Persistent organic pollutants and histological lesions in Mayan catfish Ariopsis assimilis from the Bay of Chetumal, Mexico. Academic Article

abstract

• Livers of catfish (Ariopsis assimilis) from the Bay of Chetumal were analyzed for organochlorine compounds and hydrocarbons as part of a study to diagnose the environmental health of the Bay after a catfish mass mortality that occurred in 1996. The presence of histological lesions in several organs of the fish as result of chemical exposure was also evaluated. The concentrations of organic pollutants found in the Bay may be considered high if compared to the levels reported for sites affected by chemical pollution. High prevalences of cellular alteration histopathologies were found in liver, including hepatic tumors. The presence of some lesions may be related statistically to environmental pollution in the Bay, specially with chlorinated compounds.

authors

• Gold Bouchot, Gerardo

published proceedings

• Mar Pollut Bull

author list (cited authors)

• Norea-Barroso, E., Sim-Alvarez, R., Gold-Bouchot, G., & Zapata-Prez, O.

citation count

• 23

complete list of authors

• Noreña-Barroso, E||Simá-Alvarez, R||Gold-Bouchot, G||Zapata-Pérez, O

publication date

• February 2004

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Catfishes
• Environmental Monitoring
• Hydrocarbons
• Insecticides
• Liver
• Liver Neoplasms
• Mexico
• Water Pollutants, Chemical

PubMed Central ID

• 14972578

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2003.08.001

start page

• 263

end page

• 269

volume

• 48

issue

• 3-4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2003.08.001