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Título: Mercury levels in tissues of Giant otters (Pteronura brasiliensis) from the Rio Negro, Pantanal, Brazil
Autor: Dias Fonseca, Fabrizio Rafael
Malm, Olaf
Waldemarin, Helen Francine
Palavras-chave: Mercury
Water
Bioaccumulation
Mercury (element)
Animals Tissue
Bioaccumulation
Carnivora
Concentration (parameters)
Contamination
Controlled Study
Hair Level
Kidney
Liver Level
Male
Nonhuman
Organ Distribution
Priority Journal
Quantitative Analysis
South America
Tissue Distribution
Tissue Level
Animal
Environmental Exposure
Food Contamination
Kidney
Liver
Mercury
Otters
Tissue Distribution
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Rio Negro [south America]
South America
Western Hemisphere
World
Animalsia
Lutrinae
Pteronura Brasiliensis
Data do documento: 2005
Revista: Environmental Research
É parte de: Volume 98, Número 3, Pags. 368-371
Abstract: This research reports the first data on mercury levels found in Giant otters (Pteronura brasiliensis) from South America. Mercury concentrations were analyzed from different organs/tissues of two animals found dead floating on the water of the Rio Negro in the Pantanal, Brazil. The mean mercury concentration ranged from 2.94 to 3.68 μg/g in hair, from 1.52 to 4.3 μg/g in liver, and from 1.11 to 4.59 μg/g in kidney and was 0.17 μg/g in muscle samples. In comparison with other research, there is no evidence of contamination in these animals and mercury concentrations in tissues appeared to be at levels below those associated with toxicity. © 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2004.11.008
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