Contamination and oxidative stress biomarkers in estuarine fish following a mine tailing disaster

Background The Rio Doce estuary, in Brazil, was impacted by the deposition of iron mine tailings, caused by the collapse of a dam in 2015. Based on published baseline datasets, the estuary has been experiencing chronic trace metal contamination effects since 2017, with potential bioaccumulation in f...

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Main Authors: Fabrício Â. Gabriel, Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis, Lorena Soares, Ana Carolina A. Mazzuco, Rafael Christian Chavez Rocha, Tatiana D. Saint Pierre, Enrico Saggioro, Fabio Verissimo Correia, Tiago O. Ferreira, Angelo F. Bernardino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2020-10-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/10266.pdf