Bioindicators and biomarkers of environmental pollution in the middle-lower basin of the Suquía River (Córdoba, Argentina)

MAGGIONI, TAMARA; HUED, ANDREA; MONFERRÁN, MAGDALENA VICTORIA; BONANSEA, ROCÍO; GALANTI, LUCAS NICOLÁS; AMÉ, MARÍA VALERIA

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Lugar: Berlin; Año: 2012 vol. 63 p. 337 - 337

p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">The Suquía River middle-lower basin (Córdoba, Argentina) is subject to a strong anthropogenic impact because it receives pollutants from different sources. Recent studies have shown the importance and the need of approaching the monitoring process of water quality from integral perspectives, through the utilization of chemical as well as biological methods. The main goal of this study was to evaluate the fish species Jenynsia multidentata as a bioindicator of environmental pollution in the middle-lower basin of the Suquía River using biotransformation and antioxidant enzymes as well as gill and liver histopathology as biomarkers. We also studied the fish assemblage characteristics through the fish species pattern