Bioaccumulation of trace elements in marine mammals: New data and transplacental transfer on threatened species

G dos Santos Lima, JH Pedrobom, CA Suarez… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Coastal areas are affected by urban, industrial and agriculture pollutants runoff, wastewater
and stormwater discharges, making this environment the final repository of chemical …

Health conditions of Guiana dolphins facing cumulative anthropogenic impacts

ED Soares, M Cantor, APFRL Bracarense, KR Groch… - Mammalian …, 2022 - Springer
Coastal areas are associated with anthropogenic activities and stressors that can expose
the marine fauna to negative cumulative impacts. Apex predators, such as dolphins, can flag …

Comparison of the Performance of ICP-MS, CV-ICP-OES, and TDA AAS in Determining Mercury in Marine Sediment Samples

CS Provete, BM Dalfior, R Mantovaneli… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Mercury (Hg) determination in marine sediment is an analytical challenge due to the toxicity
of this element even at low concentrations (up to 130 μg kg–1 in marine sediments) and …

Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in estuaries in the southwest Atlantic Ocean

TH Trevizani, C Domit, MCO Santos… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The southwestern Atlantic Ocean is home to highly productive regions, composed
of a mosaic of both protected and anthropogenically impacted areas, including the estuaries …

Effect of environmental variables on mercury accumulation in sediments of an anthropogenically impacted tropical estuary (Buenaventura Bay, Colombian Pacific)

A Molina, G Duque, P Cogua - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2023 - Springer
Estuaries are the main entry areas of mercury to the marine environment and are important
to understand the effect of this contaminant on marine organisms, since it accumulates in the …

Occurrence of mercury in polychaete species (Annelida) and their associated sediments from an important Southern Atlantic Ocean Bay

MCR Sola, RM de Jesus, MM Nascimento… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present study, the Hg levels in freshly collected polychaete species and their
associated sediments were evaluated from Todos os Santos Bay, Northeastern Brazil …

Fatores controladores das concentrações de mercúrio (Hg) em organismos aquáticos costeiros da região semiárida brasileira

VL Moura - 2023 - repositorio.ufc.br
O mercúrio (Hg) é um elemento químico que pode ser encontrado em todos os
compartimentos ambientais: ar, água, solo, sedimento e biota (Lacerda, 2007) …