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

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. Alt...

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Main Authors: Juliano José Corbi, Felipe André dos Santos, Ricardo Zerlin, Ademir dos Santos, Claudio Gilberto Froehlich, Susana Trivinho-Strixino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2011-06-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132011000300023
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spelling doaj-7ed87c40b3f44c2197151c4937d216f42020-11-24T22:25:24ZengInstituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar)Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology1516-89131678-43242011-06-0154361362010.1590/S1516-89132011000300023Assessment of chromium contamination in the Monte Alegre stream: a case studyJuliano José CorbiFelipe André dos SantosRicardo ZerlinAdemir dos SantosClaudio Gilberto FroehlichSusana Trivinho-StrixinoThe 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132011000300023stream macroinvertebratescontaminationchromium
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author Juliano José Corbi
Felipe André dos Santos
Ricardo Zerlin
Ademir dos Santos
Claudio Gilberto Froehlich
Susana Trivinho-Strixino
spellingShingle Juliano José Corbi
Felipe André dos Santos
Ricardo Zerlin
Ademir dos Santos
Claudio Gilberto Froehlich
Susana Trivinho-Strixino
Assessment of chromium contamination in the Monte Alegre stream: a case study
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
stream macroinvertebrates
contamination
chromium
author_facet Juliano José Corbi
Felipe André dos Santos
Ricardo Zerlin
Ademir dos Santos
Claudio Gilberto Froehlich
Susana Trivinho-Strixino
author_sort Juliano José Corbi
title Assessment of chromium contamination in the Monte Alegre stream: a case study
title_short Assessment of chromium contamination in the Monte Alegre stream: a case study
title_full Assessment of chromium contamination in the Monte Alegre stream: a case study
title_fullStr Assessment of chromium contamination in the Monte Alegre stream: a case study
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of chromium contamination in the Monte Alegre stream: a case study
title_sort assessment of chromium contamination in the monte alegre stream: a case study
publisher Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar)
series Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
issn 1516-8913
1678-4324
publishDate 2011-06-01
description 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.
topic stream macroinvertebrates
contamination
chromium
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132011000300023
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