Liver biomarkers response of the neotropical fish Aequidens metae to environmental stressors associated with the oil industry
Wilson Corredor-Santamaría, Diego A. Mora-Solarte, Ziv Arbeli, José M. Navas, Yohana M. Velasco‐Santamaría
Abstract
-deethylase (EROD) enzyme activity were estimated. Histopathological alterations were also evaluated. Water quality was estimated through the measurement of several variables. Results obtained evidenced that the highest induction in EROD activity and the strongest histological alterations in liver of the monitored fish appeared during the dry seasons at the discharge site and downstream to this point.
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EffluentSentinel speciesEnvironmental scienceFish <Actinopterygii>BiologyWater qualityUpstream and downstream (DNA)Animal scienceFisheryHydrology (agriculture)Veterinary medicineEcologyUpstream (networking)Environmental engineeringComputer scienceEngineeringGeotechnical engineeringMedicineComputer networkEnvironmental Toxicology and EcotoxicologyPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsAquaculture disease management and microbiota