Biological responses in gills and hepatopancreas of Ucides cordatus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Ocypodidae) as indicative of environmental contamination in mangrove areas in Maranhão State, Brazil

Biological responses in gills and hepatopancreas of Ucides cordatus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Ocypodidae) as indicative of environmental contamination in mangrove areas in Maranhão State, Brazil

ABSTRACT This study aimed to identify alterations in gills and hepatopancreas of the crab Ucides cordatus as indicative of environmental contamination in mangrove areas subject to chemical effluents from port activities in Maranhão, Brazil. Samples of gills and hepatopancreas were removed from each...

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Main Authors: Jesus,Wanda Batista de, Oliveira,Suelen Rosana Sampaio de, Andrade,Ticianne de Sousa de Oliveira Mota, Sousa,Jucimary Braga Machado, Pinheiro-Sousa,Débora Batista, Santos,Débora Martins Silva, Cardoso,William da Silva, Carvalho-Neta,Raimunda Nonata Fortes
Language:English
Published: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del Mar 2020
Subjects:
Ucides cordatus
uçá crab
biomonitoring
biomarkers
port area
alterations
xenobiotic
Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-560X2020000200226
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