Author(s): Moreira, Lucas Buruaem [UNESP] ; de Camargo, Júlia Beatriz Duarte Alves [UNESP] ; Belletato Marques, Bruna [UNESP] ; Martins, César C. ; de Souza Abessa, Denis Moledo [UNESP]
Date: 2019
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/187194
Origin: Oasisbr
Subject(s): Environmental management; Environmental monitoring; Macrobenthic community; Marine pollution; Sediment quality triad; Toxicity identification evaluation
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) aim to protect habitats, biodiversity, and ecological processes as a conservation tool. These areas have been affected by contamination, which threats the biodiversity and ecological functioning. In this study, we evaluated the sediment quality of Xixová-Japuí State Park (XJSP), an MPA located in an urbanized Bay (Santos, Southeast Brazil) by integrating multiple lines-of-evidence. Six sites were selected within the XJSP and analyzed for sediment chemistry, toxicity, and benthic community descriptors using Sediment Quality Triad approach (SQT). Whole-sediment Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE) was employed as a complementary line of evidence to confirm the presence of domestic effluent discharges as a potential stressor. The SQT showed that sediments collected within XJSP are impacted by contaminants, exhibiting chronic toxicity and changes in benthic community. TIE results indicated that trace metals, organic contaminants, and ammonia contributed to the observed effects. Our results also indicate a lack of effectiveness of MPA in protecting the biodiversity due to the contamination sources, which requires efforts to pollution control in order to ensure the environmental conservation and management plan goals.
Núcleo de Estudos em Poluição e Ecotoxicologia Aquática Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Pça. Infante D. Henrique s/n°
Centro de Estudos do Mar Universidade Federal do Paraná, Av. Beira Mar, s/n°
Núcleo de Estudos em Poluição e Ecotoxicologia Aquática Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Pça. Infante D. Henrique s/n°
CNPq: # 311609/2014-7
FAPESP: #13/15482-0
CNPq: #31552
CNPq: #34449
CNPq: #39038
CNPq: #455280/2014-2
