Environmental quality status evaluation based on multiple proxies of the estuarine system of Santos, São Paulo, over the last century

• Grant number: 18/14161-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2018
• End date: December 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Oceanography - Geological Oceanography
• Principal Investigator: Silvia Helena de Mello e Sousa
• Grantee: Márcio Santana dos Santos de Jesus
• Host Institution: Instituto Oceanográfico (IO). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 19/22902-2 - Environmental quality status evaluation based on multiple proxies in the Estuarine system of Santos (São Paulo - Brazil) over the last century, BE.EP.IC

Abstract

In the last decades, due to the intense industrialization, the Baixada Santista has become a widely populated and exploited place of the state of São Paulo and has undergone a marked process of environmental degradation. Benthic foraminifera have been widely applied to environmental assessment in transicional systems, since they reflect natural and anthropogenic events that occurred in these regions. In this work, the main objective is the paleoenvironmental reconstruction in the last century of the Santos Estuary, aiming to distinguish the pre-industrial and post-industrial phases in this region. For this purpose, a core will be analyzed, promoting to distinguish historical processes that affected the region. Among the biotic parameters, ecological indexes can be applied in the data analysis, such as, density, diversity, richness, equitability and Ecological Quality Status (EcoQS). Also, statistical analysis will be performed to correlate biotic and abiotic data.

Scientific publications

(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 JESUS, MARCIO S. DOS S.; FRONTALINI, FABRIZIO; BOUCHET, VINCENT M. P.; YAMASHITA, CINTIA; SARTORETTO, JULIE R.; FIGUEIRA, RUBENS C. L.; DE MELLO E SOUSA, SILVIA H.. Reconstruction of the palaeo-ecological quality status in an impacted estuary using benthic foraminifera: The Santos Estuary (Sao Paulo state, SE Brazil). MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, v. 162, DEC 2020. (18/14161-0, 19/22902-2, 19/13833-7, 11/50581-4)