Trace elements in the water and fish of tropical watercourses in central Brazil

The aim was to compare the trace element concentrations found in samples of water (cadmium, copper, manganese, lead and zinc) from ten water catchments and muscle tissues (aluminum, iron, manganese, lead and zinc) from six fish trophic guilds, both samples collected in watercourses of the Upper Toc...

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Main Authors: Roseni da Silva SOUZA, Francisco Leonardo TEJERINA-GARRO, Cleonice ROCHA, Luiz Fabrício ZARA, Affonso Celso GONÇALVES-JUNIOR
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Published: Instituto de Pesca 2016-09-01
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author Roseni da Silva SOUZA
Francisco Leonardo TEJERINA-GARRO
Cleonice ROCHA
Luiz Fabrício ZARA
Affonso Celso GONÇALVES-JUNIOR
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description The aim was to compare the trace element concentrations found in samples of water (cadmium, copper, manganese, lead and zinc) from ten water catchments and muscle tissues (aluminum, iron, manganese, lead and zinc) from six fish trophic guilds, both samples collected in watercourses of the Upper Tocantins River, Goiás, Central Brazil. Trace element concentrations did not differ among the water catchments, except for Cu and Mn that exceeded the concentrations allowed by the environmental Brazilian legislation. The highest concentrations (Al, Fe, Mn, Pb e Zn) were found in fish of the guild detritivores, omnivores and terrestrial insectivores, while the aquatic invertivores showed the lowest ones; no correlation was observed between the concentrations of Mn, Pb and Zn of the water samples and fish muscle tissues. It suggests that the hydrological and chemical characteristics of watercourses sampled influence on a similar way the availability of trace elements in the water column. The differences of trace element concentrations observed among the trophic guilds do not display a trend based on fish feed strategy, but on the availability of the trace element in the environment, finding reinforced by the absence of relationship between trace elements concentrations of water and fish muscle tissue.
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spelling doaj-art-c56e6127e5dd47d6ae955c83f982f6da2025-08-20T02:56:39ZengInstituto de PescaBoletim do Instituto de Pesca1678-23052016-09-0142310.20950/1678-2305.2016v42n3p500Trace elements in the water and fish of tropical watercourses in central BrazilRoseni da Silva SOUZA0Francisco Leonardo TEJERINA-GARRO1Cleonice ROCHA2Luiz Fabrício ZARA3Affonso Celso GONÇALVES-JUNIOR4Programa de Mestrado em Ecologia e produção sustentávelCentro de Biologia Campus II - PUC Goiás / Programa de Mestrado em Sociedade, Tecnologia e Meio Ambiente, UniEVANGÉLICALaboratório de Quí­­mica, Departamento de Matemática e F-­­sica, Campus I - PUC Goiás, BraziUniversidade de Bras-­­lia, Faculdade de Planaltina. GO, BrazilLaboratório de Quí­­mica Ambiental e Instrumental, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, PR, Brazil The aim was to compare the trace element concentrations found in samples of water (cadmium, copper, manganese, lead and zinc) from ten water catchments and muscle tissues (aluminum, iron, manganese, lead and zinc) from six fish trophic guilds, both samples collected in watercourses of the Upper Tocantins River, Goiás, Central Brazil. Trace element concentrations did not differ among the water catchments, except for Cu and Mn that exceeded the concentrations allowed by the environmental Brazilian legislation. The highest concentrations (Al, Fe, Mn, Pb e Zn) were found in fish of the guild detritivores, omnivores and terrestrial insectivores, while the aquatic invertivores showed the lowest ones; no correlation was observed between the concentrations of Mn, Pb and Zn of the water samples and fish muscle tissues. It suggests that the hydrological and chemical characteristics of watercourses sampled influence on a similar way the availability of trace elements in the water column. The differences of trace element concentrations observed among the trophic guilds do not display a trend based on fish feed strategy, but on the availability of the trace element in the environment, finding reinforced by the absence of relationship between trace elements concentrations of water and fish muscle tissue. https://institutodepesca.org/index.php/bip/article/view/1153Trophic guildbioaccumulationbioconcentrationdetritivorousomnivorous
spellingShingle Roseni da Silva SOUZA
Francisco Leonardo TEJERINA-GARRO
Cleonice ROCHA
Luiz Fabrício ZARA
Affonso Celso GONÇALVES-JUNIOR
Trace elements in the water and fish of tropical watercourses in central Brazil
Boletim do Instituto de Pesca
Trophic guild
bioaccumulation
bioconcentration
detritivorous
omnivorous
title Trace elements in the water and fish of tropical watercourses in central Brazil
title_full Trace elements in the water and fish of tropical watercourses in central Brazil
title_fullStr Trace elements in the water and fish of tropical watercourses in central Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Trace elements in the water and fish of tropical watercourses in central Brazil
title_short Trace elements in the water and fish of tropical watercourses in central Brazil
title_sort trace elements in the water and fish of tropical watercourses in central brazil
topic Trophic guild
bioaccumulation
bioconcentration
detritivorous
omnivorous
url https://institutodepesca.org/index.php/bip/article/view/1153
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