Zebrafish embryo test as a tool for an integrated assessment of water quality in sugarcane impacted areas

• Grant number: 18/03108-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: July 01, 2018
• End date: August 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Applied Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Gisela de Aragão Umbuzeiro
• Grantee: Rhaul de Oliveira
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Tecnologia (FT). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Limeira , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 15/18790-3 - Environmental effects of the pasture-sugarcane conversion and pasture intensification, AP.PFPMCG.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 19/21098-5 - Monitoring the impact of pesticide mixtures with advanced biotests, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

Ethanol has been adopted in Brazil as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, but efforts are still needed to reduce the impacts of sugarcane activity on aquatic ecosystems. An important stressor to be considered in the evaluation of the environmental impact of this activity is the use of pesticides in sugarcane cultivation and its adverse effects on the aquatic community. The thematic project FAPESP 2015/187903 will carry out field studies, in a situation that represents the real conditions of cane cultivation in the state of São Paulo. Experimental fields (plots) will be built within the farms and various assessments will be conducted including collection of water for chemical analyzes, testing with organisms of different trophic levels and assessments of aquatic communities. The objective of this project is to verify the applicability of the test with Zebrafish embryos in the integrated evaluation of water quality from different plots representing different conditions of management and use of pesticides. (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)

DE FARIAS, NATALIA OLIVEIRA; ANDRADE, THAYRES DE SOUSA; SANTOS, VIVIANI LARA; GALVINO, PEDRO; SUARES-ROCHA, PAULA; DOMINGUES, INES; GRISOLIA, CESAR KOPPE; OLIVEIRA, RHAUL. Neuromotor activity inhibition in zebrafish early-life stages after exposure to environmental relevant concentrations of caffeine. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, v. 56, n. 12, OCT 2021. (18/03108-0)

DE JESUS AZEVEDO, CARINA CRISTINA; DE OLIVEIRA, RHAUL; SUARES-ROCHA, PAULA; SOUSA-MOURA, DIEGO; LI, AUGUSTO TIANWEN; GRISOLIA, CESAR KOPPE; UMBUZEIRO, GISELA DE ARAGAO; MONTAGNER, CASSIANA CAROLINA. Auramine dyes induce toxic effects to aquatic organisms from different trophic levels: an application of predicted non-effect concentration (PNEC). Environmental Science and Pollution Research, v. 28, n. 2, AUG 2020. (18/03108-0)

DE FARIAS, NATALIA OLIVEIRA; OLIVEIRA, RHAUL; SILVA MORETTI, PATRICIA NATALIA; PINTO, JOANA MONA E; OLIVEIRA, ANA CLARA; SANTOS, VIVIANI LARA; ROCHA, PAULA SUARES; ANDRADE, THAYRES SOUSA; GRISOLIA, CESAR KOPPE. Fluoxetine chronic exposure affects growth, behavior and tissue structure of zebrafish. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY C-TOXICOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY, v. 237, NOV 2020. (18/03108-0)

RICO, ANDREU; DE OLIVEIRA, RHAUL; DE SOUZA NUNES, GABRIEL SILVA; RIZZI, CRISTIANA; VILLA, SARA; VIZIOLI, BEATRIZ DE CAROLI; MONTAGNER, CASSIANA C.; WAICHMAN, ANDREA VIVIANA. Ecological risk assessment of pesticides in urban streams of the Brazilian Amazon. Chemosphere, v. 291, p. 9-pg., 2022-03-01. (18/03108-0)

DIEHL, OTAVIO J.; ASSANO, PATRICIA K.; DA COSTA, THIAGO RONCINI G.; OLIVEIRA, RHAUL; MARQUES-SOUZA, HENRIQUE; UMBUZEIRO, GISELA DE A.. Antenna regeneration as an ecotoxicological endpoint in a marine amphipod: a proof of concept using dimethyl sulfoxide and diflubenzuron. ECOTOXICOLOGY, v. 30, n. 4, p. 751-755, MAY 2021. (12/09602-0, 18/23606-5, 18/03108-0)