Abstract Changes in the global environment such as ocean acidification (OA) may interact
with anthropogenic pollutants including trace metals threatening the integrity of marine …

Sediment contamination by metals poses risks to coastal ecosystems and is considered to
be problematic to dredging operations. In Brazil, there are differences in sedimentology …

Intertidal microbial communities occur as biofilms or microphytobenthos (MPB) which are
sediment-attached assemblages of bacteria, protozoa, fungi, algae, diatoms embedded in …