Metal concentrations in the liver of the European eel, Anguilla anguilla, in estuaries and coastal lagoons from Portugal

• Main Authors: Neto, A. F., Costa, J. l., Costa, M. J., Caçador, I., Pereira, M. E., Duarte, A. C., Pacheco, M., domingos, I., Passos, D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universite de Paris VI 2011
• Subjects: European EEL; Anguilla Anguilla; Metals; Monitoring; Brackish water systems; Spatial variations; Sentinel species; Portugal; Mira; Anguilla anguilla; European eel
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/28114

The concentration of Cd, Cu, Hg, Pb and Zn in the liver of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) was determined to evaluate the contamination burden of this species in Portuguese brackish water systems (Aveiro lagoon, Óbidos lagoon, Tagus estuary, Santo André lagoon and Mira estuary) and relate it to...