The reservoirs of the Cantareira System (Brazil, São Paulo): the relations between bioindicators benthic organisms and the heavy metals contamination.

• Grant number: 13/03494-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: August 01, 2013
• End date: April 26, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Sanitary Engineering - Water Resources
• Principal Investigator: Viviane Moschini Carlos
• Grantee: Frederico Guilherme de Souza Beghelli
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia. Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Sorocaba. Sorocaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The potentially toxic metals are among the pollutants of most concern to aquatic environments. The Cantareira System is the main supplier of water for the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. In recent years, there has been systematic application of copper in Atibainha downstream, leading to the hypothesis that the Paiva Castro reservoir is contaminated. It is recognized that contaminants tend to accumulate in the sediments and organisms living therein as macroinvertebrates (MIB). This research aims to: detect changes in the composition and structure of MIB in areas with different concentrations of metals; verify the occurrence of bioaccumulation of Cu in the MIB; verify relationships between morphological changes and concentrations of metals in sediments as well as perform a diagnosis of the quality of the system with the use of bioindicators. Samples were collected at nine points over three reservoirs: Jaguari-Jacarei; Cachoeira and Paiva Castro. Lectures of transparency, pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen and conductivity of the water was measured. Water samples were collected for the determination of metals. Regarding sediment concentrations were determined for Cd, Ni, Zn, Pb, Cu, Cr, As, Fe and Al and the proportions between fine, coarse fractions and organic matter content. We determined the proportions of changes in mouthparts of Chironomidae. Data obtained to date indicate the possibility of contamination. Statistical analysis indicated reduced diversity and density of organisms with increasing concentrations of Cr and an increase in the proportion of changes in the mouthparts against the concentrations of Cu. To confirm the effects of sediments on the Paiva Castro chironomid larvae, one in situ experiment with C. riparius larvae will be held. An experiment ex situ evaluate the effects of different concentrations of Cu over organisms

Scientific publications

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FREDERICO GUILHERME DE SOUZA BEGHELLI; MARCELO LUIZ MARTINS POMPÊO; VIVIANE MOSCHINI CARLOS. Primeiro registro de ocorrência do bivalve exótico Corbicula fluminea (Muller, 1774) na microbacia do Rio Jundiaí-Mirim, SP, Brasil. Rev. Ambient. Água, v. 9, n. 3, p. 402-408, 2014-09-00. (12/11890-4, 13/08272-0, 13/03494-4)

FREDERICO GUILHERME DE SOUZA BEGHELLI; MARCELO LUIZ MARTINS POMPÊO; MÔNICA PÁSCOLI; VIVIAN SILVA LIRA; RENATA DE LIMA; VIVIANE MOSCHINI-CARLOS. Estudos baseados em uma única campanha de amostragem podem produzir resultados robustos para o monitoramento da qualidade da água? Um estudo de caso no reservatório de Itupararanga, SP, Brasil. Acta Limnol. Bras., v. 28, 2016-06-27. (12/11890-4, 13/08272-0, 13/03494-4)

FREDERICO G.S. BEGHELLI; MAURÍCIO CETRA; MERCEDES MARCHESE; JÚLIO CÉSAR LÓPEZ-DOVÁL; ANDRÉ H. ROSA; MARCELO L. M. POMPÊO; VIVIANE MOSCHINI-CARLOS. Taxonomic and non-taxonomic responses of benthic macroinvertebrates to metal toxicity in tropical reservoirs. The case of Cantareira Complex, São Paulo, Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 92, n. 2, 2020-04-22. (12/16420-6, 14/22581-8, 12/11890-4, 13/03494-4, 13/08272-0)

DE SOUZA BEGHELLI, FREDERICO GUILHERME; CESAR LOPEZ-DOVAL, JULIO; HENRIQUE ROSA, ANDRE; POMPEO, MARCELO; MOSCHINI CARLOS, VIVIANE. Lethal and sublethal effects of metal-polluted sediments on Chironomus sancticaroli Strixino and Strixino, 1981. ECOTOXICOLOGY, v. 27, n. 3, p. 286-299, APR 2018. (12/11890-4, 13/08272-0, 12/16420-6, 14/22581-8, 13/03494-4)

BEGHELLI, F. G. S.; POMPEO, M. L. M.; ROSA, A. H.; MOSCHINI-CARLOS, V. Effects of copper in sediments on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in tropical reservoirs. LIMNETICA, v. 35, n. 1, p. 103-115, JUN 2016. (12/11890-4, 13/03494-4, 13/08272-0)

DE SOUZA BEGHELLI, FREDERICO GUILHERME; FRASCARELI, DANIELE; MARTINS POMPEO, MARCELO LUIZ; MOSCHINI-CARLOS, VIVIANE. Trophic State Evolution over 15 Years in a Tropical Reservoir with Low Nitrogen Concentrations and Cyanobacteria Predominance. WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION, v. 227, n. 3, MAR 2016. (14/22581-8, 13/03494-4)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

BEGHELLI, Frederico Guilherme de Souza. The relationship between benthic bioindicators and the pollution by metals and metalloids in reservoirs belong to Cantareira Complex, São Paulo, Brazil. 2016. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia. Sorocaba Sorocaba.