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ABSTRACT Despite the risk of significant adverse toxicological effects of Hg to humans and wildlife, Hg use in anthropogenic activities, and artisanal small‐scale gold mining (ASGM) in particular, is widespread throughout Latin America. However, there are few research and monitoring studies of Hg toxicity in fish and fish‐eating wildlife in Latin ...
Rachel Canham +2 more
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Metacercariae of Austrodiplostomum compactum (Trematoda, Diplostomidae) in non-native fish species in Brazil: a possible explanation for the high rate of parasitic infection [PDF]
Metacercariae of Diplostomidae are widely distributed in America and may cause diplostomiasis, an ocular disease in fishes. The aim of this study is to report the occurrence of metacercariae of Austrodiplostomum compactum in Plagioscion squamosissimus ...
IGOR P. RAMOS +3 more
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A espécie Plagioscion squamosissimus (Heckel, 1940), conhecida popularmente como pescada, é originária da bacia Amazônica, sendo encontrada em todos os rios e lagos dessa região.
Natália Carneiro Lacerda dos SANTOS +4 more
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Restoration Effects of the Riparian Forest on the Intertidal Fish Fauna in an Urban Area of the Amazon River. [PDF]
Urbanization causes environmental impacts that threaten the health of aquatic communities and alter their recovery patterns. In this study, we evaluated the diversity of intertidal fish in six areas affected by urbanization (areas with native vegetation, deforested areas, and areas in process of restoration of vegetation) along an urban waterfront in ...
Sá-Oliveira JC +7 more
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Re-evaluation of certain aspects of the EFSA Scientific Opinion of April 2010 on risk assessment of parasites in fishery products, based on new scientific data. Part 2. [PDF]
Abstract The objective of this opinion was to determine if any wild caught fish species, originating from specific fishing grounds and consumed in the EU/EFTA could be considered free of zoonotic parasites. In this Opinion the term ‘fishery products’ only refers to fresh finfish.
EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ) +25 more
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Este trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar a qualidade bromatológica de filés de Pescada Branca (Plagioscion squamosissimus) comercializados na feira do pescado em Santarém, Pará. Para isso, 6 amostras foram coletadas para a realização das análises sensoriais e físico-químicas (temperatura, pH, cocção e prova de amônia), seguindo as normas e recomendações
Ladson Fábio Araújo De Oliveira +4 more
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Use of otoliths to estimate size at sexual maturity in fish
The viability of an alternative method for estimating the size at sexual maturity of females of Plagioscion squamosissimus (Perciformes, Sciaenidae) was analyzed. This methodology was used to evaluate the size at sexual maturity in crabs, but has not yet
Carlos Sérgio Agostinho
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{"references": ["Pavanelli CS, Graca WJ, Zawadzki CH, Britski HA, Vidotti AP, Avelino GS, Verissimo S. Fishes from the Corumba Reservoir, Paranaiba River drainage, upper rio Parana basin, State of Goias, Brazil. Check List. 2007; 3 (1): 58 - 64.", "Eschmeyer WN, Fricke R, van der Laan R, editors. Catalog of fishes: genera, species, references [Internet]
Ota, Renata Rúbia +3 more
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This study aimed to evaluate the infection by the Austrodiplostomum compactum metacercariae in fishes from the Nova Avanhandava Reservoir, low Tietê river, São Paulo State, Brazil. The parasites were collected from eye (aqueous and vitreous humor), fixed
Jaciara Vanessa Krüger Paes +2 more
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As part of a project to iniciate an Enviromental Engineering undergraduate student in the scientifict world of advance researchers, the purpose of this study is to model the allometric relationship between weight and length of the species Plagioscion squamosissimus, a Brazilian Cerrado region fish, commonly known as Cerrado croaker.
Letícia Rocha Facury Schwetter +1 more
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