstream limno-chemical parameters, these differences were not related to the increase of hepatic porphyrin concentrations. Based on the results of our study, we conclude that A. fasciatus is a good bio-indicator of exposure to environmental contaminants, and we propose that this abundant fish species be considered as a sentinel organism for monitoring potential disturbances to freshwater ecosystems.
650 4 _aAstyanax Fasciatus
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650 4 _aToxicologĂ­a
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650 4 _aToxicity
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650 4 _aContaminantes Ambientales
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650 4 _aPollution
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650 4 _aPeces de Agua Dulce
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650 4 _aInland Waters
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650 4 _aFreshwater Fish
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650 4 _aArgentina
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650 4 _aUruguay
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773 0 _tChemosphere
_gv. 62 n. 8 (2006)
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