Distribution, sources and consequences of nutrients, persistent organic pollutants, metals and microplastics in South American estuaries

M Barletta, ARA Lima, MF Costa - Science of the Total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Estuarine pollution imposes rapid, increasing and lasting environmental modifications. In the
present review, especial attention is given to estuaries in South America (SA), where …

Ecotoxicological effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: a review

HC Vo, MH Pham - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Microplastics (< 5 mm), which are classified based on primary or secondary
sources, are widely distributed in the environment and exert significant effects on aquatic life …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in fishery resources affected by the 2019 oil spill in Brazil: Short-term environmental health and seafood safety

KM Magalhães, RS Carreira, JS Rosa Filho… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
We present herein a short-term impact on marketed fisheries and human health safety in the
first three months following the 2019 oil spill in Brazil. Total PAHs in the edible tissues of 34 …

Aquatic organic matter: Classification and interaction with organic microcontaminants

V Artifon, E Zanardi-Lamardo, G Fillmann - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Organic matter (OM) in aquatic system is originated from autochthonous and allochthonous
natural sources as well as anthropogenic inputs, and can be found in dissolved, particulate …

Levels, source appointment, and ecological risk of petroleum hydrocarbons in tropical coastal ecosystems (northeast Brazil): Baseline for future monitoring …

GM Fernandes, DA Martins, RP Dos Santos… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
We reviewed 20 years of levels, sources, and environmental risks related to the main
petroleum hydrocarbons in the northeast region of Brazil. The aim of this study was to …

Shrimp laccase degrades polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from an oil spill disaster in Brazil: A tool for marine environmental bioremediation

AB da Rocha, R de Aquino Saraiva… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Our work aims to purify, characterize and evaluate a laccase from by-products of the shrimp
farming industry (Litopenaeus vannamei) for the degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic …

Toxicity of the oil spilled on the Brazilian coast at different degrees of natural weathering to early life stages of the zebrafish Danio rerio

CF Mariz Jr, JVG Nascimento, BS Morais… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Toxicity of water accommodated fractions (WAF) from the oil spilled on the Brazilian coast at
different stages of weathering were investigated using Danio rerio. Weathering stages …

Past and present conservation of south American estuaries

M Barletta, RCB Melo, AK Whitfield - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2023 - Elsevier
South America possesses a variety of estuaries along both tropical and temperate coastal
regions, with most of these systems facing uncontrolled urban settlement and industrial …

A new spatial estimation model and source apportionment of aliphatic hydrocarbons in coastal surface sediments of the Nayband Bay, Persian Gulf

S Partani, AD Mehr, M Maghrebi, R Mokhtari… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrocarbons, originating from oil and gas industries, are considered a potential risk for
Nayband Bay, a natural marine park with extended mangroves, located on the north …

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) …