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Silva MC, do Nascimento Monte C, de Souza JR, Selfe ACC, Ishihara JH. Mapping of metals contamination in coastal sediments around the world in the last decades: A bibliometric analysis and systematic review. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2024; 205:116572. [PMID: 38878414 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2024] [Revised: 06/04/2024] [Accepted: 06/06/2024] [Indexed: 07/24/2024]
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The quality of coastal sediments contaminated by metals has been discussed for decades worldwide. However, there is a lack of information on the current situation and trends in this research field. For this reason, this is the first study to present an integrated analysis of bibliometric mapping and systematic review, using the Scopus database. The subject has grown exponentially, with a notable increase in citations and predicted increases for the coming years. The Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese authors were highlighted. The main areas of study were the Yellow Sea, Adriatic Sea and Persian Gulf. The main metals related were Cu, Pb, Zn, Cr and Cd, linked to anthropogenic sources such as agriculture, domestic sewage and mining and industry activities. The IGEO proved to be the main index for assessing pollution. This research is useful for pointing out the needs of future research, supporting the development of this topic.
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- Matheus Cavalcante Silva
- Postgraduate Program in Geosciences (Geochemistry), Fluminense Federal University, R. Mario Santos Braga, 30, Niterói, RJ CEP 24020-140, Brazil.
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- Faculty of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Pará, Rodovia BR 422 km 13 - Vila Permanente, Tucuruí, PA CEP 68464-000, Brazil
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- Faculty of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Pará, Rodovia BR 422 km 13 - Vila Permanente, Tucuruí, PA CEP 68464-000, Brazil
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- Centre for Amazonian Development in Engineering, Federal University of Pará, Rodovia BR 422 km 13 - Vila Permanente, Tucuruí, PA CEP 68464-000, Brazil
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Parker C, Sanger D, Wirth E. An Assessment of Southeast United States Headwater Tidal Creek Sediment Contamination Over a Twenty-Year Period in Relation to Coastal Development. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 72:883-901. [PMID: 37277653 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-023-01835-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Headwater tidal creeks are a primary link between estuarine and upland habitats, serving as conduits for runoff. They are sentinel habitats, providing early warning of potential harm, thus ideal systems to evaluate the effects of coastal suburban and urban development on environmental quality. Estuarine sediments have concentrations of metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) that are associated with human activity. High concentrations of contaminants can impair faunal communities, habitat quality, and ecosystem function. Forty-three headwater creeks were sampled between 1994 and 2006 to assess contaminants, and 18 of these were sampled again in 2014/2015. Watersheds were classified as forested, forested to suburban, suburban, or urban land. These values are based on their percent impervious cover (IC) levels and change in IC from 1994-2014. Analyses of temporal data resulted in significant relationships between IC and select metals, PAHs, pesticides, PCBs, and PBDEs. In addition, 11 of the creeks sampled in 2014/2015 have paired data from 1994/1995, allowing for change analysis over the 20 years. Results indicated increasing chemical contamination occurring with increasing levels of development, although only PAHs and total dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) exhibited a statistically significant increase over time; PAHs also exhibited significantly higher concentrations in developed creeks. Additionally, several metals were deemed enriched in developed creeks based on reference conditions. These results expand our knowledge of how these systems respond to urban development and can inform managers about how human population growth along coastlines may predict altered tidal creek health.
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- Catharine Parker
- The University of Charleston, 66 George Street, Charleston, SC, 29424, USA.
- Marine Resources Research Institute, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, 217 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC, 29412, USA.
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- Marine Resources Research Institute, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, 217 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC, 29412, USA
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- National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 331 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC, 29412, USA
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de Souza TTC, Castro GB, Bernegossi AC, Felipe MC, Pinheiro FR, Colombo-Corbi V, Girolli DA, Gorni GR, Corbi JJ. Pristina longiseta reproduction test: chronic exposure to environmental contaminants. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:23578-23588. [PMID: 36327072 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-23861-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Aquatic worms are considered a suitable group to evaluate the effects of contaminants on the environment, although one of the main challenges is to use the species of local occurrence. Recently, Pristina longiseta was suggested to be used in acute bioassays. In this context, this study aimed to establish a chronic exposure for ecotoxicological bioassays using the cosmopolitan species of occurrence in Brazilian freshwater P. longiseta. Firstly, we tested three exposure times (4, 7, and 10 days) under the presence or absence of aeration for reproduction outputs. After determining the best configuration (7 days without aeration), we assessed the effects of the chronic exposures using the standardized reference substance potassium chloride (KCl), the antibiotic sulfamethoxazole (SMX), the flame retardant tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), and the sugarcane vinasse. Our results showed suitability for applying the chronic exposure using P. longiseta and indicated the sensitivity of the offspring to KCl (EC50-7d = 0.51 g/L). Sulfamethoxazole and TBBPA caused a significant decrease in the offspring of P. longiseta (EC50-7d = 59.9 µg/L and < 62.5 µg/L, respectively). Sugarcane vinasse showed high toxicity for the species, and 4.26% of vinasse was calculated as EC50-7d. Therefore, the described protocol was successfully applied as an ecotoxicological bioassay to evaluate the effects of environmental contaminants on the reproduction rate of the freshwater worm P. longiseta.
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- Tallyson Tavares Cunha de Souza
- Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, Department of Hydraulics and Sanitation, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
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- Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, Department of Hydraulics and Sanitation, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, Department of Hydraulics and Sanitation, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, Department of Hydraulics and Sanitation, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, Department of Hydraulics and Sanitation, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, Department of Hydraulics and Sanitation, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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Szczepaniak-Wnuk I, Górka-Kostrubiec B, Dytłow S, Szwarczewski P, Kwapuliński P, Karasiński J. Assessment of heavy metal pollution in Vistula river (Poland) sediments by using magnetic methods. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 27:24129-24144. [PMID: 32304045 PMCID: PMC7326823 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-08608-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The present study evaluated the level of heavy metal (HM) pollution in Vistula river sediments in a highly urbanized Warsaw agglomeration (Poland). Magnetometry was used to assess the pollution level by measuring the fine fractions (0.071 mm and < 0.071 mm) of sediments collected from the surface layer of the riverbank. The magnetic methods (e.g., mass magnetic susceptibility χ, temperature-dependence magnetic susceptibility, and hysteresis loop parameters) were supplemented by microscopy observations and chemical element analyses. The results showed the local impact of Warsaw's activity on the level of HM pollution, indicated by the maximum concentrations of magnetic particles and HM in the city center. The sediment fraction < 0.071 mm was dominated by magnetite and by a large amount of spherical-shaped anthropogenic magnetic particles. The pollution from the center of Warsaw was transported down-river over a relatively short distance of approximately 11 km. There was a gradual decrease in the concentrations of magnetic particles and HM in areas located to the north of the city center (down-river); furthermore, χ and concentrations of HM did not decrease to the values observed for the area to the south of Warsaw (up-river). The study showed two possible sources of sediment pollution: traffic-related and heat and power plant emissions. The influence of an additional source of pollution cannot be excluded as the amount of spherules in the sediments at the center was extremely high. The present study demonstrates that magnetometry has a practical application in detecting and mapping HM pollution in river systems.
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- Iga Szczepaniak-Wnuk
- Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Ks. Janusza 64, 01-452, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Ks. Janusza 64, 01-452, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Ks. Janusza 64, 01-452, Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 30, 00-927, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Materials Science, University of Silesia, 75 Pułku Piechoty 1A, Chorzow, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089, Warsaw, Poland
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Ruiz F, Vidal JR, Cáceres LM, Olías M, González-Regalado ML, Campos JM, Bermejo J, Abad M, Izquierdo T, Carretero MI, Pozo M, Monge G, Tosquella J, Prudencio MI, Dias MI, Marques R, Gómez P, Toscano A, Romero V. Silver and copper as pollution tracers in Neogene to Holocene estuarine sediments from southwestern Spain. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2020; 150:110704. [PMID: 31740180 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2019] [Revised: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 10/31/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Estuaries are very sensitive ecosystems to human activities and the natural evolution of their drainage basins located upstream. Pollution derived from human activities, such as historical mining or recent industrial wastes, can significantly affect their environmental quality. This paper analyzes the silver and copper contents of four cores extracted in two estuaries of SW Spain. Its chronology and vertical evolution allow to differentiate the effects of several pollution episodes (natural, Roman, 19th-20th centuries) on its different sedimentary environments in the last 6 million years. Possible future applications are included in the fields of environmental management or even education.
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- Francisco Ruiz
- Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain; Departamento de Geología y Geoquímica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain
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- Departamento de Historia, Geografía y Antropología, Universidad de Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain
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- Departamento de Historia, Geografía y Antropología, Universidad de Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, ESCET, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, c/ Tulipán s/n, 28933 Móstoles, Spain; Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas de la Universidad de Atacama (IDICTEC-UDA), Avenida Copayapu 485, Copiapó, Chile
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas de la Universidad de Atacama (IDICTEC-UDA), Avenida Copayapu 485, Copiapó, Chile
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- Departamento de Cristalografía, Mineralogía y Química Agrícola, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Geología y Geoquímica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Cristalografía, Mineralogía y Química Agrícola, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain
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- Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 2695-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 2695-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 2695-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain
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Stamatis N, Kamidis N, Pigada P, Sylaios G, Koutrakis E. Quality Indicators and Possible Ecological Risks of Heavy Metals in the Sediments of three Semi-closed East Mediterranean Gulfs. TOXICS 2019; 7:toxics7020030. [PMID: 31146390 PMCID: PMC6632002 DOI: 10.3390/toxics7020030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Revised: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Pollution with copper (Cu), lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), chromium (Cr), and nickel (Ni) heavy metals of the surface sediments collected from three semi-closed East Mediterranean Gulfs, namely Kavala, Strymonikos, and Ierissos Gulfs, North Aegean Sea, Greece, was investigated to evaluate potential benthic ecological risks. The mean concentrations of the studied metals decrease according to the order: Zn > Pb > Cr > Ni > Cu (176.50, 166.23, 127.41, 43.12, and 33.64 mg kg−1 dry weight). Quality indicators and possible ecological risks for metals in surface sediments were evaluated at 60 sampling sites of these three gulfs using the contamination factor (CF), the contamination degree (CD), the pollution load index (PLI), the geoaccumulation index (Igeo), the potential risk factor (PRFi), and the potential ecological risk index (PERI). Based on Igeo, the Ierissos Gulf sampling sites IER 2, 3, 7, and 9 exhibit moderate Pb pollution, whereas the sampling sites IER 6 and 8 show moderate to strong and strong Pb pollution, respectively. Based on the PRFi and PERI, the studied heavy metals did not pose any significant environmental risks for most of the investigated sites except IER 6 and 8 sampling sites, which may pose considerable environmental risk for Pb. To evaluate potential sources for each metal, multivariate techniques including hierarchical cluster analysis and ANOVA were used.
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- Nikolaos Stamatis
- Hellenic Agricultural Organisation-Demeter, Fisheries Research Institute (F.R.I.), 64007 N. Peramos, 64007 Kavala, Greece.
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- Hellenic Agricultural Organisation-Demeter, Fisheries Research Institute (F.R.I.), 64007 N. Peramos, 64007 Kavala, Greece.
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- Hellenic Agricultural Organisation-Demeter, Fisheries Research Institute (F.R.I.), 64007 N. Peramos, 64007 Kavala, Greece.
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- Laboratory of Ecological Engineering and Technology, Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, 67100 Xanthi, Greece.
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- Hellenic Agricultural Organisation-Demeter, Fisheries Research Institute (F.R.I.), 64007 N. Peramos, 64007 Kavala, Greece.
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