Bioaccumulation of lead, copper, iron, and zinc by fish in a transect of the Santa Catarina River in Cadereyta Jimenez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Changes have been observed in the ichthyic species community, upriver in the San Juan River in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. A disappearance of Notropis amabilis, Notropis stramineus, Dionda episcopa and Campostoma anomalum and an increased mortality of Astyanax mexicanus, Lepomis macrochirus and Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum have been found. These changes were probably due to industrial and domestic discharges which produced high levels of lead, copper, iron and detergents in the water. The investigation reported here was done in order to detect the possible presence of lead, copper, iron and zinc in the river waters and also, to determine a probable bioaccumulation of these metals in fish species of the Santa Catarina River in the state of Nuevo Leon in northeastern Mexico, since this river transports domestic and industrial wastes of urban and suburban zones.
- Research Organization:
- Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Monterrey
- OSTI ID:
- 5217112
- Journal Information:
- Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States), Journal Name: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States) Vol. 37:3; ISSN BECTA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ADDITIVES
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
COPPER COMPOUNDS
DETERGENTS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
EMULSIFIERS
FISHES
FRESH WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
IRON COMPOUNDS
LATIN AMERICA
LEAD COMPOUNDS
MEXICO
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RIVERS
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
SURFACTANTS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
VERTEBRATES
WATER
WETTING AGENTS
ZINC COMPOUNDS