Acanthocephala, Annelida, Arthropoda, Myxozoa, Nematoda and Platyhelminthes parasites of fishes from the Guandu river, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [PDF]
Using information from all published reports and data collected during several parasitological surveys between April 2003 and September 2009, a checklist of the parasites of fishes from Guandu River, southeastern of Brazil was generated.
Rodney Azevedo +2 more
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Induction of cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of Guandu River waters in the Allium cepa system [PDF]
The Guandu River is the main source of water supply for the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro and has been facing serious environmental problems due to increasing population and industrial pollution, as well as the presence of polluted tributaries ...
Jennifer Vieira Gomes +3 more
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Assessing glyphosate concentrations in six reservoirs of Paraíba do Sul and Guandu River Basins in southeast Brazil [PDF]
Glyphosate is a popular herbicide used worldwide, and several studies consider it to be an environmental hazard affecting human health. The present study aimed to detect glyphosate in six different reservoirs of Paraíba do Sul and Guandu River Basins in ...
Carolina da Silva Cristofaro +3 more
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Urban sustainability has been one of the most important issues in the last decades. The modification of watercourses and their integration to power production facilities have resulted in severe environmental impacts around the globe.
Ramón González-Bravo +7 more
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The present study aimed to elucidate the extent of microplastic (MP) contamination in the Guandu River basin. Samples were collected from surface waters using a Manta trawl at 11 sites in two seasonal periods. MPs abundance was 6.1 ± 4.9 particles m−3 in
Catarina de Sá Oliveira +4 more
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Persistent organic pollutants in two reservoirs along the Paraíba do Sul-Guandu River system, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [PDF]
Sediment contamination is evaluated by determining organic micropollutants (organochlorine compounds - OCs and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - PAHs) in two important Brazilian water reservoirs.
Elcia Margareth Souza Brito +3 more
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Dynamic and maintenance of water purification ecosystem service in the Guandu River Hydrographic Region, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [PDF]
The present study aimed to develop a methodology for analyzing the dynamics and maintenance of the water purification ecosystem service in the water bodies of the Guandu River Hydrographic Region, responsible for water supplying the Rio de Janeiro ...
Fábio Miranda Gomes Xavier +2 more
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Three new species of Urocleidoides (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) parasitizing characiforms (Actinopterygii: Characiformes) in Tocantins River, states of Tocantins and Maranhão, and new record for U. triangulus in Guandu River, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [PDF]
Three new species of Urocleidoides Mizelle & Price, 1964 are described from the gills of characiform fishes in the Tocantins River and its tributaries. Urocleidoides boulengerellae sp. nov.
Álvaro J.B. de Freitas +5 more
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The public water supply of the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan region is highly dependent on transposition from the Paraíba do Sul River: 70% of the water is diverted to the Piraí River and then passes through a series of other rivers and reservoirs, finally
Emanoelly Barbosa Sacramento +4 more
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The fish fauna of the upper Piraí drainage, a transposed mountain river system in southeastern, Brazil [PDF]
An annotated checklist of the ichthyofauna from the upper Piraí river drainage is provided. The Piraí river was a major right-bank tributary of the Paraíba do Sul river, but it has been artificially diverted to the ...
Victor de Brito, Paulo Andreas Buckup
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