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Freshwater Mollusks and Environmental Assessment of Guandu River, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil [PDF]

open access: yesBiota Neotropica, 2017
Abstract The Guandu River Basin is extremely important to state of Rio de Janeiro, as a water supplier of several municipalities. However, the malacological knowledge and environmental status is not well known to this basin. The aim of this paper is to present an inventory of freshwater mollusks, as well as an environmental assessment through a Rapid ...
Igor C Miyahira   +1 more
exaly   +5 more sources

Heavy Metals in Drinking Waters From the Paraiba Do Sul – Guandu River System, Rio De Janeiro State, Brazil

open access: yesWater Science and Technology, 1987
The main goals of the present work are the determination of the critical metals in the Paraiba do Sul - Guandu River System (PSR-GR), and the analysis of tap waters supplied to local cities as well as the city of Rio de Janeiro, to evaluate the metal pollution.
O. Malm   +3 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Risk of Collapse in Water Quality in the Guandu River (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Microbial Ecology, 2021
The Guandu River, one of the main rivers in the state of Rio de Janeiro, provides water for more than nine million people in the metropolitan region. However, the Guandu has suffered from massive domestic and industrial pollution for more than two decades, leading to high levels of dissolved total phosphorus, cyanobacteria, and enteric bacteria ...
Leonardo Bacha   +14 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Induced Alkoxyresorufin-O-Dealkylases in Tilapias (Oreochromis niloticus) From Guandu River, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Chemosphere, 2004
The activity of fish monooxygenases has been extensively used as a monitoring tool to detect contamination of water bodies by cytochrome P450-inducing agents. In this study we evaluated the activities of ethoxy- (EROD), methoxy- (MROD) and pentoxy- (PROD) resorufin-O-dealkylases in the liver of Nile tilapias (Oreochromis niloticus) collected at the ...
Thiago Estevam Parente   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Environment, Geology - Geomorphology and Water Availability in the Guandu River Basin, Rio De Janeiro / Meio Ambiente, Geologia-Geomorfologia e Disponibilidade Hídrica Na Bacia Hidrográfica Guandu - Rio De Janeiro

open access: yesWilliam Morris Davis, 2022
A Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Guandu/BHG, faz parte do sistema Guandu que é o principal fornecedor de água do Rio de Janeiro/RJ. Atende a mais da metade da população residente na Região Metropolitana desta cidade. Tal sistema está relacionado ao maior complexo de estruturas hidráulicas do Estado e viabiliza a geração de energia elétrica, a criação de uma
PAULO ROBERTO PALHARES REIS JUNIOR   +1 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Determination of Fipronil and Fipronil-Sulfone in Surface Waters of the Guandu River Basin by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Mass Spectrometry

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2021
Fipronil (FIP) is a broad-spectrum insecticide used in the industrial, residential and agricultural sectors, which presents environmental and human health risks. Studies report its presence in aquatic environments in several countries, but in Brazil reports are scarce.
Thais P. Ferreira   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Critical analysis of the guandu river basin preservation through sustainable methodologies in combating the burning of solid waste

2023
Given the socioeconomic and environmental importance of the Guandu River in relation to the municipalities of the State of Rio de Janeiro, as well as its respective basin, the propagation of sustainable methodologies for its preservation becomes essential and indispensable for the continuous improvement of sustainable development and, consequently, of ...
Geórgia Felício Marinho da Silva   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Induced Cytochrome P450 1A Activity in Cichlid Fishes From Guandu River and Jacarepaguá Lake, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Environmental Pollution, 2008
The induction of cytochrome P4501A-mediated activity (e.g. ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylation, EROD) has been used as a biomarker for monitoring fish exposure to AhR-receptor ligands such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and polychlorinated dibenzo-dioxins/furans (PCDD/Fs).
Thiago Estevam Parente   +1 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Heavy Metal Concentrations and Availability in the Bottom Sediments of the Paraiba Do Sul‐Guandu River System, RJ, Brazil

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom), 1989
Abstract Metal concentrations were determined in bottom sediments from the River Paralba do Sul‐Guandu, (PSR‐GR), an important social and industrialized ecosystem, to evaluate the degree of pollution impact in comparison with other contaminated water bodies and to provide a better understanding of the availability of the metals to biological cycles and
M Fiszman
exaly   +2 more sources

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