Toxicity and genotoxicity of water and sediment from streams on dotted duckweed (Landoltia punctata)

Most rivers are used as a source to supply entire cities; the quality of water is directly related to the quality of tributaries. Unfortunately men have neglected the importance of streams, which receive domestic and industrial effluents and transport nutrients and pesticides from rural areas. Given...

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Main Authors: R Factori, SM Leles, GC Novakowski, CLSC Rocha, SM Thomaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842014000400769&lng=en&tlng=en