Study of the origin and metal transference in mangrove areas through isotopic analysis in the trophic chain and biochemical and morphological effects in Centropomus parallelus

• Grant number: 14/04832-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: June 01, 2014
• End date: February 28, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Applied Ecology
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Marisa Narciso Fernandes
• Grantee: Iara da Costa Souza
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 15/05258-1 - DETERMINTION OF THE ORIGIN AND THE TRANSFER OF METAL AND METALLOIDS IN THE TROPHIC CHAIN IN MANGROVE AREAS USING STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Estuarine and coastal areas are affected by different sources of anthropic influences, derived of harbor activities and industrial and rural effluents. Two mangrove areas from two estuarine ecossystem: Vitória Bay and Santa Cruz in the Espírito Santo State, Brazil, with different levels of metal and metalloid contaminations will be evaluated in order to identify the metal origin and its transference through the trophic chain to a food chain top-predator (the fish Centropomus parallelus). Simultaneously, metal and metalloid concentrations in gills, muscles, livers and kidneys of C. parallelus, in addition to exposure and effect biomarkers and potential morphological alterations in these organs will be determined. Metal and metalloid concentrations will be analyzed in both abiotic (sediment, interstitial water and bottom water) and biotic (plancton and shrimps samples) matrices to determinate the biomagnification of these pollutants in the trophic chain and its origin will be determined through isotopic correlations (carbon, nitrogen and lead). Biochemical biomarkers will be utilized in the evaluation of the effects in fish and the stereological techniques will be utilized in the morphological analysis. Multivariate statistic will be applied to integrate the parameters to evaluate the environmental quality and the biotic effect as a tool to the environmental management. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SOUZA, IARA DA C.; MOROZESK, MARIANA; BONOMO, MARINA M.; AZEVEDO, VINICIUS C.; SAKURAGUI, MARISE M.; ELLIOTT, MICHAEL; MATSUMOTO, SILVIA T.; WUNDERLIN, DANIEL A.; BARONI, V, MARIA; MONFERRAN, V, MAGDALENA; et al. Differential biochemical responses to metal/metalloid accumulation in organs of an edible fish (Centropomus parallelus) from Neotropical estuaries. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY, v. 161, p. 260-269, OCT 15 2018. (14/04832-3)

SOUZA, IARA DA C.; ARRIVABENE, HIULANA P.; CRAIG, CAROL-ANN; MIDWOOD, ANDREW J.; THORNTON, BARRY; MATSUMOTO, SILVIA T.; ELLIOTT, MICHAEL; WUNDERLINF, DANIEL A.; MONFERRAN, MAGDALENA V.; FERNANDES, MARISA N.. Interrogating pollution sources in a mangrove food web using multiple stable isotopes. Science of The Total Environment, v. 640, p. 501-511, NOV 1 2018. (14/05701-0, 14/04832-3, 15/05258-1)

ARRIVABENE, HIULANA PEREIRA; SOUZA, IARA DA COSTA; OLIVEIRA CO, WALTER LUIZ; CONTI, MELINA MOREIRA; WUNDERLIN, DANIEL ALBERTO; DIAS MILANEZ, CAMILLA ROZINDO. Effect of pollution by particulate iron on the morphoanatomy, histochemistry, and bioaccumulation of three mangrove plant species in Brazil. Chemosphere, v. 127, p. 27-34, MAY 2015. (14/04832-3)

SOUZA, IARA DA C.; ROCHA, LIVIA D.; MOROZESK, MARIANA; BONOMO, MARINA M.; ARRIVABENE, HIULANA P.; DUARTE, IAN D.; FURLAN, LARISSA M.; MONFERRAN, MAGDALENA V.; MAZIK, KRYSIA; ELLIOTT, MICHAEL; et al. Changes in bioaccumulation and translocation patterns between root and leafs of Avicennia schaueriana as adaptive response to different levels of metals in mangrove system. Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 94, n. 1-2, p. 176-184, MAY 15 2015. (14/04832-3)

DUARTE, IAN DRUMOND; VIEIRA FRAGA SILVA, NAYARA HELOISA; SOUZA, IARA DA COSTA; DE OLIVEIRA, LARISSA BASSANI; ROCHA, LIVIA DORSCH; MOROZESK, MARIANA; BONOMO, MARINA MARQUES; PEREIRA, THAIS DE ALMEIDA; DIAS, MAURO CESAR; FERNANDES, VALERIA DE OLIVEIRA; et al. Water quality of a coastal lagoon (ES, Brazil): abiotic aspects, cytogenetic damage, and phytoplankton dynamics. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, v. 24, n. 11, p. 10855-10868, APR 2017. (14/04832-3)