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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 406, Issue 1-2, Pages 337-343Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.07.006
Keywords
Astyanax jacuhiensis; Environmental genotoxicity; Fish; Micronuclei; Nuclear abnormalities; Water quality
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- PADCT-FINEP
- Fundacao de Amparo A Pesquisa do Rio Grande do Sul (FAPERGS)
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Bom Jardim brook is a small stream that flows through an area under the influence of a Petrochemical Complex, demanding control over its quality, so a genotoxic evaluation was performed. This study was conducted in situ, based on previous analysis on the same subject. These were performed both in vitro, with Salmonella typhimurium and human lymphocytes, and in vivo, using bioassays with fish exposed to water from the study area. The purpose of this research was to assess the quality of the aquatic environment and possible effects from petrochemical pollution to surrounding native populations. Micronuclei (MNE) and nuclear abnormalities (NA) frequencies in peripheral blood of Astyanax jacuhiensis, a native fish species collected from the study area, were used as biomarkers. Study period was from summer/99 to spring/2001, using samples obtained seasonally at two ponds upstream from the industrial area (BJN and BJPa) and two sites in Bom Jardim brook (BJ002 and BJ000), which are subject to Complex influence. MNE and NA frequencies found in individuals from BJ002 and BJ000 were similar, showing positive genotoxic responses related to control sites BJN and B)Pa. No differential sensitivity could be verified for micronuclei induction between genders of A. jacuhiensis in the studied population. This study showed that sites subject to petrochemical influence were under higher genotoxic impact. Biomarkers adequacy to the case and the sensitivity of A. jacuhiensis for water monitoring could be also inferred. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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