Environmental biomonitoring of water bodies (Estero de Vitas and Estero de Paco) in Metro Manila, Philippines using heavy metal analysis and erythrocyte micronucleus assay in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

• Main Authors: Abdulrahman, Johnray D., Concepcion, Charilen Kei V., Sanchez, Miguel Alvaro S.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2018
• Subjects: Bodies of water > Philippines; Bioremediation > Philippines; Nile tilapia > Philippines; Pasig river system; Water > Purification > Biological treatment > Philippines
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/6397
• Institution: De La Salle University

Environmental Bio-monitoring of water bodies to detect the presence of harmful pollutants and their genotoxicity potential is routinely done to assess the environmental state of aquatic ecosystems. In this study, a combination of atomic absorption spectroscopy and the fish micronucleus assay was use...