Toxicidade de águas e sedimentos em um rio afetado por atividades mineradoras pretéritas
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2012-10-01
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De Souza Abessa, Denis Moledo [UNESP]
Morais, Lucas Gonçalves [UNESP]
Perina, Fernando Cesar
Davanso, Marcela Bergo
Buruaem, Lucas Moreira
De Paula Martins, Letícia Manólio
Sígolo, Joel Barbujiani
Rodrigues, Valéria Guimarães Silvestre
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The Ribeira de Iguape River basin received intense mining activities for lead exploiting and, as a result, the river received the discharges of estimated amounts of 5.5 tons/month of material rich in As, Ba, Cd, Pb, Cu, Cr and Zn. In this article, the toxicity of waters and sediments collected in Ribeira de Iguape River was assessed aiming to estimate environmental quality. Three sampling campaigns were conducted, from 2009 to 2010. Toxicity tests with the cladoceran Daphnia similis were done for water samples and for sediments, in this case using sediment-water interface exposure. Results showed in general absence of toxicity for sediments and waters, and only eventually were acute effects registered (marginal toxicity). Results are consistent with the conditions indicated by the literature, of low concentrations of metals in waters and sediments; however they differ from the monitoring made by the state environmental agency, which registered chronic toxicity. The occurrence of eventual acute toxicity indicates that although Ribeira de Iguape River quality is being restored, conditions still are not totally under control.
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Daphnia similis, Mining, Sediments, Toxicity, Water
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Mundo da Saude, v. 36, n. 4, p. 610-618, 2012.