Excreted Thiocyanate Detects Live Reef Fishes Illegally Collected Using Cyanide—A Non-Invasive and Non-Destructive Testing Approach

Marcela C. M. Vaz; Teresa A. P. Rocha-Santos; Rui J. M. Rocha; Isabel Lopes; Ruth Pereira; Armando C. Duarte; Peter J. Rubec; Ricardo Calado

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035355

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Excreted Thiocyanate Detects Live Reef Fishes Illegally Collected Using Cyanide—A Non-Invasive and Non-Destructive Testing Approach

Marcela C. M. Vaz,

Affiliation Departamento de Biologia & CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
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Teresa A. P. Rocha-Santos,

Affiliations Departamento de Química & CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal, ISEIT/Viseu, Instituto Piaget, Galifonge, Lordosa, Viseu, Portugal
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Rui J. M. Rocha,

Affiliation Departamento de Biologia & CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
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Isabel Lopes,

Affiliation Departamento de Biologia & CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
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Ruth Pereira,

Affiliation Departamento de Biologia & CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
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Armando C. Duarte,

Affiliation Departamento de Química & CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
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Peter J. Rubec,

Affiliation International Marinelife Alliance, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States of America
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Ricardo Calado

* E-mail: rjcalado@hotmail.com

Affiliation Departamento de Biologia & CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
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Excreted Thiocyanate Detects Live Reef Fishes Illegally Collected Using Cyanide—A Non-Invasive and Non-Destructive Testing Approach

Marcela C. M. Vaz,
Teresa A. P. Rocha-Santos,
Rui J. M. Rocha,
Isabel Lopes,
Ruth Pereira,
Armando C. Duarte,
Peter J. Rubec,
Ricardo Calado

Published: April 20, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035355

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Editorial Comment from PLOS ONE on associated article

Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 24 May 2023 at 17:02 GMT

A rebuttal [2] to this article [1] was published in PLOS ONE 2018.

[1] Vaz MCM, Rocha-Santos TAP, Rocha RJM, Lopes I, Pereira R, Duarte AC, et al. (2012) Excreted Thiocyanate Detects Live Reef Fishes Illegally Collected Using Cyanide—A Non-Invasive and Non-Destructive Testing Approach. PLoS ONE 7(4): e35355. https://doi.org/10.1371/j...

[2] Breen NE, Lowenstein J, Metivier R, Andrade L, Rhyne AL (2018) Can excreted thiocyanate be used to detect cyanide exposure in live reef fish? PLoS ONE 13(5): e0196841. https://doi.org/10.1371/j...

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