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ArticleEnvironmental geochemistry and health2018

Integrative assessment of sediment quality in lower basin affected by former mining in Brazil.

Estefanía Bonnail, Lucas M Buruaem, Lucas G Morais, Giuliana S Araujo, Denis M S Abessa, Aguasanta M Sarmiento, T Ángel DelValls

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Article in Environmental geochemistry and health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 55% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Estefanía BonnailCentro de Investigaciones Costeras-Universidad de Atacama (CIC-UDA), Avenida Copayapu 485, Copiapó, III Región, Chile. estefania.bonnail@uda.cl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3190-921X
Lucas M BuruaemCampus Experimental do Litoral Paulista, Núcleo de Estudos sobre Poluição e Ecotoxicologia Aquática, Universidade Estadual Paulista 'Júlio de Mesquita Filho' (UNESP), Praça Infante Dom Henrique s/n, São Vicente, SP, 11330-900, Brazil.
Lucas G MoraisCampus Experimental do Litoral Paulista, Núcleo de Estudos sobre Poluição e Ecotoxicologia Aquática, Universidade Estadual Paulista 'Júlio de Mesquita Filho' (UNESP), Praça Infante Dom Henrique s/n, São Vicente, SP, 11330-900, Brazil.
Giuliana S AraujoDepartment of Biology, Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
Denis M S AbessaCampus Experimental do Litoral Paulista, Núcleo de Estudos sobre Poluição e Ecotoxicologia Aquática, Universidade Estadual Paulista 'Júlio de Mesquita Filho' (UNESP), Praça Infante Dom Henrique s/n, São Vicente, SP, 11330-900, Brazil.
Aguasanta M SarmientoDepartment of Earth Sciences & Research Center of Natural Resources, Health and the Environment, University of Huelva, 21071, Huelva, Spain.
T Ángel DelVallsUNESCO UNITWIN/WiCop, Department of Physical-Chemistry, Faculty of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Cádiz, Campus Río San Pedro, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain.
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) · BRUniversidad de Cádiz · ESUniversidad de Huelva · ESUniversity of Atacama · CLUniversity of Aveiro · PT

Funding

Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development 308649/2011-7Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development 311609/2014-7Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development 479899/2013-4FAPESP 13/15482-0United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 2012-1701/001-001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Ribeira de Iguape River (Southeast Brazil) is metal contaminated by mining activities. Despite it has been cataloged as "in via of restoration" by the literature, this basin is still a sink of pollution in some segments of the fluvial system. This study aimed to assess the sediment quality in the lower part of the RIR basin. The employed approach was based on biological responses of the freshwater clam Corbicula fluminea after 7-day exposure bioassays using as the reference site the Perequê Ecological Park. Toxic responses (burial activity and lethality) and biochemical biomarkers (GST, GR, GPx, LPO, MTs, AChE and DNA damage) were evaluated and then integrated with metal bioavailability and chemical concentrations to address the sediment quality in the area through the weight-of-evidence approach. A multivariate analysis identified linkages between biological responses and contamination. Results pointed that, despite being below the benchmarks of the US Environmental Protection Agency, there is slight metal contamination in the lower part of the basin which induces oxidative stress in C. fluminea; other toxic responses were sometimes attributed to As and Cr bioaccumulation. The sediment quality values (TEL-PEL values in mg/kg) were calculated for the current study for As (0.63-1.31), Cr (3.5-11.05), Cs (1.0-1.17), Cu (6.32-7.32), Ni (6.78-7.46), Ti (42.0-215), V (1.77-8.00). By comparison with other international guidelines, the sediment quality of the lower basin of the Vale de Ribeira does not identify a significant environmental risk.

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MiningAnimalsBiomarkersBivalviaBrazilFresh WaterGeologic SedimentsOxidative StressWater Pollutants, ChemicalBiomarkersWater Pollutants, ChemicalBiomarkersCorbicula flumineaMining contaminationRibeira de Iguape RiverWeight of evidence

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