Technical training: environmental risk assessment for PAHs in neritic areas for Chelonia mydas and methods of extraction and identification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

• Grant number: 13/12556-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
• Start date: April 01, 2014
• End date: June 30, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Applied Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Valdemar Luiz Tornisielo
• Grantee: Franz Zirena Vilca
• Supervisor: Jiro Koya
• Host Institution: Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Kagoshima University, Japan
• Associated to the scholarship: 12/13683-6 - Evaluation of the presence of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the neritic areas for populations of Chelonia mydas of the Brazilian coast and study of residues in individuals affected by Fibropapillomatosis, BP.PD

Abstract

The presence of organic contaminants in marine compartments, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PHAs) have been reported by several research developed in the world and its impact on populations that inhabit these ecosystems is not fully understood, there is the suspected of binding of these contamination with the development of neoplasm in some animals populations, for example the fibropapillomatosis in species of sea turtles, In this sense, this project aims to train the researcher in methods of environmental risk assessment for PAHs in neritic areas for turtles and modern methods of extraction and identification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). This training will be held at the Faculty of Fisheries Kagoshima University in Japan. (AU)