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Mariz CF, Nascimento JVG, Morais BS, Alves MKM, Rojas LAV, Zanardi-Lamardo E, Carvalho PSM. Toxicity of the oil spilled on the Brazilian coast at different degrees of natural weathering to early life stages of the zebrafish Danio rerio. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2024; 207:116819. [PMID: 39182410 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2024] [Revised: 07/07/2024] [Accepted: 08/03/2024] [Indexed: 08/27/2024]
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Toxicity of water accommodated fractions (WAF) from the oil spilled on the Brazilian coast at different stages of weathering were investigated using Danio rerio. Weathering stages included emulsified oil that reached the coast (OM) and oil collected 50 days later deposited on beach sand (OS) or adhered to shore rocks (OR). Parent and alkylated naphthalenes decreased whereas phenanthrenes increased from less weathered WAF-OM to more weathered WAF-OS and WAF-OR. More weathered WAF-OS and WAF-OR were more potent inducers of zebrafish developmental delay, suggesting that parent and alkylated phenanthrenes are involved. However, less weathered WAF-OM was a more potent inducer of failure in swim-bladder inflation than more weathered WAF-OS and WAF-OR, suggesting that parent and alkylated naphthalenes are involved. Decreases in heart rates and increased heart and skeletal deformities were observed in exposed larvae. Lowest observed effect concentrations for different developmental toxicity endpoints are within environmentally relevant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations.
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- Célio Freire Mariz
- Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235, Cidade Universitária, Recife 50670-901, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235, Cidade Universitária, Recife 50670-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235, Cidade Universitária, Recife 50670-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235, Cidade Universitária, Recife 50670-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Arquitetura s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife 50740-550, Brazil
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- Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Arquitetura s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife 50740-550, Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235, Cidade Universitária, Recife 50670-901, Brazil
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Corrêa AM, Campos FF, Tenório MF, Rodrigues AMS, Pérez CD, Thompson F, Batista AS, Gatts PV, de Rezende CE, Leal KZ, Bernardes MC. Hydrocarbon composition of oils spilt on the Brazilian coast in 2019 and 2022. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2024; 207:116821. [PMID: 39146712 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2024] [Revised: 07/12/2024] [Accepted: 08/03/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024]
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The chemical composition of spilt oils from events that took place on the north-eastern coast of Brazil in 2019 and 2022 was investigated to better understand their sources, and post-spill processes. Oils from both events originated from different sources, based on their fingerprints, hydrocarbons composition and specific biomarkers, such as the C23 tricyclic terpane and oleanane. Despite the differences, the source rocks share similarities in paleoenvironments and depositional conditions and both oils suffered little weathering, mainly due to evaporation and dissolution. Our findings for 2019 spilt oil reinforce that it is a mixed product, enriched both in lighter n-alkanes and 25-norhopanes. Differently, the 2022 samples exhibited characteristics of a non-processed crude oil that originated from a paraffinic deposit in storage tanks. The molecular composition and diagnostic ratios reported for samples from these spill events help to establish baselines for ongoing monitoring of oil spills in marine ecosystems.
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- Antônia M Corrêa
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Vitória de Santo Antão, PE, Brazil; Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geoquímica, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geoquímica, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Vitória de Santo Antão, PE, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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- Departamento de Físico-Química, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geoquímica, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
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Müller MN, Vicente Ferreira Junior A, Zanardi Lamardo E, Yogui GT, Flores Montes MDJ, Silva MA, Lima EJAC, Rojas LAV, Jannuzzi LGDS, Cunha MDGGDS, Melo PAMDC, Carvalho VPCD, Carneiro YMM, Carreira RDS, Araujo M, Santos LPDS. Finding the needle in a haystack: Evaluation of ecotoxicological effects along the continental shelf break during the Brazilian mysterious oil spill. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2024; 357:124422. [PMID: 38914197 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2024] [Revised: 06/01/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/26/2024]
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Oceanic oil spills present significant ecological risks that have the potential to contaminate extensive areas, including coastal regions. The occurrence of the 2019 oil spill event in Brazil resulted in over 3000 km of contaminated beaches and shorelines. While assessing the impact on benthic and beach ecosystems is relatively straightforward due to direct accessibility, evaluating the ecotoxicological effects of open ocean oil spills on the pelagic community is a complex task. Difficulties are associated with the logistical challenges of responding promptly and, in case of the Brazilian mysterious oil spill, to the subsurface propagation of the oil that impeded remote visual detection. An oceanographic expedition was conducted in order to detect and evaluate the impact of this oil spill event along the north-eastern Brazilian continental shelf. The pursuit of dissolved and dispersed oil compounds was accomplished by standard oceanographic methods including seawater polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) analysis, biomass stable carbon isotope (δ13C), particulate organic carbon to particulate organic nitrogen (POC:PON) ratios, nutrient analysis and ecotoxicological bioassays using the naupliar phase of the copepod Tisbe biminiensis. Significant ecotoxicological effects, reducing naupliar development by 20-40 %, were indicated to be caused by the presence of dispersed oil in the open ocean. The heterogeneous distribution of oil droplets aggravated the direct detection and biochemical indicators for oil are presented and discussed. Our findings serve as a case study for identifying and tracing subsurface propagation of oil, demonstrating the feasibility of utilizing standard oceanographic and ecotoxicological methods to assess the impacts of oil spill events in the open ocean. Ultimately, it encourages the establishment of appropriate measures and responses regarding the liability and regulation of entities to be held accountable for oil spills in the marine environment.
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- Marius Nils Müller
- Department of Oceanography, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, 50670-901, Brazil; Macau Environmental Research Institute, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau SAR, 999078, China.
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- Department of Oceanography, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, 50670-901, Brazil
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- Department of Oceanography, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, 50670-901, Brazil
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- Department of Oceanography, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, 50670-901, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22451-900, Brazil
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- Department of Oceanography, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, 50670-901, Brazil
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Zacharias DC, Lemos AT, Keramea P, Dantas RC, da Rocha RP, Crespo NM, Sylaios G, Jovane L, da Silva Santos IG, Montone RC, de Oliveira Soares M, Lourenço RA. Offshore oil spills in Brazil: An extensive review and further development. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2024; 205:116663. [PMID: 38972220 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Revised: 06/28/2024] [Accepted: 06/28/2024] [Indexed: 07/09/2024]
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The present study offers an extensive overview on the evolution and current state of marine oil spill research in Brazil and then discusses further directions. Given the historical and current relevance of this issue, this paper also aims to summarize the exploration, geological background, design of oil spills timeline and assessment of the most important of them. Moreover, it includes a critical comparison of Brazilian oil spill models in terms of their simulation abilities, real-time field data assimilation, space and time forecasts and uncertainty evaluation. This study also presents the perspectives of the Multi-User System for Detection, Prediction, and Monitoring of Oil Spills at Sea (SisMOM) the largest and most important Brazilian project to face the offshore oil spills.
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- Daniel Constantino Zacharias
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique (LaMP), F-63000 Clermont Ferrand, France.
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- Centro de Formação em Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia, Rodovia BR-367, km 10, Zona Rural, Porto Seguro, BA 45810-000, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ecological Engineering and Technology, Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, 67100 Xanthi, Greece
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- Departamento de Oceanografia Física, Química e Geológica, Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, São Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas, Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo, IAG/USP, Rua do Matão, 1226, São Paulo, SP 05508-090, Brazil
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- Department of Atmospheric Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, V Holešovičkách 747/2, 180 00 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Ecological Engineering and Technology, Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, 67100 Xanthi, Greece
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- Departamento de Oceanografia Física, Química e Geológica, Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, São Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas, Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo, IAG/USP, Rua do Matão, 1226, São Paulo, SP 05508-090, Brazil
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- Departamento de Oceanografia Física, Química e Geológica, Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, São Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR), Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Avenida da Abolição, 3207, 60165081, Meireles, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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- Departamento de Oceanografia Física, Química e Geológica, Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, São Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil
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Martins LL, Pereira VB, Nascimento AP, Azevedo RNA, Oliveira AHB, Teixeira CEP, Azevedo DA, da Cruz GF, Cavalcante RM, Giarrizzo T. Forensic Geochemistry Reveals International Ship Dumping as a Source of New Oil Spill in Brazil's Coastline (Bahia) in Late 2023. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:9328-9338. [PMID: 38739556 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c01520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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In the present study, we applied forensic geochemistry to investigate the origin and fate of spilled oils like tarballs stranded at the beaches of Bahia, in northeastern Brazil, in September 2023, based on their fingerprints. Saturated and aromatic compounds were assessed by gas chromatography, and the oceanic surface circulation patterns were deciphered to determine the geographic origin of the spill. Contamination by petroleum represents an enormous threat to the unique, species-rich ecosystems of the study area. The geochemical fingerprint of the oil spilled in 2023 did not correlate with those of previous events, including the one in 2019, the one in early 2022 in Ceará, and an extensive spill across the Brazilian Northeast in late 2022. However, the fingerprint did correlate with crude oils produced by Middle Eastern countries, most likely Kuwait. The oil of the 2023 spill had a carbonate marine origin from early mature source rocks. These findings, together with the moderate weathering of the 2023 tarballs and the ocean circulation patterns at the time of the event, indicate that the oil was discharged close to the shore of Brazil, to the east or southeast of Salvador, by a tanker on an international route in the South Atlantic.
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- Laercio L Martins
- Laboratory of Petroleum Engineering and Exploration (LENEP), North Fluminense State University (UENF), Macaé 27925-535, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Institute of Marine Sciences (LABOMAR), Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza 60165-181, Ceará, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry (IQ), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro 21941-598, Brazil
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- Institute of Marine Sciences (LABOMAR), Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza 60165-181, Ceará, Brazil
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- Chemistry and Physical Chemistry Department (DQAFQ), Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza 60455-760, Ceará, Brazil
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- Institute of Marine Sciences (LABOMAR), Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza 60165-181, Ceará, Brazil
- Chemistry and Physical Chemistry Department (DQAFQ), Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza 60455-760, Ceará, Brazil
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- Institute of Marine Sciences (LABOMAR), Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza 60165-181, Ceará, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry (IQ), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro 21941-598, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Petroleum Engineering and Exploration (LENEP), North Fluminense State University (UENF), Macaé 27925-535, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Institute of Marine Sciences (LABOMAR), Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza 60165-181, Ceará, Brazil
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- Institute of Marine Sciences (LABOMAR), Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza 60165-181, Ceará, Brazil
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de Brito JKS, Campos VM, Oliveira AHB, Lopes GS. Development of a green and low-cost method to determine mercury content in sediments affected by oil spill on the Brazilian coast. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2024; 202:116346. [PMID: 38604078 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Revised: 03/30/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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Tons of crude oil were found on the Brazilian coast in 2019, and studies assessing its chemical composition are still scarce. This study aimed to develop a new and simple technique of cold vapor generation using infrared irradiation coupled with atomic absorption spectrometry to determine mercury content in sediments contaminated by crude oil. Experimental conditions were evaluated, including formic acid concentration, reactor temperature, and carrier gas flow rate. The accuracy of the method was validated by comparison with mercury contents in a certified reference material (PACS-2). The detection limit was found to be 0.44 μg kg-1. The developed method was applied to determine the total mercury content in marine sediment samples collected from beaches in Ceará State. Mercury concentrations ranged from 0.41 to 0.95 mg kg-1. The proposed method is efficient, simple, low-cost, and adequate for its purpose.
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- Jane Kelly Sousa de Brito
- Laboratório de Estudos em Química Aplicada (LEQA), Departamento de Química Analítica e Físico-Química, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Campus do Pici, 60455-760 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Estudos em Química Aplicada (LEQA), Departamento de Química Analítica e Físico-Química, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Campus do Pici, 60455-760 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Estudos Ambientais (LEA), Departamento de Química Analítica e Físico-Química, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Campus do Pici, 60455-760 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Estudos em Química Aplicada (LEQA), Departamento de Química Analítica e Físico-Química, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Campus do Pici, 60455-760 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
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Zhang S, Yuan Y, Wang Z, Li J. The application of laser‑induced fluorescence in oil spill detection. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:23462-23481. [PMID: 38466385 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-32807-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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Over the past two decades, oil spills have been one of the most serious ecological disasters, causing massive damage to the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems as well as the socio-economy. In view of this situation, several methods have been developed and utilized to analyze oil samples. Among these methods, laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) technology has been widely used in oil spill detection due to its classification method, which is based on the fluorescence characteristics of chemical material in oil. This review systematically summarized the LIF technology from the perspective of excitation wavelength selection and the application of traditional and novel machine learning algorithms to fluorescence spectrum processing, both of which are critical for qualitative and quantitative analysis of oil spills. It can be seen that an appropriate excitation wavelength is indispensable for spectral discrimination due to different kinds of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons' (PAHs) compounds in petroleum products. By summarizing some articles related to LIF technology, we discuss the influence of the excitation wavelength on the accuracy of the oil spill detection model and proposed several suggestions on the selection of excitation wavelength. In addition, we introduced some traditional and novel machine learning (ML) algorithms and discussed the strengths and weaknesses of these algorithms and their applicable scenarios. With an appropriate excitation wavelength and data processing algorithm, it is believed that laser-induced fluorescence technology will become an efficient technique for real-time detection and analysis of oil spills.
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- Shubo Zhang
- Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Sports Media and Information Technology, Shandong Sport University, Jinan, 250102, Shandong, China.
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- Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200083, China
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- Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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de Souza Dias da Silva MF, Zanardi-Lamardo E, Valcarcel Rojas LA, de Oliveira Alves MD, Chimendes da Silva Neves V, de Araújo ME. Traces of oil in sea turtle feces. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2024; 200:116088. [PMID: 38309176 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 01/27/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
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In 2019, an oil spill hit the Brazilian Northeast coast causing impact to several ecosystems, including sea turtles' breeding and feeding areas. This study aimed to investigate whether sea turtles were impacted by this oil disaster, correlating the oil found inside feces with a sandy-oiled sample collected on the beach some days after the accident. The fecal samples were collected in the upper mid-littoral reef areas during three consecutive days in February 2020. The results suggested that sea turtles consumed algae contaminated by petroleum. Hydrocarbons composition of oil inside feces was similar to the sandy-oiled sample, suggesting they were the same. Lighter aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic compounds were missing, indicating both sandy-oiled and oil inside the feces had experienced significant evaporation prior to collection. Although the long-term damage is still unknown, the data are novel and relevant to support future research and alert authorities about the risks to sea turtles.
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- Matheus Felipe de Souza Dias da Silva
- Centro de Tecnologia e Geociências, Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife 50740-550, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Centro de Tecnologia e Geociências, Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife 50740-550, Pernambuco, Brazil.
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- Centro de Tecnologia e Geociências, Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife 50740-550, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Faculdade Frassinetti do Recife, Av. Conde da Boa Vista, 921, Recife 50060-002, Pernambuco, Brazil; Associação de Pesquisa e Preservação de Ecossistemas Aquáticos - AQUASIS, Av. Pintor João Figueiredo - SESC - Iparana, Caucaia, 61627-250, Ceará, Brazil
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- Centro de Tecnologia e Geociências, Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife 50740-550, Pernambuco, Brazil
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Sbragio R, Filho OR, Martins MR. Methodology for the estimation of an oil spill origin: Analysis of the 2019 Brazilian coast oil spill. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2023; 197:115676. [PMID: 37897965 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/30/2023]
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This research presents a procedure for determining the origin of marine pollution through the use of a time-direct trajectory modeling, associated with a Kriging metamodel technique and Monte Carlo random sampling. These methods were applied to a real case, specifically the oil spill that affected the Brazilian coast in the second half of 2019 and early 2020. A total of 140 trajectories, defined by the geographical coordinates of the origin and the spill date, were generated through Latin Hypercube Sampling and simulated using the PyGNOME model to construct the Kriging metamodel. The metamodel demonstrated cost-effectiveness by efficiently simulating numerous input data combinations which were compared and optimized based on available real data regarding temporal and spatial pollution distribution.
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- Ricardo Sbragio
- University of São Paulo, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department, Analysis, Evaluation and Risk Management Laboratory - LabRisco, Av. Prof. Mello Moraes, 2231, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo 05508-030, SP, Brazil.
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- University of São Paulo, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department, Analysis, Evaluation and Risk Management Laboratory - LabRisco, Av. Prof. Mello Moraes, 2231, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo 05508-030, SP, Brazil.
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Zacharias DC, Crespo NM, da Silva NP, da Rocha RP, Gama CM, Ribeiro E Silva SBN, Harari J. Oil reaching the coast: Is Brazil on the route of international oceanic dumping? MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2023; 196:115624. [PMID: 37871459 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Revised: 10/01/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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After the oil spill disaster occurred in 2019, various events of tar balls reaching the Brazilian coast and archipelagos have been reported. The hypothesis here is that the oil/waste dumped in international waters by ships on-route to Cape of Good Hope is reaching the Brazilian coast. On that account, 30-year probabilistic simulations were used to estimate the probability of dumped oil residue reaching the Brazilian coast. The simulations considered three Zones following the South Atlantic route. The results have shown that up to 28.5 % of large ships could dump oil on-route. Inside the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone, the probability of dumped oil/waste reaching the coastline is about 62 % and quickly decreases for Dumping Zones 2 and 3. Equatorial and Northeast shores of Brazil are the most vulnerable to oceanic dumping when compared to other regions.
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- Daniel Constantino Zacharias
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique (LaMP), F-63000 Clermont Ferrand, France.
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- Department of Atmospheric Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, V Holešovičkách 747/2, 18 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas, Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo, IAG/USP, Rua do Matão, 1226, São Paulo, SP, 05508-090, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas, Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo, IAG/USP, Rua do Matão, 1226, São Paulo, SP, 05508-090, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas, Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo, IAG/USP, Rua do Matão, 1226, São Paulo, SP, 05508-090, Brazil
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- Departamento de Oceanografia Física, Química e Geológica, Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, São Paulo, SP, 05508-900, Brazil
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Bérgamo DB, Craveiro N, Magalhães KM, Yogui GT, Soares MO, Zanardi-Lamardo E, Rojas LAV, Lima MCSD, Rosa Filho JS. Tar balls as a floating substrate for long-distance species dispersal. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2023; 196:115654. [PMID: 37839129 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Revised: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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Recent arrivals of tar balls have been observed in several tropical beaches associated with the oceanic circulation that flows to the Brazilian continental shelf. Between August and September 2022, tar balls were collected in the northeastern coast of Brazil and analyzed. Nearly 90 % of the oils were colonized by barnacles, polychaetes, decapods, and algae. Most rafting organisms were Lepas anserifera with capitulum measuring 0.32 to 22.21 mm. Based on the growth rate of barnacles and the speed of the SEC it was estimated that tar balls were floating since July and August 2022 and traveled a maximum of 1938.82 km. The organisms and tar balls' possible origin is in the international waters, near to the meso-Atlantic ridge, known for oil tanker traffic. The tar balls, in addition to the oil-related impacts, can act as a vector of long-distance species dispersion, and it needs to raise an alert, considering the possible ecological impacts.
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- Davy Barbosa Bérgamo
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Centro de Tecnologia e Geociências (CTG), Departamento de Oceanografia (DOCEAN) - Laboratório de Bentos (LABEN), 50670-901 Recife, PE, Brazil.
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- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Centro de Tecnologia e Geociências (CTG), Departamento de Oceanografia (DOCEAN) - Laboratório de Bentos (LABEN), 50670-901 Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Biologia - Laboratório de Ecossistemas Aquáticos (LEAQUA), 52171- 900 Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Centro de Tecnologia e Geociências (CTG), Departamento de Oceanografia (DOCEAN) - Laboratório de Compostos Orgânicos em Ecossistemas Costeiros e Marinhos (ORGANOMAR), 50670-901, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) - Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR), 60165-081 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Centro de Tecnologia e Geociências (CTG), Departamento de Oceanografia (DOCEAN) - Laboratório de Compostos Orgânicos em Ecossistemas Costeiros e Marinhos (ORGANOMAR), 50670-901, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Centro de Tecnologia e Geociências (CTG), Departamento de Oceanografia (DOCEAN) - Laboratório de Compostos Orgânicos em Ecossistemas Costeiros e Marinhos (ORGANOMAR), 50670-901, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Biologia - Laboratório de Ecossistemas Aquáticos (LEAQUA), 52171- 900 Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Centro de Tecnologia e Geociências (CTG), Departamento de Oceanografia (DOCEAN) - Laboratório de Bentos (LABEN), 50670-901 Recife, PE, Brazil
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Monteiro FC, Carreira RDS, Gramlich KC, de Pinho JV, Massone CG, Vianna M, Hauser-Davis RA. A systematic review on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination in elasmobranchs and associated human health risks. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2023; 195:115535. [PMID: 37714073 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/17/2023]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contamination is ubiquitous and comprises a significant worldwide concern in ecological and Public Health frameworks. Many aquatic biota representatives have been reported as contaminated by these toxic compounds, including one of the most threatened vertebrate groups, elasmobranchs (sharks and rays). Although elasmobranchs play important ecological roles and provide significant ecosystem services, they are highly consumed and comprise a cheap source of protein for humans globally. Studies concerning elasmobranch PAH contamination are, however, notably lacking. A systematic review was, thus, conducted herein to assess PAH elasmobranch contamination and discuss potential human health risks following the Preferred Reporting Item Statement Guidelines for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines applying the Population (P), Intervention (I), Comparison I, and Outcome (O) (PICO) strategy. A total of 86 published papers were retrieved by this method and analyzed. Only nine studies of this total concerned PAH elasmobranch contamination, assessed in 10 shark species and one ray species, with only one study calculating human health risks. A significant knowledge gap is, thus, noted for this subject, indicating the need to monitor PAH elasmobranch contamination in consumed shark and ray species worldwide.
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- Francielli Casanova Monteiro
- Departamento de Química, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rua Marquês de São Vicente Street, 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro 22453-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rua Marquês de São Vicente Street, 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro 22453-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rua Marquês de São Vicente Street, 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro 22453-900, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Departmento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro 21941-909, Brazil; Instituto Nacional de Controle de Qualidade em Saúde, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Vigilância Sanitária, Instituto Nacional de Controle de Qualidade em Saúde, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rua Marquês de São Vicente Street, 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro 22453-900, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia e Tecnologia Pesqueira, Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, CCS, Bl. A., Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-541, Brazil; Instituto Museu Aquário Marinho do Rio de Janeiro (IMAM), Centro de Pesquisas do Aquário do Rio de Janeiro, AquaRio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Avaliação e Promoção da Saúde Ambiental, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil 4365, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil..
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da Rocha AB, de Aquino Saraiva R, de Siqueira VM, Yogui GT, de Souza Bezerra R, de Assis CRD, Sousa MSB, de Souza Buarque D. Shrimp laccase degrades polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from an oil spill disaster in Brazil: A tool for marine environmental bioremediation. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2023; 194:115445. [PMID: 37639916 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2023] [Revised: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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Our work aims to purify, characterize and evaluate a laccase from by-products of the shrimp farming industry (Litopenaeus vannamei) for the degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) from 2019 oil spill in Brazilian coast. The enzyme was purified by affinity chromatography and characterized as thermostable, with activity above 90 °C and at alkaline pH. In addition, the laccase was also tolerant to copper, lead, cadmium, zinc, arsenic, hexane and methanol, with significant enzymatic activation in acetone and 10 mM mercury. Concerning PAHs' degradation, the enzyme degraded 42.40 % of the total compounds, degrading >50 % of fluorene, C4-naphthalenes, C3-naphthalenes, C2-naphthalenes, anthracene, acenaphthene, 1-methylnaphthalene and 2-methylnaphthalene. Thus, this laccase demonstrated important characteristics for bioremediation of marine environments contaminated by crude oil spills, representing a viable and ecological alternative for these purposes.
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- Amanda Barbosa da Rocha
- Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Unidade Acadêmica de Serra Talhada, Pernambuco, Fazenda Saco, s/n, Serra Talhada, PE 55608-680, Brazil; Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade e Conservação, UFRPE/UAST, 55608-680, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade e Conservação, UFRPE/UAST, 55608-680, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Cariri, Campus Brejo Santo, Brejo Santo, Ceará 63048-080, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade e Conservação, UFRPE/UAST, 55608-680, Brazil; Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco 52171-900, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco 50740-550, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco 50670-901, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Unidade Acadêmica de Serra Talhada, Pernambuco, Fazenda Saco, s/n, Serra Talhada, PE 55608-680, Brazil; Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade e Conservação, UFRPE/UAST, 55608-680, Brazil.
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Costa GKDA, da Silva SPA, Trindade MRCM, Santos FLD, Carreira RS, Massone CG, Sant'Ana OD, da Silva SMBC. Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and histological changes in Anomalocardia brasiliana and Crassostrea rhizophorae from Pernambuco, Brazil after the 2019 oil spill. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2023; 192:115066. [PMID: 37236092 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The present study aimed to analyze the concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in populations of the shellfish Anomalocardia brasiliana and oysters Crassostrea rhizophorae three years after the 2019 oil spill, as well as evaluate histopathological changes on the gill tissues of the bivalves. Individuals of both species were sampled at points along the northern and southern coast of Pernambuco, Brazil. The permanence of oil residues was confirmed, evidenced by the total concentration of PAHs in the shellfish from the northern coast, which was roughly four times higher than the southern one. Among the PAHs analyzed, the low molecular weight compounds naphthalene and anthracene were the main contributors to the total concentration. Histological changes in the gills of the bivalves, were more severe in the specimens sampled on the north coast indicating alterations in the bivalve's health, mainly on the state's northern coast.
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- Gisely Karla de Almeida Costa
- Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Health, Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Dom Manoel de Medeiros Street, s/n, Dois Irmãos, 52171-900 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Health, Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Dom Manoel de Medeiros Street, s/n, Dois Irmãos, 52171-900 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Health, Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Dom Manoel de Medeiros Street, s/n, Dois Irmãos, 52171-900 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Department de Veterinary Medicine, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Dom Manoel de Medeiros Street, s/n, Dois Irmãos, 52171-900 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- LabMAM, Dep of Chemistry, Pontifical Catholic University, 22451-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- LabMAM, Dep of Chemistry, Pontifical Catholic University, 22451-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- LabMAM, Dep of Chemistry, Pontifical Catholic University, 22451-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Health, Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Dom Manoel de Medeiros Street, s/n, Dois Irmãos, 52171-900 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
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Lassalle G, Scafutto RDM, Lourenço RA, Mazzafera P, de Souza Filho CR. Remote sensing reveals unprecedented sublethal impacts of a 40-year-old oil spill on mangroves. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023:121859. [PMID: 37236581 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Oil spills cause long-lasting mangrove loss, threatening their conservation and ecosystem services worldwide. Oil spills impact mangrove forests at various spatial and temporal scales. Yet, their long-term sublethal effects on trees remain poorly documented. Here, we explore these effects based on one of the largest oil spills ever recorded, the Baixada Santista pipeline leak, which hit the mangroves of the Brazilian southeastern coast in 1983. Historical, Landsat-derived normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) maps over the spilled mangrove reveal a large dieback of trees within a year following the oil spill, followed by a heigh-year recolonization period and a stabilization of the canopy cover, however 20-30% lower than initially observed. We explain this permanent loss by an unexpected persistence of oil pollution in the sediments based on visual and geochemical evidence. Using field spectroscopy and cutting-edge drone hyperspectral imaging, we demonstrate how the continuous exposure of mangrove trees to high levels of pollution affects their health and productivity in the long term, by imposing permanent stressful conditions. Our study also reveals that tree species differ in their sensitivity to oil, giving the most tolerant ones a competitive advantage to recolonize spilled mangroves. By leveraging drone laser scanning, we estimate the loss of forest biomass caused by the oil spill to 9.8-91.2 t ha-1, corresponding to 4.3-40.1 t C ha-1. Based on our findings, we encourage environmental agencies and lawmakers to consider the sublethal effects of oil spills on mangroves in the environmental cost of these accidents. We also encourage petroleum companies to use drone remote sensing in monitoring routines and oil spill response planning to improve mangrove preservation and impact assessment.
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- Guillaume Lassalle
- Geosciences Institute, University of Campinas, PO Box 6152, 13083-855, Campinas, Brazil.
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- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo (IO-USP), Praça Do Oceanográfico 191, Cidade Universitária, 05508-120, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, PO Box 6152, 13083-855, Campinas, Brazil
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Soares MO, Rabelo EF. Severe ecological impacts caused by one of the worst orphan oil spills worldwide. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 187:105936. [PMID: 36958200 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.105936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Orphan oil spills pose a severe risk to ocean sustainability; however, they are understudied. We provide the first synthetic assessment of short-term ecological impacts of the most extensive oil spill in tropical oceans, which affected 2900 km of Brazil's coastline in 2019. Oil ingestion, changes in sex ratio and size of animals, morphological abnormalities of larvae and eggs, mutagenic, behavioral, and morphological alterations, contamination by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and mortality were detected. A decrease in species richness and abundance of oil-sensitive animals, an increase in opportunistic and oil-tolerant organisms, and simplification of communities was observed. The impacts were observed in sponges, corals, mollusks, crustaceans, polychaetes, echinoderms, turtles, birds, fish, and mammals. The majority of studies were conducted on bioindicator substrate-associated organisms, with 68.4% of the studies examining the benthos, 21.2% the nekton, and 10.4% the plankton. Moreover, most of the current short-term impacts assessment studies were focused on the species level (66.7%), with fewer studies on the community level (19%), and even fewer on oil-affected ecosystems (14.3%). Oil-related impacts were detected in five sensitive habitats, including blue-carbon ecosystems (e.g., mangroves and seagrass beds) and coastal reefs. These results call for the development of new ocean-basin observation systems for orphan spills. Finally, we discuss how these mysterious oil spills from unknown sources pose a risk to sustainable development goals and ocean-based actions to tackle global climate change.
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- Marcelo O Soares
- Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR), Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, Brazil; Reef Systems Group, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen, Germany; Center for Marine and Environmental Studies (CMES), University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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de Almeida KA, de Moura FR, Lima JV, Garcia EM, Muccillo-Baisch AL, Ramires PF, Penteado JO, da Luz Mathias M, Dias D, da Silva Júnior FMR. Oxidative damage in the Vesper mouse (Calomys laucha) exposed to a simulated oil spill-a multi-organ study. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2023; 32:502-511. [PMID: 37118609 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-023-02657-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Small wild mammals have been used to measure the damage caused by exposure to oil-contaminated soil, including deer mice. However, the study of toxic effects of crude oil using oxidative damage biomarkers in the wild rodent Calomys laucha (Vesper mouse) is absent. This investigation aimed to evaluate the effects of acute exposure to contaminated soil with different concentrations of crude oil (0, 1, 2, 4 and 8% w/w), simulating an accidental spill, using oxidative stress biomarkers in the liver, kidneys, lungs, testes, paw muscle, and lymphocytes of C. laucha. Animals exposed to the contaminated soil showed increases in lipid peroxidation and protein carbonylation at the highest exposure concentrations in most organ homogenates analyzed and also in blood cells, but responses to total antioxidant capacity were tissue-dependent. These results showed that acute exposure to oil-contaminated soil caused oxidative damage in C. laucha and indicate these small mammals may be susceptible to suffer the impacts of such contamination in its occurrence region, threatening the species' survival.
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- Krissia Aparecida de Almeida
- LEFT - Laboratório de Ensaios Farmacológicos e Toxicológicos, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Av. Itália, km 8, Campus Carreiros, Rio Grande, RS, CEP 96203-900, Brazil
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- LEFT - Laboratório de Ensaios Farmacológicos e Toxicológicos, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Av. Itália, km 8, Campus Carreiros, Rio Grande, RS, CEP 96203-900, Brazil
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Rua Visconde de Paranaguá, 102, Rio Grande, RS, CEP 96203-900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Av. Itália, km 8, Campus Carreiros, Rio Grande, RS, CEP 96203-900, Brazil
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- LEFT - Laboratório de Ensaios Farmacológicos e Toxicológicos, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Av. Itália, km 8, Campus Carreiros, Rio Grande, RS, CEP 96203-900, Brazil
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- LEFT - Laboratório de Ensaios Farmacológicos e Toxicológicos, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Av. Itália, km 8, Campus Carreiros, Rio Grande, RS, CEP 96203-900, Brazil
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Rua Visconde de Paranaguá, 102, Rio Grande, RS, CEP 96203-900, Brazil
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- LEFT - Laboratório de Ensaios Farmacológicos e Toxicológicos, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Av. Itália, km 8, Campus Carreiros, Rio Grande, RS, CEP 96203-900, Brazil
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Rua Visconde de Paranaguá, 102, Rio Grande, RS, CEP 96203-900, Brazil
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- LEFT - Laboratório de Ensaios Farmacológicos e Toxicológicos, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Av. Itália, km 8, Campus Carreiros, Rio Grande, RS, CEP 96203-900, Brazil
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Rua Visconde de Paranaguá, 102, Rio Grande, RS, CEP 96203-900, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon & CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon & CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal
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- LEFT - Laboratório de Ensaios Farmacológicos e Toxicológicos, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Av. Itália, km 8, Campus Carreiros, Rio Grande, RS, CEP 96203-900, Brazil.
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Rua Visconde de Paranaguá, 102, Rio Grande, RS, CEP 96203-900, Brazil.
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Lima BD, Martins LL, Pereira VB, Franco DMM, Dos Santos IR, Santos JM, Vaz BG, Azevedo DA, da Cruz GF. Weathering impacts on petroleum biomarker, aromatic, and polar compounds in the spilled oil at the northeast coast of Brazil over time. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2023; 189:114744. [PMID: 36870139 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2022] [Revised: 02/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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After the wide oil spill reached the northeast of Brazil, the resurgence of oil was recorded and to evaluate this oil in detail, two samples collected in the state of Pernambuco in 2019 and 2021 were submitted to multiple analytical techniques. For both, we have found similar saturated biomarkers and triaromatic steroid ratios, implying that they are from the same spilled source. The n-alkanes, isoprenoids, and cycloalkanes were almost completely degraded due to evaporation, photooxidation, and/or biodegradation processes. The preferential loss of less alkylated PAHs than the more alkylated ones suggests that biodegradation was the most active process. This hypothesis is reinforced by the formation of mono and dicarboxylic acids assessed by GC × GC-TOFMS and ESI(-) FT-ICR MS high-resolution techniques. Furthermore, based on the ESI(-) FT-ICR MS results, three new ratios were proposed to evaluate the progress of the biodegradation process over time: Ox>2/O, SOx/SO, and SOx/N.
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- Bárbara D Lima
- Laboratório de Engenharia e Exploração de Petróleo (LENEP), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), 27910-970 Macaé, RJ, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Engenharia e Exploração de Petróleo (LENEP), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), 27910-970 Macaé, RJ, Brazil; Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR), Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Engenharia e Exploração de Petróleo (LENEP), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), 27910-970 Macaé, RJ, Brazil.
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Azevedo RNA, Bezerra KMM, Nascimento RF, Nelson RK, Reddy CM, Nascimento AP, Oliveira AHB, Martins LL, Cavalcante RM. Is there a similarity between the 2019 and 2022 oil spills that occurred on the coast of Ceará (Northeast Brazil)? An analysis based on forensic environmental geochemistry. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 314:120283. [PMID: 36180002 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The main objective of this study was to investigate the 2019 and 2022 oil spill events that occurred off the coast of the State of Ceará, Northeastern Brazil. To further assess these mysterious oil spills, we investigated whether the oils stranded on the beaches of Ceará in 2019 and 2022 had the same origin, whether their compositional differences were due to weathering processes, and whether the materials from both were natural or industrially processed. We collected oil samples in October 2019 and January 2022, soon after their appearance on the beaches. We applied a forensic environmental geochemistry approach using both one-dimensional and two-dimensional gas chromatography to assess chemical composition. The collected material had characteristics of crude oil and not refined oils. In addition, the 2022 oil samples collected over 130 km of the east coast of Ceará had a similar chemical profile and were thus considered to originate from the same source. However, these oils had distinct biomarker profiles compared to those of the 2019 oils, including resistant terpanes and triaromatic steranes, thus excluding the hypothesis that the oil that reached the coast of Ceará in January 2022 is related to the tragedy that occurred in 2019. From a geochemical perspective, the oil released in 2019 is more thermally mature than that released in 2022, with both having source rocks with distinct types of organic matter and depositional environments. As the coast of Ceará has vast ecological diversity and Marine Protected Areas, the possibility of occasional oil spills in the area causing severe environmental pollution should be investigated from multiple perspectives, including forensic environmental geochemistry.
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- Rufino N A Azevedo
- Environmental Studies Laboratory (LEA), Federal University of Ceara, Analytical Chemistry and Physical Chemistry Dpto Campus Pici, Av. Mister Hull, s/n - Pici, CEP 60455-760, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Environmental Studies Laboratory (LEA), Federal University of Ceara, Analytical Chemistry and Physical Chemistry Dpto Campus Pici, Av. Mister Hull, s/n - Pici, CEP 60455-760, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil; National Institute of Science and Technology in Tropical Marine Environments (INCT-AmbTropic, Phase II - Oil Spill), Brazil
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- Laboratory of Traces Analysis (LAT) - Department of Analytical Chemistry and Physical Chemistry, Federal University of Ceara, Rua do Contorno, Humberto Monte S/N Campus do Pici, Bloco 940, Fortaleza, CE 60451-970, Brazil
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- Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA
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- Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA
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- Laboratory for Assessment of Organic Contaminants (LACOr), Institute of Marine Sciences-Federal University of Ceara (LABOMAR-UFC), Av. Abolição, 3207-Meireles, CEP: 60165-081, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil; Tropical Marine Sciences Program/LABOMAR/UFC, Brazil
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- Environmental Studies Laboratory (LEA), Federal University of Ceara, Analytical Chemistry and Physical Chemistry Dpto Campus Pici, Av. Mister Hull, s/n - Pici, CEP 60455-760, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil; Laboratory for Assessment of Organic Contaminants (LACOr), Institute of Marine Sciences-Federal University of Ceara (LABOMAR-UFC), Av. Abolição, 3207-Meireles, CEP: 60165-081, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil; Tropical Marine Sciences Program/LABOMAR/UFC, Brazil
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- Laboratory for Assessment of Organic Contaminants (LACOr), Institute of Marine Sciences-Federal University of Ceara (LABOMAR-UFC), Av. Abolição, 3207-Meireles, CEP: 60165-081, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil; Tropical Marine Sciences Program/LABOMAR/UFC, Brazil; Laboratory of Petroleum Engineering and Exploration (LENEP), North Fluminense State University (UENF), Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, 27925-535, Brazil
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- National Institute of Science and Technology in Tropical Marine Environments (INCT-AmbTropic, Phase II - Oil Spill), Brazil; Laboratory for Assessment of Organic Contaminants (LACOr), Institute of Marine Sciences-Federal University of Ceara (LABOMAR-UFC), Av. Abolição, 3207-Meireles, CEP: 60165-081, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil; Tropical Marine Sciences Program/LABOMAR/UFC, Brazil.
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Rocha CMC, Sampaio CLS. A review of the knowledge of reef fish in the Southwest Atlantic. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 182:105769. [PMID: 36272222 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Reef environments are rapidly transforming worldwide, and these changes are causing major impacts to the reef ecosystem. Scientific knowledge is strategic for marine conservation and management in these scenarios. Aiming to contribute to this subject, a systematic review from 1967 to 2020 was conducted, in order to identify gaps in studies regarding reef fish species, ecosystem components and processes. Multidisciplinary sciences concerning reef fish have been rising, mainly in the fields of basic biology and ecology. Besides that, phase shifts and ecosystem services were absent terms in the analyzes of co-occurrence. Research in the ethnosciences needs to be increased, and will improve access to local ecological knowledge, which can be used as a tool to address issues in reef environments. Socio-ecological systems are components of this landscape that has had few publications. The participation in the elaboration of public policies can be a new avenue to foster the biodiversity of reef environments.
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- Cacilda M C Rocha
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Diversidade Biológica e Conservação nos Trópicos, Instituto de Biologia e Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Alagoas. Av. Lourival Melo Mota - Tabuleiro do Martins, Maceió, 57072-900, AL, Brazil; Laboratório de Ictiologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal de Alagoas. Av. Beira Rio, Centro Histórico, Penedo, 57200-000, AL, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Diversidade Biológica e Conservação nos Trópicos, Instituto de Biologia e Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Alagoas. Av. Lourival Melo Mota - Tabuleiro do Martins, Maceió, 57072-900, AL, Brazil; Laboratório de Ictiologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal de Alagoas. Av. Beira Rio, Centro Histórico, Penedo, 57200-000, AL, Brazil.
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Santana JL, Rios AS, Calado TCS, Zanardi-Lamardo E, Souza-Filho JF. Reef crab population changes after oil spill disaster reach Brazilian tropical environments. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2022; 183:114047. [PMID: 36029584 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The oil spill that reached Brazilian Coast in 2019 was one of the most extensive disasters and its effects on distinct species are still under investigation. This study evaluated the effects of the oil spill on the crab Pachygrapsus transversus in four reef areas in Northeast of Brazil that are also under different levels of chronic anthropogenic impacts. Changes in population aspects were investigated including maturity, sex ratio, and relative growth considering periods before and after the oil spill. An acute decrease in the number of females captured in areas most affected by oil spill was evident and may be associated with the closure of burrows used for protection. Crabs from the most touristic area presented a decrease in the medium size of carapace and maturation compared to crabs from other less visited areas, which highlights the importance of studying the effects of impacts on marine fauna.
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- Julianna L Santana
- Laboratório de Carcinologia - Museu de Oceanografia Petrônio Alves Coelho, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (MOUFPE), Av. Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, 50740-550 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; Laboratório de Compostos Orgânicos em Ecossistemas Costeiros e Marinhos (OrganoMAR) - Departamento de Oceanografia, Av. Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, 50740-550 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Carcinologia - Museu de Oceanografia Petrônio Alves Coelho, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (MOUFPE), Av. Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, 50740-550 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; Laboratório de Biologia de Crustáceos - Departamento de Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Professor Moraes Rego, 1235 - Cidade Universitária, 50670-901 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Carcinologia - Laboratórios Integrados de Ciências do Mar e Naturais, Universidade Federal de Alagoas (LABMAR/UFAL), Rua Aristeu de Andrade, 452, Farol, 57021-090 Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Compostos Orgânicos em Ecossistemas Costeiros e Marinhos (OrganoMAR) - Departamento de Oceanografia, Av. Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, 50740-550 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Carcinologia - Museu de Oceanografia Petrônio Alves Coelho, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (MOUFPE), Av. Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, 50740-550 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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Almeida JAGR, Guedes-Santos J, Vieira FAS, Azevedo AK, Souza CN, Pinheiro BR, Correia RA, Malhado ACM, Ladle RJ. Public awareness and engagement in relation to the coastal oil spill in northeast Brazil. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2022; 94:e20210395. [PMID: 35830093 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202220210395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Social media data is a rich source of information to assess human activities in catastrophic events. Here, we use social media data to understand how the 2019 Brazilian oil spill influenced social attitudes. Data were collected from the globally popular Instagram platform between August 1, 2019 and March 1, 2020. First, we manually identified the 5 most popular (portuguese language) hashtags related to the oil spill #oleonononordeste; #desastreambiental; #marsemoleo; #sosnordeste; #marsempetroleo. In the sequence, we collected information on captions, post metadata and users associated with posts retrieved using the selected hashtags. We identified a total of 7,413 posts. These posts were grouped in topics: government (47.76%), protest (24.37%), volunteers (24.45%), biodiversity (0.003%), origin (0.006%), tourism (0.008%) and others (0.016%). All topics had the peak of posts in October and November 2019. Nevertheless, interest in the oil spill was temporary, with most posts appearing in the 2-4 months after the beginning of the disaster. Our findings illustrate the enormous potential of using social media data for understanding and monitoring human engagement with environmental disasters, but also suggest that conservationists and environmental groups may only have a limited 'window of opportunity' to engage and mobilize public support for remediation and restoration efforts.
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- João A G R Almeida
- Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Instituto de Ciência Biológicas e da Saúde, Laboratório de Conservação no Século 21, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n, Tabuleiro do Martins, 57072-900 Maceió, AL, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Instituto de Ciência Biológicas e da Saúde, Laboratório de Conservação no Século 21, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n, Tabuleiro do Martins, 57072-900 Maceió, AL, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Instituto de Ciência Biológicas e da Saúde, Laboratório de Conservação no Século 21, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n, Tabuleiro do Martins, 57072-900 Maceió, AL, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Instituto de Ciência Biológicas e da Saúde, Laboratório de Conservação no Século 21, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n, Tabuleiro do Martins, 57072-900 Maceió, AL, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Instituto de Ciência Biológicas e da Saúde, Laboratório de Conservação no Século 21, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n, Tabuleiro do Martins, 57072-900 Maceió, AL, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Instituto de Ciência Biológicas e da Saúde, Laboratório de Conservação no Século 21, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n, Tabuleiro do Martins, 57072-900 Maceió, AL, Brazil
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- University of Helsinki, Finland Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, Department of Geosciences and Geography, Helsinki Lab of Interdisciplinary Conservation Science, 00014 Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Universidade de Aveiro, DBIO & CESAM/Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Instituto de Ciência Biológicas e da Saúde, Laboratório de Conservação no Século 21, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n, Tabuleiro do Martins, 57072-900 Maceió, AL, Brazil.,Universidade do Porto, CIBIO/Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Rua Padre Armando, 4480-661 Vila do Conde, Vairão, Portugal.,BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
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- Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Instituto de Ciência Biológicas e da Saúde, Laboratório de Conservação no Século 21, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n, Tabuleiro do Martins, 57072-900 Maceió, AL, Brazil.,Universidade do Porto, CIBIO/Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Rua Padre Armando, 4480-661 Vila do Conde, Vairão, Portugal.,BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
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Lopes JM, Lentini CAD, Mendonça LFF, Lima ATC, Vasconcelos RN, Silva AX, Porsani MJ. Absorbed dose rate for marine biota due to the oil spilled using ICRP reference animal and Monte Carlo simulation. Appl Radiat Isot 2022; 188:110354. [PMID: 35810708 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2022.110354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2022] [Revised: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The current study aimed to obtain dose conversion coefficients for marine animals due to an oil spill accident using two variables: crude oil activity concentration and organism depth. Thorium series presented a dose contribution twice that uranium series for similar conditions. Bi-214 and Tl-208 stood out for delivering a higher dose rate for uranium and thorium series, respectively. Results obtained can be used to assess the maximum exposure time for emergency oil control, removal, and mitigation in an oil spill accident.
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- José M Lopes
- Departamento de Física da Terra e do Meio Ambiente, Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA, 40170-115, Salvador, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geoquímica (POSPETRO), Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA, 40170-110, Salvador, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Física da Terra e do Meio Ambiente, Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA, 40170-115, Salvador, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geoquímica (POSPETRO), Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA, 40170-110, Salvador, Brazil; Centro Interdisciplinar de Energia e Ambiente (CIEnAm), Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA, 40170-115, Salvador, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geofísica, Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA, 40170-115, Salvador, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geoquímica (POSPETRO), Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA, 40170-110, Salvador, Brazil; Departamento de Oceanografia, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA, 40170-115, Salvador, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física da Terra e do Meio Ambiente, Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA, 40170-115, Salvador, Brazil; Centro Interdisciplinar de Energia e Ambiente (CIEnAm), Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA, 40170-115, Salvador, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Modelagem em Ciências da Terra e do Ambiente (PPGM), Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana - UEFS, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, Brazil
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- Programa de Engenharia Nuclear (PEN/COPPE), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ, 21941-914, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Centro Interdisciplinar de Energia e Ambiente (CIEnAm), Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA, 40170-115, Salvador, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geofísica, Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA, 40170-115, Salvador, Brazil
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da Rosa LC. Sandy beach macroinfauna response to the worst oil spill in Brazilian coast: No evidence of an acute impact. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2022; 180:113753. [PMID: 35598511 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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This study provides the first assessment of the impact of the worst oil spill ever faced by Brazilian sandy beaches by analyzing changes in the community structure of intertidal macroinfauna. Four sandy beaches were sampled three times after the oil spill, and the results were compared with previous data. The first sampling, conducted 15 days after the oil spill (October 2019), showed higher abundance of macroinfauna, which decreased in subsequent sampling conducted 60 and 120 days later, but never reached a lower level than in previous sampling. Of the macroinfauna species, Scolelepis sp. was most abundant in October 2019, while Donax gemmula was predominant during the other time periods. Changes observed in macroinfauna were due to natural fluctuations rather than a response to this disturbance. Characteristics of both the oil spill and macroinfauna contributed to the lack of acute impacts.
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- Leonardo Cruz da Rosa
- Laboratório de Ecologia de Bentônica, Departamento de Engenharia de Pesca e Aquicultura, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, SE 49100-000, Brazil.
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Disasters with oil spills in the oceans: Impacts on food safety and analytical control methods. Food Res Int 2022; 157:111366. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2022.111366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Revised: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Melo PTS, Torres JPM, Ramos LRV, Fogaça FHS, Massone CG, Carreira RS. PAHs impacts on aquatic organisms: contamination and risk assessment of seafood following an oil spill accident. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2022; 94:e20211215. [PMID: 35730899 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202220211215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Oil spills, intrinsically related to the petroleum production chain, represent a risk to the marine environment and a potential threat to humans through seafood consumption. We revised the NE Brazil oil spill and other accidents along the Brazilian coast, with a focus on seafood contamination, covering topics such as bioaccumulation, bioaccessibility, and risk analysis. Comprehensive knowledge of the impacts of spills helps in the interpretation of the dynamics of hydrocarbons released into the sea, contributing to actions to control their negative impacts. Currently, no legal limits have been established permanently in Brazil for PAHs in seafood edible tissues.
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- Pamella Talita S Melo
- Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Km 07, Zona Rural, BR 465, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciência Animal, 23890-000 Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, CCS, Bloco G, Laboratório de Biofísica, Cidade Universitária, 21941-902 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Km 07, Zona Rural, BR 465, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciência Animal, 23890-000 Seropédica, RJ, Brazil.,Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Sereder, 13, Instituto de Zootecnia, Estação de Biologia Marinha, Itacuruçá, 23870-000 Mangaratiba, RJ, Brazil
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- Embrapa Agroindústria de Alimentos, Av. das Américas, 29501, Guaratiba, 23020-470 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea, 22451-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea, 22451-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Ferreira BMP, Bonfim CVDO, Raposo IPA, Quinamo TS, Campos LHRDE. Socio-environmental disasters and their impacts: socioeconomic consequences of the oil spill in the northeast region of Brazil. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2022; 94:e20210399. [PMID: 35730896 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202220210399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The 2019 oil spill was the biggest in Brazilian history. Oil was found along more than 3,000 km of the Brazilian coastline, mainly in the Northeast, in more than 1,000 localities. This article analyzes the disaster's damage using a sample of interviewers who were impacted - fishers, tourism and beach hawkers - distributed along 40 of the affected municipalities in the Northeast Region of Brazil. The socio-economic indicators obtained by the research show that the impacts were not homogeneous between the segments and cities researched. Localities specialized in tourism and with a workforce relatively more specialized in fishing were the most affected. Accordingly, the populations of fishers and beach hawkers suffered the most severe impacts in terms of income reduction and the sale of products. These agents report a negative impact of the disaster on their work activities of 73% (fishers) and 65% (beach vendors), while the lodging and food sectors reported losses in about 38% of the cases. The interviewees' health indicators demonstrated that the volunteers at the oil spill clean- up suffered damage due to the exposure experienced, evidencing the public health emergency dimension of the disaster.
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- Beatriz M P Ferreira
- Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, Diretoria de Pesquisas Sociais, Ed. Anexo Anísio Teixeira, Rua Dois Irmãos, 92, Apipucos, 52071-440 Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, Diretoria de Pesquisas Sociais, Ed. Anexo Anísio Teixeira, Rua Dois Irmãos, 92, Apipucos, 52071-440 Recife, PE, Brazil.,Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Hospital das Clínicas, Bloco E, 4° andar, Av. Moraes Rego, s/n, Cidade Universitária, 50670-901 Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, Diretoria de Pesquisas Sociais, Ed. Anexo Anísio Teixeira, Rua Dois Irmãos, 92, Apipucos, 52071-440 Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, Diretoria de Pesquisas Sociais, Ed. Anexo Anísio Teixeira, Rua Dois Irmãos, 92, Apipucos, 52071-440 Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, Diretoria de Pesquisas Sociais, Ed. Anexo Anísio Teixeira, Rua Dois Irmãos, 92, Apipucos, 52071-440 Recife, PE, Brazil
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Modern analytical techniques are improving our ability to follow the fate of spilled oil in the environment. Curr Opin Chem Eng 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2021.100787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Seafood by PLE-LC-APCI-MS/MS and Preliminary Risk Assessment of the Northeast Brazil Oil Spill. FOOD ANAL METHOD 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s12161-022-02252-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Soares MO, Teixeira CEP, Bezerra LEA, Rabelo EF, Castro IB, Cavalcante RM. The most extensive oil spill registered in tropical oceans (Brazil): the balance sheet of a disaster. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:19869-19877. [PMID: 35061174 PMCID: PMC8776981 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-18710-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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This article presents a synthesis of information about the massive oil spill in Brazil (2019/2020). The event affected 11 states; however, the majority of the oil residue was collected (~ 5380 tons) near nine states (99.8%) in northeastern Brazil. This spill was not the largest in volume (between 5000 m3 and 12,000 m3) recorded in tropical oceans, but it was the most extensive (2890 km). This spill develops an overwashed tar that remains mostly in the undersurface drift (non-floating oil plume) below 17 m of depth while on the continental shelf. Ten ecosystems were impacted, with potentially more severe effects in mangroves and seagrasses. Certain negative effects are still understudied, such as effects on tropical reefs and rhodolith beds. A total of 57 protected areas in seven management categories were affected, most of which (60%) were characterized as multiple-use regions. The spill affected at least 34 threatened species, with impacts detected on plankton and benthic communities. Acute impacts were reported on echinoderms, coral symbionts, polychaetes, and sponges with evidence of oil ingestion. Socioeconomic impacts were detected in food security, public health, lodging, gender equality, tourism, and fishing, with reduced sales, prices, tourist attractiveness, gross domestic product, and employment. Moreover, chemical contamination was detected in some states by toxic metals (Hg, As, Cd, Pb, and Zn) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (acenaphthalene, fluoranthene, fluorene, naphthalene, and phenanthrene). This summary aims to aid in the design of science-based strategies to understand the impacts and develop strategies for the most extensive spill observed in tropical oceans.
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- Marcelo Oliveira Soares
- Instituto de Ciências Do Mar (LABOMAR), Universidade Federal Do Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, Brazil.
- Reef Systems Group, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen, Germany.
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- Instituto Do Mar, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Santos, Brazil
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Magalhães KM, Carreira RS, Rosa Filho JS, Rocha PP, Santana FM, Yogui GT. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in fishery resources affected by the 2019 oil spill in Brazil: Short-term environmental health and seafood safety. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2022; 175:113334. [PMID: 35091343 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Revised: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We present herein a short-term impact on marketed fisheries and human health safety in the first three months following the 2019 oil spill in Brazil. Total PAHs in the edible tissues of 34 finfish and shellfish species ranged from 8.71 to 418 ng g-1 wet weight, with robust evidence supporting crude oil contamination. A prevalence of low molecular weight PAHs was observed, mainly naphthalenes. A decreasing trend in mean total PAHs from mollusks (134 ng g-1) to crustaceans (73.9 ng g-1) and to fishes (45.3 ng g-1) was noted. The spilled oil caused immediate negative impacts on the local seafood market, despite less than 3% of samples exhibited concentrations above levels of concern, revealing a low probability for human health risks. These findings demonstrate that governments must be prepared to provide not only science-based quick responses but also effective science communication for society upon environmental disasters.
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- Karine Matos Magalhães
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, R. Dom Manoel de Medeiros, s/n - Dois Irmãos, Recife, PE CEP.52171-900, Brazil; Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, R. Dom Manoel de Medeiros, s/n - Dois Irmãos, Recife, PE CEP.52171-900, Brazil.
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- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Química, Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, RJ CEP.22453-900, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro de Tecnologia e Geociências, Departamento de Oceanografia, Av. Arquitetura, S/N, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE CEP.50740-550, Brazil
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- Instituto Agronômico de Pernambuco - IPA, Av. Gen. San Martin, 1371 - Bongi, Recife, PE CEP.50761-000, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, R. Dom Manoel de Medeiros, s/n - Dois Irmãos, Recife, PE CEP.52171-900, Brazil; Unidade Acadêmica de Serra Talhada, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Av. Gregório Ferraz Nogueira, s/n, Serra Talhada, PE, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro de Tecnologia e Geociências, Departamento de Oceanografia, Av. Arquitetura, S/N, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE CEP.50740-550, Brazil
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BONTEMPO FILHO EDUARDOB, COUTINHO ROBERTOQ, BARBOSA JOSÉANTONIO, BARCELLOS ROBERTOL, GIACHETI HERALDOLUIZ, RAMOS GERMANOMÁRIOS. Temporal monitoring of contamination in three sandy beaches from the 2019 oil spill near Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Northeastern Brazil. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2022. [DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202220210513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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SANTOS MARIANAOLÍVIASDOS, SANTOS CAROLINEP, ALVES MARIAJOSÉC, GONÇALVES JOSÉERIVALDO, GURGEL IDÊG. Oil in Northeast Brazil: mapping conflicts and impacts of the largest disaster on the country’s coast. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2022; 94:e20220014. [DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202220220014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Melila M, Rajaram R, Ganeshkumar A, Kpemissi M, Pakoussi T, Agbere S, Lazar IM, Lazar G, Amouzou K, Paray BA, Gulnaz A. Assessment of renal and hepatic dysfunction by co-exposure to toxic metals (Cd, Pb) and fluoride in people living nearby an industrial zone. J Trace Elem Med Biol 2022; 69:126890. [PMID: 34768054 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2021.126890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 10/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/31/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Togo's phosphate processing plant at Kpeme discharges waste, containing Cd, Pb, and fluoride, into the sea and on the soil. Heavy metals toxicity on kidneys and the liver has been studied. However, fluoride toxicity on these organs remains to be investigated. The present study deals with the variation in renal and hepatic functioning parameters due to fluoride, Cd and Pb. Totally, 350 volunteers were recruited from five different localities around this phosphate processing plant for sample collection. Cd and Pb contents in blood samples were determined by spectrophotometry and fluoride by the titanium chloride method. Biochemical parameters were measured using Biolab kits. The pollutant contents were elevated in polluted areas where ASAT, ALAT, creatinine, and urea increased, and total protein decreased. Correlation and multivariate tests showed that fluoride is related to the various pathologies mentioned. PCA revealed that phosphate processing in Togo is a source of renal and hepatic toxicity.
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- Mamatchi Melila
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Nutrition, Department of Biochemistry/Nutrition, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lome, 01BP 1515 Lome, Togo; Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, 620 024, India; Research Center in Physical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University Vasile Alecsandri of Bacau, 157 Calea Marasesti, 600115, Bacau, Romania
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- Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, 620 024, India.
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- Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, 620 024, India
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology-Physiology, Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lome, 01BP 1515 Lome, Togo
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology-Physiology, Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lome, 01BP 1515 Lome, Togo
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology-Physiology, Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lome, 01BP 1515 Lome, Togo
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- Research Center in Physical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University Vasile Alecsandri of Bacau, 157 Calea Marasesti, 600115, Bacau, Romania
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- Research Center in Physical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University Vasile Alecsandri of Bacau, 157 Calea Marasesti, 600115, Bacau, Romania
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Nutrition, Department of Biochemistry/Nutrition, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lome, 01BP 1515 Lome, Togo
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, PO Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Pharmacy, Woosuk University, Wanju-gun 55338, Republic of Korea
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PROTÁSIO LAIANNES, LOPES JOSÉM, MENDONÇA LUÍSFELIPEF, SILVA ADEMIRX, LENTINI CARLOSALESSANDRED. Dose conversion coefficients to marine biota due to natural radionuclides in an oil spill accident using Monte Carlo simulation. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2022. [DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202220210303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- LAIANNE S. PROTÁSIO
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geoquímica: Petróleo e Meio Ambiente (POSPETRO), Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geoquímica: Petróleo e Meio Ambiente (POSPETRO), Brazil; Instituto de Física/UFBA, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geoquímica: Petróleo e Meio Ambiente (POSPETRO), Brazil; Instituto de Geociências/UFBA, Brazil; Grupo de Oceanografia Tropical (GOAT), Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geoquímica: Petróleo e Meio Ambiente (POSPETRO), Brazil; Instituto de Física/UFBA, Brazil; Grupo de Oceanografia Tropical (GOAT), Brazil
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AZEVEDO ANNAKAROLINE, VIEIRA FELIPEA, GUEDES-SANTOS JHONATAN, GAIA JOÃOARTHUR, PINHEIRO BARBARAR, BRAGAGNOLO CHIARA, CORREIA RICARDOA, LADLE RICHARDJ, MALHADO ANAC. A big data approach to identify the loss of coastal cultural ecosystem services caused by the 2019 Brazilian oil spill disaster. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2022. [DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202220210397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- University of Helsinki, Finland; University of Helsinki, Finland; University of Aveiro, Portugal
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- Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil; University of Porto, Portugal
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- Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil; University of Porto, Portugal
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Lira ALDO, Craveiro N, da Silva FF, Rosa Filho JS. Effects of contact with crude oil and its ingestion by the symbiotic polychaete Branchiosyllis living in sponges (Cinachyrella sp.) following the 2019 oil spill on the tropical coast of Brazil. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 801:149655. [PMID: 34419904 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Revised: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In August 2019, thousands of tons of crude oil from an unidentified source began washing up on the Brazilian coast, causing the most severe environmental disaster that has ever impacted the South Atlantic Ocean. Paiva beach, which has some of the best-preserved tropical coral reefs on the Brazilian coast, was one of the coastal environments most severely affected by this oil. We report on the impact of the disaster on the local population of the symbiotic polychaete Branchiosyllis spp. associated with the sponge Cinachyrella sp. Following the oil spill sponges were found with oil stains on their surface and in their channels, and oil droplets were identified among the grains of the sediment accumulated within these channels. During this same period, the polychaetes in sponges had oil droplets on the surface of the body or in their pharynxes. Solubility tests using mineral oil and Raman spectra indicated that these oil droplets, found in both the sponges and the polychaetes, had similar chemical characteristics to those of the crude oil that washed up on the beach. Following the disaster, the abundance of Branchiosyllis declined sharply, although there was no significant shift in the mean size of individuals. By December 2019, the density of polychaetes was significantly lower than in the preceding months (107.9 ± 28.31 ind.10 mL-1 of sponge in August 2019 vs. 18.62 ± 35.48 ind.10 mL-1 of sponge in December 2019). This abrupt reduction in abundance with no change in the mean size of the individuals indicates that mortality affected all size (age) classes similarly, which is typical of anthropogenic impacts rather than natural mortality. It is thus clear that the contamination of polychaetes with crude oil increased mortality, causing a significant reduction in the Branchiosyllis populations of the coral reefs of Paiva beach following the 2019 oil spill.
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- Anny Laura de Oliveira Lira
- LaBen, Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235, Recife 50670-901, PE, Brazil.
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- LaBen, Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235, Recife 50670-901, PE, Brazil
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- LCCQS, Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Campus Universitário I, S/N, João Pessoa 58051-900, PB, Brazil
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- LaBen, Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235, Recife 50670-901, PE, Brazil.
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Gusmao JB, Albergaria-Barbosa ACR, Kikuchi RKP, Combi T. The barnacle Chthamalus bisinuatus is the only sessile invertebrate colonizing oil patches on beachrocks one year after a massive oil spill on the Northeastern Brazilian coast. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2021; 173:112952. [PMID: 34536707 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 08/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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A large-scale oil spill has reached over 3000 km of the NE Brazilian coast since August 2019. The cause and origin of this spill remain mysterious, and the impacts on coastal ecosystems have not been clearly understood so far. Despite the efforts to remove the oil (mainly from local communities), oil stains are still present in beaches, mangroves, and beachrocks. In this short report, we describe the occurrence of the barnacle Chthamalus bisinuatus Pilsbry, 1916 colonizing oil spill stains on intertidal surfaces of beachrocks one year after the first oil records. We quickly assessed oil stains across three different reefs located at the Conde municipality, Bahia (NE Brazil), where the species was identified and its density on oil stains calculated. The occurrence of barnacles in oil stains was restricted to zones in the wake of the reefs. Their densities varied from 0 to 238 ind./dm2, with an average of 34 ± 68 ind./dm2. If we account for dead individuals (empty barnacle plates), they correspond to 25.9% of the sampled population. The presence of oil possibly affected barnacle survival rates but did not seem to prevent barnacle individuals from reaching adult sizes. We also found individuals of the snail Echinolittorina lineolata (d'Orbigny, 1840) crawling on these barnacles, indicating that the barnacle assemblages on oil stains are stable enough to provide refuge for these snails. It is not clear if the presence of barnacles on oil reflects the resistance of these crustaceans to the oil toxicity or is just a result of a low substrate selectivity by the cypris larvae.
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- Joao Bosco Gusmao
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geoquímica: Petróleo e Meio Ambiente (POSPETRO), Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal da Bahia (IGEO/UFBA), Bahia 40170-020, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geoquímica: Petróleo e Meio Ambiente (POSPETRO), Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal da Bahia (IGEO/UFBA), Bahia 40170-020, Brazil; Departamento de Oceanografia, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal da Bahia (IGEO/UFBA), Bahia 40170-020, Brazil
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- Departamento de Oceanografia, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal da Bahia (IGEO/UFBA), Bahia 40170-020, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geologia, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal da Bahia (IGEO/UFBA), Bahia 40170-020, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geoquímica: Petróleo e Meio Ambiente (POSPETRO), Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal da Bahia (IGEO/UFBA), Bahia 40170-020, Brazil; Departamento de Oceanografia, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal da Bahia (IGEO/UFBA), Bahia 40170-020, Brazil.
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de Santana DCN, Perina FC, Lourenço RA, da Silva J, Moreira LB, de Souza Abessa DM. Levels of hydrocarbons and toxicity of water-soluble fractions of maritime fuels on neotropical invertebrates. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2021; 30:2109-2118. [PMID: 34618289 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-021-02486-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Accidents involving fuels and oil spills are among the main sources of hydrocarbons to the marine ecosystems and often damage the biota. Diesel and bunker oil are two examples of fuels with broad application that release hydrocarbons to the aquatic environment and little is known about their toxicity on tropical organisms. This study aimed to assess the toxicity of the water-soluble fraction (WSF) of diesel and bunker oils to neotropical marine invertebrates. Commercial fuels were purchased for WSF extraction, analyzed for total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and acute and chronic toxicity determined. The WSF analyzed contained varied levels of TPH and PAHs mixtures, especially low molecular weight PAHs; bunker WSF presented higher amounts of TPH and PAHs. Both WSFs tested produced significant mortality of the brine shrimp Artemia salina, affected the reproduction rate of the copepod Nitokra sp, and impaired the embryo-larval development of the mussel Perna perna and of the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus. In general WSF from diesel was more toxic to the organisms tested, but bunker WSF was more toxic to embryos of L. variegatus. Toxicity started from concentrations of 3% WSF, which can be environmentally relevant after an oil spill, indicating that marine biota may be adversely affected in short term.
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- Debora Cristina Nascimento de Santana
- Núcleo de Estudos em Poluição e Ecotoxicologia Aquática (NEPEA), Câmpus do Litoral Paulista da Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), São Vicente, SP, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Estudos em Poluição e Ecotoxicologia Aquática (NEPEA), Câmpus do Litoral Paulista da Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), São Vicente, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo (IO-USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Estudos em Poluição e Ecotoxicologia Aquática (NEPEA), Câmpus do Litoral Paulista da Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), São Vicente, SP, Brazil
- Instituto do Mar, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (IMar/UNIFESP), Santos, SP, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Estudos em Poluição e Ecotoxicologia Aquática (NEPEA), Câmpus do Litoral Paulista da Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), São Vicente, SP, Brazil.
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Zacharias DC, Gama CM, Harari J, da Rocha RP, Fornaro A. Mysterious oil spill on the Brazilian coast - Part 2: A probabilistic approach to fill gaps of uncertainties. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2021; 173:113085. [PMID: 34710672 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Revised: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Over 5000 tons of spilled oil reached the northeast coast of Brazil in 2019. The Laboratory for Computational Methods in Engineering (LAMCE/COPPE/UFRJ) employed time-reverse modeling and identify multiple potential source areas. As time-reverse modeling has many uncertainties, this article carried out a methodology study to mitigate them. A probabilistic modeling using Monte Carlo approach was developed to test these source areas with the Spill, Transport, and Fate Model (STFM) and a scenario tree methodology was used to select possible spill scenarios. To estimate the performance of Lagrangian models, two new model performance evaluations were added to Chang and Hanna (2004). The combination of probabilistic simulations, scenario tree analysis, and model performance evaluation proved to be a powerful tool for mitigating the uncertainties of time-reverse modeling, yielding good results and simple implementation.
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- Daniel Constantino Zacharias
- Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas, Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, 1226, São Paulo, SP 05508-090, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas, Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, 1226, São Paulo, SP 05508-090, Brazil
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- Departamento de Oceanografia Física, Química e Geológica, Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, São Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas, Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, 1226, São Paulo, SP 05508-090, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas, Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, 1226, São Paulo, SP 05508-090, Brazil
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Müller MN, Yogui GT, Gálvez AO, Gustavo de Sales Jannuzzi L, Fidelis de Souza Filho J, de Jesus Flores Montes M, Mendes de Castro Melo PA, Neumann-Leitão S, Zanardi-Lamardo E. Cellular accumulation of crude oil compounds reduces the competitive fitness of the coral symbiont Symbiodinium glynnii. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2021; 289:117938. [PMID: 34391045 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Revised: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Oil spill events in the marine environment can have a deleterious impact on the affected ecosystems, such as coral reefs, with direct consequences for their socioeconomic value. The mutualistic relationship between tropical corals and their dinoflagellate symbionts (Symbiodiniaceae) provide structural and nutritional basis for a high local biodiversity in oligotrophic waters. Here, we investigated effects of crude oil water-accommodated fraction on the competitive fitness of the model zooxanthellae species Symbiodinium glynnii. Results of laboratory essays demonstrate that crude oil carbon is incorporated into the cellular biomass with a concomitant change of δ13C isotopic value. Carcinogenic/mutagenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were identified in the culture media and were responsible for a linear reduction in population growth of S. glynnii, presumably related to energy relocation for DNA repair. Additionally, the experiments revealed that physiological effects induced by crude oil compounds are genetically inherited by the following generations under non-contaminated growth conditions, and induce a reduction in the competitive fitness to cope with other environmental parameters, such as low salinity. We suggest that the effects of crude oil contamination represent an imparing factor for S. glynnii coping with anthropogenic drivers (e.g. warming and acidification) and interfere with the delicate symbiont-host relationship of tropical corals. This is especially relevant in the coastal areas of northeastern Brazil where an oil spill event deposited crude oil on shallow water sediments with the potential to be resuspended to the water column by physical and/or biological activity, enhancing the risk of future coral bleaching events.
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- Marius Nils Müller
- Department of Oceanography, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, 50740-550, Brazil.
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- Department of Oceanography, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, 50740-550, Brazil
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- Department of Fishing and Aquaculture, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, 52171-900, Brazil
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- Department of Oceanography, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, 50740-550, Brazil
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Souza MRR, Suzarte JS, Carmo LO, Santos E, Soares LS, Júnior ARV, Santos LGGV, Krause LC, Damasceno FC, Frena M, Alexandre MR. Assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in three environmental components from a tropical estuary in Northeast Brazil. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2021; 171:112726. [PMID: 34343757 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Revised: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The evaluation of occurrence, risk quotient (RQ), bioaccumulation factor (BAF), and sources of PAH was conducted in Sergipe-Poxim estuarine system. PAH distribution that ranged from 7.1 to 30.9 ng L-1 (surface water, SW), 5.4 to 19.5 ng g-1 (sediment, S), and 4.3 to 18.1 ng g-1 (oyster, O), characterized the environment with low contamination; 2-3 (SW), 5-6 (S), and 4 (O) PAH rings accounted for 54.5%, 68.7%, and 87.7%, respectively, along with naphthalene (SW), dibenzo(a,h)anthracene (S), and pyrene (O) as the prevailing compounds. PCA suggested the predominance of particular groups related to SW (LMW-PAH), S (HMW-PAH), and O (pyrene and fluoranthene). Furthermore, one sample of O presented a high PAH bioavailability as shown through the BAF, with emphasis on pyrene (BAF = 26.8). The RQ showed a low to moderate range in SW and S; hence, in-depth information about the possible toxic effect in organisms of this region is required.
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- Michel R R Souza
- Tiradentes University, Industrial Biotechnology Graduate Program, Aracaju, Sergipe SE 49032-490, Brazil.
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- Federal University of Sergipe, Chemistry Department, São Cristóvão, Sergipe SE 49100-000, Brazil
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- Federal University of Sergipe, Chemistry Department, São Cristóvão, Sergipe SE 49100-000, Brazil
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- Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Science, Providence, RI 02912, United States of America
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- Federal University of Sergipe, Chemistry Department, São Cristóvão, Sergipe SE 49100-000, Brazil
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- Federal University of Sergipe, Chemistry Department, São Cristóvão, Sergipe SE 49100-000, Brazil
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- Sergipe Technology Research Institute, Aracaju, Sergipe, SE 49020-380, Brazil
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- Tiradentes University, Industrial Biotechnology Graduate Program, Aracaju, Sergipe SE 49032-490, Brazil
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- Federal University of Sergipe, Chemistry Department, São Cristóvão, Sergipe SE 49100-000, Brazil
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- Federal University of Santa Catarina, Chemistry Department, Campus Universitário Trindade, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina SC 88040-900, Brazil
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- Federal University of Sergipe, Chemistry Department, São Cristóvão, Sergipe SE 49100-000, Brazil; Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Science, Providence, RI 02912, United States of America
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Song IC, Jeon EJ, Kim S, Hwang SJ, Seo JM. Oil spill fingerprint of low sulfur fuel oil in South Korea. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2021; 171:112721. [PMID: 34304063 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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A low sulfur fuel oil (LSFO) spill accident occurred in South Korea on December 17, 2019, before the introduction of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) sulfur limit. In this study, chromatograms, percentage weathering plots (PW-plots), and diagnostic ratios (DRs) of LSFOs collected in different areas during in the early spillage were compared for oil spill fingerprint. The source oil was conformed as LSFO according to physical properties and spill oils, like the source oil, show high n-alkanes and low benzo[b]naphto[1,2-d]thiophene (BNT) distribution. In the PW-plots, spill oils exhibited a decreasing trend with the reduction of low-molecular-weight compounds, which were affected by evaporation. The relative difference in the DRs was below 14%, indicating that the source and spill oils matched, excluding the ratios consisting of evaporated compounds. These results showed that spill oils confirmed as LSFO were evaporated during the initial spillage stage, and matched to the source oil.
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- In-Chul Song
- Korea Coast Guard Research Center, Cheonan-si 31254, Republic of Korea.
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- West Regional Coast Guard, Mokpo-si 58682, Republic of Korea
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- West Regional Coast Guard, Mokpo-si 58682, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Coast Guard Research Center, Cheonan-si 31254, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Coast Guard Research Center, Cheonan-si 31254, Republic of Korea
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de Almeida FF, Freitas D, Motteran F, Fernandes BS, Gavazza S. Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in contaminated mangroves: Understanding the historical and key parameter profiles. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2021; 169:112553. [PMID: 34091245 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Revised: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Sensitive biomes, such as coastal ecosystems, have become increasingly susceptible to environmental impacts caused by oil logistics and storing, which, although more efficient nowadays, still cause spills. Thus, bioremediation techniques attract attention owing to their low impact on the environment. Among petroleum-based compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are known for their potential impact and persistence in the environment. Therefore, PAH bioremediation is notably a technique capable of reducing these polluting compounds in the environment. However, there is a lack of understanding of microbial growth process conditions, leading to a less efficient choice of bioremediation methods. This article provides a review of the bioremediation processes in mangroves contaminated with oils and PAHs and an overview of some physicochemical and biological factors. Special attention was given to the lack of approach regarding experiments that have been conducted in situ and that considered the predominance of the anaerobic condition of mangroves.
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- Felipe Filgueiras de Almeida
- Department of Civil Engineering, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Acadêmico Hélio Ramos Avenue, s/n, 50740-530 Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Acadêmico Hélio Ramos Avenue, s/n, 50740-530 Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Acadêmico Hélio Ramos Avenue, s/n, 50740-530 Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Acadêmico Hélio Ramos Avenue, s/n, 50740-530 Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Acadêmico Hélio Ramos Avenue, s/n, 50740-530 Recife, PE, Brazil.
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Campelo RPDS, Lima CDMD, de Santana CS, Jonathan da Silva A, Neumann-Leitão S, Ferreira BP, Soares MDO, Melo Júnior MD, Melo PAMDC. Oil spills: The invisible impact on the base of tropical marine food webs. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2021; 167:112281. [PMID: 33826988 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2020] [Revised: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The Brazilian oil spill, from August 2019 to January 2020, was considered the most extensive accident in tropical oceans. We estimated the concentration of oil droplets that may be available for ingestion by microzooplankton. The collection was carried out in three areas: estuarine plume, bay and reef (Tamandaré, Pernambuco coast). We highlight the contribution of coral larvae in the reef region, surpassing the copepods, evidencing a spawning event. Oil droplets were recorded in all the sampled areas, with a high numerical abundance in the plume. Traces of oil ingestion by Brachyura zoea and Calanoida, Paracalanidae and Oithonidae copepods were observed, suggesting that these groups might have an important role in the degradation and final destination of oil dispersed after spills. The vulnerability of the larval phases of crabs and reef-building corals has been hypothesized, suggesting that the negative effects of oil on zooplankton can affect the recruitment of benthic invertebrates.
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- Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; Departamento de Hidrobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR), Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil; Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Carrer de les Columnes, Edifici Z, Cerdanyolla del Vallés, Barcelona, Spain; DISTEBA, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy
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- Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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Magalhães KM, Barros KVDS, Lima MCSD, Rocha-Barreira CDA, Rosa Filho JS, Soares MDO. Oil spill + COVID-19: A disastrous year for Brazilian seagrass conservation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 764:142872. [PMID: 33127134 PMCID: PMC7568772 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/04/2020] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has been the greatest global public health threat of the 21st century. Additionally, it has been challenging for the Brazilian shores that were recently (2019/2020) affected by the most extensive oil spill in the tropical oceans. Monitoring programs and studies about the economic, social and ecological consequences of the oil disaster were being carried out when the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic was declared, which has heavily affected Brazil. For Brazilian seagrasses conservation, this scenario is especially challenging. An estimated area of +325 km2 seagrass meadows was affected by the 2019 oil spill. However, this area is undoubtedly underestimated since seagrasses have not yet been adequately mapped along the 9000 km-long Brazilian coast. In addition to scientific budget cuts, the flexibilization of public and environmental policies in recent years and absence of systematic field surveys due to COVID-19 has increased the underestimation of affected seagrass areas and ecosystem service losses due to the oil spill. Efforts to understand and solve the oil spill crisis were forced to stop (or slow down) due to COVID-19 and the economic crisis, leaving ecosystems and society without answers or conditions to identify the source(s) that was/were responsible for this spill, mitigate the damage to poor communities, promote adequate impact assessment or restoration plans, or properly monitor the environment. Our results highlight that pandemic and large-scale environmental disasters may have had a synergistic effect on the economy (e.g., artisanal fisheries and tourism), public health and ecology, mainly due to government inaction, social inequality and poorly studied tropical ecosystems. The results of this study also demonstrate the need to analyze the short- and long-term impacts of the combined effects (oil spill + COVID-19) on the recovery of the economy and coastal ecosystems.
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- Karine Matos Magalhães
- Área de Ecologia - Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, R. Dom Manoel de Medeiros, s/n - Dois Irmãos, Recife CEP.52171-900, PE, Brazil; Programa de Pós Graduação em Botânica, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, R. Dom Manoel de Medeiros, s/n - Dois Irmãos, Recife CEP.52171-900, PE, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Ciências do Mar-LABOMAR, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Av. da Abolição, 3207, Meireles, Fortaleza CEP.60.165-081, CE, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Botânica, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, R. Dom Manoel de Medeiros, s/n - Dois Irmãos, Recife CEP.52171-900, PE, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências do Mar-LABOMAR, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Av. da Abolição, 3207, Meireles, Fortaleza CEP.60.165-081, CE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife CEP. 50740-550, PE, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Ciências do Mar-LABOMAR, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Av. da Abolição, 3207, Meireles, Fortaleza CEP.60.165-081, CE, Brazil; (Associated researcher), Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Carrer de les Columnes, Edifici Z, Barcelona, Spain; (Visiting professor), Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali (DISTEBA), Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy.
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Craveiro N, de Almeida Alves RV, da Silva JM, Vasconcelos E, de Almeida Alves-Junior F, Filho JSR. Immediate effects of the 2019 oil spill on the macrobenthic fauna associated with macroalgae on the tropical coast of Brazil. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2021; 165:112107. [PMID: 33550001 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Revised: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The 2019-2020 Brazil oil spill disaster affected several ecosystems and species-rich areas. The shallow-water reefs of Paiva beach are among the best-preserved coastal environments in the State of Pernambuco (NE Brazil), but were severely affected by oil arrival at the end of 2019. The reefs are densely covered by macroalgae as important biogenic substrates for benthic fauna. Based on that, herein, we provide a baseline assessment of the immediate impacts of the oil spill on the structure of epifaunal communities associated with the algae Jania capillacea and Penicillus capitatus. The benthic communities in both algae simplified (reduction of species richness and abundance) soon after oil arrival, while opportunistic taxa increased. After two months, the macrofaunal communities restructured to almost pre-disaster levels. However, polychaeta diversity remained low. Despite the apparently fast recovery of reef macrobenthos, a more detailed, long-term monitoring is necessary to evaluate the chronic effects.
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- Nykon Craveiro
- Laboratório de Bentos (LaBen), Departamento de Oceanografia (DOCEAN), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, UFPE, Recife, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Bentos (LaBen), Departamento de Oceanografia (DOCEAN), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, UFPE, Recife, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Macroalgas (LaMacro), Departamento de Oceanografia (DOCEAN), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, UFPE, Recife, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bentos (LaBen), Departamento de Oceanografia (DOCEAN), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, UFPE, Recife, Brazil
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Zacharias DC, Gama CM, Fornaro A. Mysterious oil spill on Brazilian coast: Analysis and estimates. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2021; 165:112125. [PMID: 33582423 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Revised: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In 2019-2020, a mysterious oil spill reached a large part of the Brazilian coast. In order to contribute to the clarification part of these mysteries involving this accident, the present study aims to estimate the initial volume spilled using the STFM (Spill, Transport and Fate Model). We started from the hypothesis that the leak was caused by tanker buoyancy problems (hull rupture or engine failure), resulting in slow loss of part of its cargo (leaking or dumping) in the subsurface waters. The estimated volume (5000-12,500 m3) was similar to that expected in a continuous leak from an internal compartment tanker with the size between PANAMAX and SUEZMAX. This volume may have been the largest oil spill on the Brazilian coast since 2004, and it caused institutional and socioeconomic crisis because of the poor management of public resources.
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- Daniel Constantino Zacharias
- Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas, Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo, IAG/USP, Rua do Matão, 1226, São Paulo, SP 05508-090, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas, Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo, IAG/USP, Rua do Matão, 1226, São Paulo, SP 05508-090, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas, Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo, IAG/USP, Rua do Matão, 1226, São Paulo, SP 05508-090, Brazil
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Carneiro LM, Dourado GB, de Carvalho CEV, da Silva Júnior JB, de Jesus TB, Hadlich GM. Evaluation of the concentrations of elements at trace level in the Serinhaem River estuary, Bahia, Brazil, using chemometric tools. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2021; 163:111953. [PMID: 33418344 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Revised: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The Serinhaém River estuary is located in the Environmental Protection Area (EPA) of Pratigi, in the State of Bahia, Brazil, which is recognized for being a relatively well-preserved environment. In this work, the levels of aluminum (Al), arsenic (As), barium (Ba), cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), vanadium (V), and zinc (Zn) were determined to evaluate the behavior of these chemical elements through geochemical parameters. Eighty-one sediment samples were collected in five sediment cores along the estuarine region. The results of the composition of the Serinhaém river basin showed high levels of Fe, Al, and Mn in the sediment samples. By using Principal Component Analysis, it was observed that 55.8% of the elements have a significant correlation with Fe, Al, and Mn, which may have the same origin or be associated with Fe and Mn oxy-hydroxides, and aluminosilicates. Although Cr, As, and V are correlated with Fe, Mn, and Al, their concentrations are above those established by NOAA, suggesting adverse effects on biota. Barium concentrations increased toward the outfall, where it meets the Camamu Bay, which is naturally enriched with this element. It was also possible to observe that along with the vertical profile, there were no variations in the concentrations of the elements, while along the estuary, it was possible to verify that the cores differ from each other. The estuary of the Serinhaém River can be considered to be influenced relatively little by human activities, and its concentrations can be considered as a base level for this coastal region.
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- Luanna Maia Carneiro
- Pós-Graduação em Geoquímica: Petróleo e Meio Ambiente (POSPETRO), Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Rua Barão de Geremoabo, s/n, Campus de Ondina, CEP 40170-270 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Humanas e Tecnologias, Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Pós-Graduação em Geoquímica: Petróleo e Meio Ambiente (POSPETRO), Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Rua Barão de Geremoabo, s/n, Campus de Ondina, CEP 40170-270 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
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- Pós-Graduação em Geoquímica: Petróleo e Meio Ambiente (POSPETRO), Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Rua Barão de Geremoabo, s/n, Campus de Ondina, CEP 40170-270 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
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