Development of a Site-specific Ecological Risk Assessment Scheme for Tropical Environments: a Case Study From Santo Amaro da Purificação, Bahia, Brazil

Autores/as

  • Júlia Carina Niemeyer Instituto do Mar (IMAR), Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal ; Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brazil
  • E. M. da Silva Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brazil
  • J. P. Sousa Instituto do Mar (IMAR), Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5132/jbse.2007.03.009

Palabras clave:

ecotoxicology, metals, risk assessment, Santo Amaro

Resumen

This project aims to further develop and adapt an ecological risk assessment scheme, following a tiered approach, for tropical systems. The study will be conducted in a metal contaminated area at Santo Amaro da Purificação (Bahia, Brasil), resulting from the deposition of reminiscent metal waste of a lead smelter, inactive since 1993. The ecological risk will be evaluated joining information from three different lines of evidence: chemistry, ecology and ecotoxicology. The study includes the development and adaptation of terrestrial ecotoxicological bioassays for tropical environments that, together with bioassays with aquatic organisms, will allow an integrated assessment of both habitat and retention functions of the impacted soils. The final output of the project will be an environmental risk assessment scheme that will act as a base scheme for tropical environments with similar contamination profile.

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Publicado

2007-10-10

Cómo citar

Niemeyer, J. C., da Silva, E. M., & Sousa, J. P. (2007). Development of a Site-specific Ecological Risk Assessment Scheme for Tropical Environments: a Case Study From Santo Amaro da Purificação, Bahia, Brazil. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Contamination, 2(3), 263–267. https://doi.org/10.5132/jbse.2007.03.009

Número

Vol. 2 Núm. 3 (2007)

Sección

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Derechos de autor 2007 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Contamination

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