An environmental forensic approach for tropical estuaries based on metal bioaccumulation in tissues of Callinectes danae

Ecotoxicology - Tập 25 - Trang 91-104 - 2015
Isabella C. A. C. Bordon1,2, Jorge E. S. Sarkis1, Nathalia P. Andrade1, Marcos A. Hortellani1, Deborah I. T. Favaro3, Mauricio H. Kakazu1, Marycel E. B. Cotrim1, Raquel T. Lavradas4, Isabel Moreira4, Tatiana D. Saint’Pierre4, Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis4
1Chemical and Environmental Technology Centre, IPEN- Nuclear and Energy Research Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2São Vicente, Brazil
3Research Reactor Centre, IPEN- Nuclear and Energy Research Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil
4PUC-RIO -Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Tóm tắt

The blue crab Callinectes danae is distributed throughout the Atlantic coast and this study aimed to evaluate a environmental forensics approach that could be applied at tropical estuarine systems where this species is distributed, based on the metal concentrations in its tissues. For this purpose, blue crab samples were collected in 9 sites (distributed in 3 areas) along the Santos Estuarine System, state of São Paulo, Brazil. The concentrations of Al, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn were determined in gills, hepatopancreas and muscle tissues. Sediment samples were collected and analyzed in these same sites. A data distribution pattern was identified during both sampling periods (August and December 2011). In order to validate this model, a new sampling campaign was performed in March 2013 at the Santos Estuarine System and also at Ilha Grande (state of Rio de Janeiro). These data were added to the previous database (composed of the August and December 2011 samples) and a discriminant analysis was applied. The results confirmed an environmental fingerprint for the Santos Estuarine System.

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