Estuarine plants and their control in metals biogeochemistry in soils impacted by the `Mariana disaster´

• Grant number: 19/14800-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): October 01, 2019
• Effective date (End): February 29, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Soil Science
• Principal Investigator: Tiago Osório Ferreira
• Grantee: Amanda Duim Ferreira
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 22/00296-6 - Siderophores amendment on Fe-rich mining tailings: screening a potential strategy for Fe phytomining, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

In November, 2015, 60 million cubic meters of tailings were dumped in River Doce due to the rupture of the Samarco mining dam of Fundão, causing the greatest environmental tragedy in Brazil. The tailings, containing mainly Fe oxides, were carried by the river for more than 600 km, until reaching the estuary of River Doce, in the municipality of Linhares (ES). Estuarine regions are highly dynamic, motivating the development of studies to evaluate the risks of release of metals associated with the tailings. The risk of contamination is caused by oxirreduction processes in estuarine environments, which are controlled by parameters such as redox potential, pH and organic carbon. These parameters vary throughout the year, due to the seasonal fluctuations of precipitation and tides, which control the inflows and outflows of elements in the estuaries. The vegetation has a strong influence on soil properties, affecting the release of metals, especially in hydromorphic soils, where the rhizosphere of these species can be oxidized. The accumulation of metals in plant species is one of the forms of metals entrance into the food chain, however, vegetation can also act as a mitigator of the damage caused by soil pollution, through phytoremediation. One of the species found in the estuary, Thypa domingensis, has great potential for accumulation of Fe and heavy metals. Thus, the present study aims to determine the controls exercised plants in the bioavailability of iron and metals, as well as to evaluate damages caused by the disaster to the vegetation of the estuary, focusing on the risks and potentialities of the seasonal accumulation of metals in the estuarine vegetation. (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)

QUEIROZ, HERMANO MELO; BRAGANTINI, ISADORA OKUMA BARBOSA FERRAZ; FANDINO, VERONICA ASENSIO; BERNARDINO, ANGELO FRAGA; BARCELLOS, DIEGO; FERREIRA, AMANDA DUIM; GOMES, LUIZ EDUARDO DE OLIVEIRA; FERREIRA, TIAGO OSORIO. Degraded mangroves as sources of trace elements to aquatic environments. Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 181, p. 9-pg., 2022-06-13. (21/00221-3, 19/14800-5, 19/02855-0, 19/19987-6)

FERREIRA, AMANDA DUIM; QUEIROZ, HERMANO MELO; LUIS OTERO, XOSE; BARCELLOS, DIEGO; BERNARDINO, ANGELO FRAGA; FERREIRA, TIAGO OSORIO. ron hazard in an impacted estuary: Contrasting controls of plants and implications to phytoremediatio. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, v. 428, APR 15 2022. (21/00221-3, 19/19987-6, 18/08408-2, 18/04259-2, 19/14800-5)

QUEIROZ, HERMANO MELO; RUIZ, FRANCISCO; DENG, YOUJUN; DE SOUZA JUNIOR, VALDOMIRO S.; FERREIRA, AMANDA DUIM; LUIS OTERO, XOSE; CAMELO, DANILO DE LIMA; BERNARDINO, ANGELO FRAGA; FERREIRA, TIAGO OSORIO. Mine tailings in a redox-active environment: Iron geochemistry and potential environmental consequences. Science of The Total Environment, v. 807, n. 3, FEB 10 2022. (19/17413-2, 19/14800-5, 19/19987-6, 18/04259-2, 18/08408-2, 19/18324-3)

BARCELLOS, DIEGO; QUEIROZ, HERMANO M.; FERREIRA, AMANDA D.; BERNARDINO, ANGELO F.; NOBREGA, GABRIEL NUTO; OTERO, XOSE L.; FERREIRA, TIAGO O.. Short-term Fe reduction and metal dynamics in estuarine soils impacted by Fe-rich mine tailings. APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY, v. 136, JAN 2022. (18/04259-2, 19/19987-6, 19/17413-2, 19/02855-0, 18/08408-2, 19/14800-5)

FERREIRA, AMANDA DUIM; QUEIROZ, HERMANO MELO; BARCELLOS, DIEGO; OTERO, XOSE L.; NOBREGA, GABRIEL NUTO; BERNARDINO, ANGELO FRAGA; FERREIRA, TIAGO OSORIO. Screening for natural manganese scavengers: Divergent phytoremediation potentials of wetland plants. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, v. 365, p. 11-pg., 2022-09-10. (21/00221-3, 18/04259-2, 19/19987-6, 18/08408-2, 19/14800-5)

FERREIRA, TIAGO OSORIO; QUEIROZ, HERMANO MELO; NOBREGA, GABRIEL NUTO; DE SOUZA JUNIOR, VALDOMIRO S.; BARCELLOS, DIEGO; FERREIRA, AMANDA DUIM; OTERO, XOSE L.. itho-climatic characteristics and its control over mangrove soil geochemistry: A macro-scale approac. Science of The Total Environment, v. 811, MAR 10 2022. (21/00221-3, 19/14800-5, 19/02855-0, 19/19987-6)

QUEIROZ, HERMANO MELO; FERREIRA, AMANDA DUIM; RUIZ, FRANCISCO; BOVI, RENATA CRISTINA; DENG, YOUJUN; DE SOUZA JR, VALDOMIRO S.; OTERO, XOSE LUIS; BERNARDINO, ANGELO FRAGA; COOPER, MIGUEL; FERREIRA, TIAGO OSORIO. Early pedogenesis of anthropogenic soils produced by the world's largest mining disaster, the "Funda tilde o" dam collapse, in southeast Brazil. CATENA, v. 219, p. 14-pg., 2022-12-01. (21/00221-3, 19/18324-3, 19/14800-5, 20/11502-0, 18/04259-2, 19/19987-6)

QUEIROZ, HERMANO MELO; FERREIRA, TIAGO OSORIO; ASENSIO FANDINO, VERONICA; BARBOSA FERRAZ BRAGANTINI, ISADORA OKUMA; BARCELLOS, DIEGO; NOBREGA, GABRIEL NUTO; FERREIRA, AMANDA DUIM; DE OLIVEIRA GOMES, LUIZ EDUARDO; BERNARDINO, ANGELO FRAGA. Changes in soil iron biogeochemistry in response to mangrove dieback. BIOGEOCHEMISTRY, v. 158, n. 3, p. 16-pg., 2022-02-11. (19/14800-5, 19/02855-0, 18/04259-2, 19/19987-6)

FERREIRA, TIAGO OSORIO; NOBREGA, GABRIEL NUTO; QUEIROZ, HERMANO MELO; DE SOUZA JUNIOR, VALDOMIRO S.; BARCELLOS, DIEGO; FERREIRA, AMANDA DUIM; OTERO, XOSE L.. Windsock behavior: climatic control on iron biogeochemistry in tropical mangroves. BIOGEOCHEMISTRY, v. 156, n. 3, OCT 2021. (18/04259-2, 19/14800-5, 19/19987-6, 19/02855-0)

FERREIRA, AMANDA D.; QUEIROZ, HERMANO M.; KANEAGAE, MAIRA P.; NOBREGA, GABRIEL N.; OTERO, XOSE L.; BERNARDINO, ANGELO F.; FERREIRA, TIAGO O.. Gypsum Amendment Induced Rapid Pyritization in Fe-Rich Mine Tailings from Doce River Estuary after the Fundao Dam Collapse. MINERALS, v. 11, n. 2, FEB 2021. (19/14800-5, 19/19987-6, 18/04259-2, 18/08408-2, 20/06224-1)

DE OLIVEIRA, DANIEL PONTES; QUEIROZ, HERMANO MELO; PERLATTI, FABIO; FERREIRA, AMANDA DUIM; ASENSIO, VERONICA; NOBREGA, GABRIEL NUTO; LUIS OTERO, XOSE; FERREIRA, TIAGO OSORIO. Cu Dynamics in the Rhizosphere of Native Tropical Species: Assessing the Potential for Phytostabilization in Mining-Impacted Soils. MINERALS, v. 12, n. 2, p. 13-pg., 2022-02-01. (19/12022-5, 21/00221-3, 19/14800-5)

GABRIEL, FABRICIO A.; FERREIRA, AMANDA D.; QUEIROZ, HERMANO M.; VASCONCELOS, ANA LUISA S.; FERREIRA, TIAGO O.; BERNARDINO, ANGELO F.. Long-term contamination of the Rio Doce estuary as a result of Brazil's largest environmental disaster. PERSPECTIVES IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION, v. 19, n. 4, p. 417-428, OCT-DEC 2021. (18/04259-2, 19/14800-5)

Academic Publications

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

FERREIRA, Amanda Duim. Iron biogeochemistry in mine tailing impacted soils: from risk assessment to enhanced bioremediation strategies. 2024. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) Piracicaba.