| coliform accumulation in amphibalanus amphitrite (darwin, 1854) (cirripedia) and its use as an organic pollution bioindicator in the estuarine area of recife, pernambuco, brazil. | samples of water and barnacles amphibalanus amphitrite were collected from recife, brazil, to assess if it accumulates total (tc) and thermotolerant coliforms (ttc) related with sewage pollution. the most probable number (mpn) values and the standard procedures for examination of shellfish were used. comparatively with the water samples, the highest coliform values came from the barnacles, with tc values ranging from < 3.0 x 10(3) to > 2.4 x 10(6) mpn.g-1, and ttc ranging from > 2.4 x 10(3) to 2 ... | 2010 | 20549061 |