The risk of metals and As in seafood for traditional populations living in a Marine Protected
Areas (MPA) is seldom assessed, although the risk of human exposure to contaminants is …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are vulnerable to many pressures, including pollution.
However, environmental quality monitoring in these areas traditionally relies on only water …

Fish reproductive biology plays an important role for fishery management, especially in
developing countries. The aim of this study was to compile all available information and …

This study was conducted in the fishing community of the Cabedelo municipality (NE Brazil,
Paraíba) and characterized the socioeconomic profile of the fishers, their local ecological …

We studied the relationship between the morphology of the reproductive system and the
reproductive strategies of six neotropical catfishes using macroscopic and microscopic …

In order to understand environmental health by the use of a bioindicator species in
estuaries, biochemical responses observed in the catfish Cathorops spixii such as catalase …

Benthic trawl surveys were performed to quantify the spatiotemporal distributions of teleosts
and key abiotic associations throughout an ecologically important estuary within Brazil's …

The gonad morphology and gametogenesis of Lophiosilurus alexandri Steindachner, 1877
from Santo Antônio river (Minas Gerais, Brazil) were studied through anatomical and …

Concentrations of arsenic and four additional trace elements (Cu, Cr, Ni, and Zn) were
determined by inductively coupled plasma–optical emission spectrometry in the muscular …

This study evaluated the spatio-temporal distribution, reproduction and diet of the catfishes
Genidens genidens, G. barbus and Aspistor luniscutis in Caraguatatuba Bay. Their sizes …