Pollution status of marine protected areas worldwide and the consequent toxic effects are unknown

DMS Abessa, HC Albuquerque, LG Morais… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chemical pollution is considered a factor that may threaten marine protected areas (MPAs),
and recent studies have found contamination and associated biological effects in some …

Marine protected areas in Latin America and Caribbean threatened by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

BZ Nunes, E Zanardi-Lamardo, RB Choueri… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study is a literature-based analysis investigating occurrence and the possible
consequences of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in marine protected areas (MPAs) …

[HTML][HTML] Organic contamination of beached plastic pellets in the South Atlantic: Risk assessments can benefit by considering spatial gradients

D Gorman, FT Moreira, A Turra, FR Fontenelle… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Microplastics are important vectors for the transport and accumulation of persistent organic
contaminants in coastal and marine environments. We determined the concentration of …

[HTML][HTML] Sedimentary biomarkers along a contamination gradient in a human-impacted sub-estuary in Southern Brazil: a multi-parameter approach based on spatial …

MA de Abreu-Mota, CA de Moura Barboza, MC Bícego… - Chemosphere, 2014 - Elsevier
The composition and seasonal variations of sedimentary organic matter were investigated
along the Cotinga sub-estuary, located in Paranaguá Bay, a large South American estuary …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a Natural Heritage Estuary influenced by anthropogenic activities in the South Atlantic: Integrating multiple source apportionment …

BM Gurgatz, MR Garcia, AC Cabral, AC de Souza… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were analysed in the sediments of one of the most
well-preserved estuaries in South Brazil, the Paranaguá Estuarine System (PES), using …

A systematic evaluation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in South Atlantic subtropical mangrove wetlands under a coastal zone development scenario

MR Garcia, CC Martins - Journal of Environmental Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Mangrove forests worldwide are threatened environments considered vulnerable to chronic
contamination by hydrophobic contaminants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons …

Petroleum biomarkers as tracers of low-level chronic oil contamination of coastal environments: A systematic approach in a subtropical mangrove

MR Garcia, AP Cattani, P da Cunha Lana… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Petroleum biomarkers (hopanes, terpanes and steranes) are frequently assessed in
estuarine sediments as tracers of oil input. In order to compare distinct patterns of …

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in sediments from an urban-and industrial-impacted subtropical estuary (Babitonga Bay …

J Rizzi, S Taniguchi, CC Martins - Marine pollution bulletin, 2017 - Elsevier
Babitonga Bay is a large estuary, which has been under pressure from anthropogenic
activities coexisting with a natural area of Atlantic rainforest and mangrove systems. The …

A critical and comparative appraisal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments and suspended particulate material from a large South American subtropical …

FD Cardoso, ALL Dauner, CC Martins - Environmental Pollution, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Paranaguá Estuarine Complex (PEC) is an important socioeconomic estuary of
the Brazilian coast that is influenced by the input of pollutants like polycyclic aromatic …

Spatial distribution and historical input of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in sediments from a subtropical estuary (Guaratuba …

T Combi, S Taniguchi, RCL Figueira… - Marine Pollution …, 2013 - Elsevier
This study evaluated the occurrence and distribution of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs)
and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in 22 surface sediment samples and one core …