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Almeida JC, Castro ÍB, Nunes BZ, Zanardi-Lamardo E. Antifouling booster biocides in Latin America and the Caribbean: A 20-year review. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2023; 189:114718. [PMID: 36807046 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Revised: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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This review summarized booster biocides studies from Latin America and the Caribbean during the last two decades. Studies were focused on six countries, with most of them in Brazil. In water and sediment, diuron and Irgarol were the most abundant and frequent biocides, probably due to their former intense use. Antifouling paint particles were also reported and had mainly DCOIT, which is currently the most used booster biocide. Toxicity of individual booster biocides was tested in laboratory, and most effects were related to chlorothalonil, DCOIT, dichlofluanid, and Irgarol, including, but not limited to DNA damage, fertility decrease, and mortality at different trophic levels. This review highlighted the need for further studies on environmental occurrence of booster biocides in Latin America and Caribbean associated to ecotoxicological studies. Such information is essential to determine the potential ecological risks and to create directives regarding safe limits of booster biocides in aquatic systems.
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- Júlia Cintra Almeida
- Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Av. Arquitetura s/n - Cid. Universitária, CEP: 50740-550 Recife, Brazil
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- Instituto do Mar, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (IMAR-UNIFESP), Av. Almirante Saldanha da Gama, CEP: 11030-400 Santos, SP, Brazil; PPG em Oceanologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (IO-FURG), Av. Itália s/n, Campus Carreiros, CEP: 96203-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- PPG em Oceanologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (IO-FURG), Av. Itália s/n, Campus Carreiros, CEP: 96203-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Av. Arquitetura s/n - Cid. Universitária, CEP: 50740-550 Recife, Brazil.
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Boehs G, Freitas LAD. Population attributes of Littoraria angulifera (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in mangroves in Bahia State, northeastern Brazil. BRAZ J BIOL 2021; 82:e243114. [PMID: 34133568 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.243114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Littoraria angulifera (Lamarck, 1822) is an estuarine gastropod of tropical occurrence, which lives mainly on trunks of mangrove tree species. This study aimed to evaluate the population attributes of this species, such as abundance, space-time distribution, sex ratio and recruitment in mangroves in Bahia State, northeastern Brazil. The specimens were collected monthly throughout 2018, on trunks of the red mangrove Rhizophora mangle L. at two heights and on two horizontal levels. Specimens that were on the marine grass Spartina alterniflora Loisel were also collected. After counting, biometrics and sexing, the specimens were returned alive to the environment. The average size and weight of L. angulifera was higher (p<0.05) in places with taller and less sparse trees and the vertical distribution on the trunks showed a preference for strata close to the soil. Both results are related to shading and protection against desiccation. Females were more abundant than males, at an approximate sex ratio F: M of 1.4: 1. Recruits were observed throughout the period, showing continuous reproduction of the species with a recruitment peak in spring (September to November). The study revealed the importance of keep the mangroves intact to allow the maintenance of the natural stocks of the species.
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- G Boehs
- Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - UESC, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas - DCB, Ilhéus, BA, Brasil.,Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - UESC, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais - DCAA, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciência Animal, lhéus, BA, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - UESC, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais - DCAA, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciência Animal, lhéus, BA, Brasil
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Zeidan GC, Freitas LA, Santos GBM, Silva-Neto EM, Boehs G. Morphometric analysis of Littoraria angulifera (Caenogastropoda) in estuarine regions of northeastern Brazil. BRAZ J BIOL 2020; 80:424-430. [DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.214187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 11/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Abstract The gastropod Littoraria angulifera (Littorinidae) is an exclusively estuarine mollusk with Neotropical anfiatlantic distribution. Recent studies indicate a possible use of the species as bioindicator. The aim of this study was to analyze the shell height, as well as to perform a morphometric analysis of the reproductive apparatus of L. angulifera collected in 22 sampling points located between latitudes 13º54'S and 15º44'S in the South Atlantic, State of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil. The specimens were obtained in different estuarine environments including mangroves, as well as on rocks and concrete walls in places close to ports, shipyards and berths during January and February 2014. All specimens (n = 880) were analyzed regarding the sex and shell height/morphology, 440 were analyzed about the reproductive apparatus morphometry and 15 in histological description. The average shell height of animals from artificial substrates in nautical areas was lower (p<0.05) than the animals from mangroves, mainly in preserved areas, evidencing relation with human impacts and desiccation. The morphometric analysis of L. angulifera reproductive tract allowed us to conclude that the length of prostate in males and of palial oviduct in females may be useful in the reproductive evaluation of the species.
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- G. C. Zeidan
- Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Brasil; Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Brasil; Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Brasil; Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Brasil; Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Brasil
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da Costa MB, Zamprogno GC, Otegui MBP, de Morais L, Pedruzzi FC, Dalbem GB, da Silva DA, Resende ACB. A temporal and spatial monitoring of organotin pollution in a harborside region of Brazil by imposex and ecological quality ratio using Leucozonia nassa. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2017; 189:650. [PMID: 29177683 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-017-6367-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This study represents the first use of Leucozonia nassa (Mollusca-Gastropoda) in a program of long-term monitoring. Specimens of L. nassa were collected between 2006 and 2014 and analyzed for the occurrence of imposex in two areas in Southeastern Brazil, one control area and another characterized by the presence of many ports and marinas. Imposex was evaluated in nine sites based on the percentage of females exhibiting imposex (I%), relative penis length index and vas deferens sequence index, classical indices to evaluate tributyltin (TBT) impacts. Moreover, this study uses for the first time in a tropical environment the ecological quality ratio (EQR), an approach to verify the imposex levels as an indicator of the impact by organotin compounds according to the EU Water Framework Directive. The results confirm the occurrence of high levels of imposex in L. nassa with all the indices evaluated. Furthermore, the results also indicate that, despite the international ban, antifouling paints based on TBT are still possibly used in Brazil. In addition, this study shows that L. nassa has the characteristics that make it a suitable bioindicator to monitor TBT pollution, and that the use of the EQR may create important data regarding this problem.
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- Mercia Barcellos da Costa
- Biological Sciences Department, Center for Human and Natural Sciences, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514, Vitória, Espírito Santo, 29075-910, Brazil.
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- Biological Sciences Department, Center for Human and Natural Sciences, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514, Vitória, Espírito Santo, 29075-910, Brazil
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- Biological Sciences Department, Center for Human and Natural Sciences, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514, Vitória, Espírito Santo, 29075-910, Brazil
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- Biological Sciences Department, Center for Human and Natural Sciences, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514, Vitória, Espírito Santo, 29075-910, Brazil
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- Biological Sciences Department, Center for Human and Natural Sciences, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514, Vitória, Espírito Santo, 29075-910, Brazil
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- Biological Sciences Department, Center for Human and Natural Sciences, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514, Vitória, Espírito Santo, 29075-910, Brazil
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- Biological Sciences Department, Center for Human and Natural Sciences, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514, Vitória, Espírito Santo, 29075-910, Brazil
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- Biological Sciences Department, Center for Human and Natural Sciences, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514, Vitória, Espírito Santo, 29075-910, Brazil
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Podratz PL, Merlo E, Sena GC, Morozesk M, Bonomo MM, Matsumoto ST, da Costa MB, Zamprogno GC, Brandão PA, Carneiro MT, Miguel EDC, Miranda-Alves L, Silva IV, Graceli JB. Accumulation of organotins in seafood leads to reproductive tract abnormalities in female rats. Reprod Toxicol 2015; 57:29-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2015.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2014] [Revised: 04/21/2015] [Accepted: 05/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ciocan CM, Cubero-Leon E, Langston WJ, Pope N, Cornelius K, Hill EM, Alvarez-Munoz D, Indiveri P, Lerebours A, Minier C, Rotchell JM. Intersex related gene expression profiles in clams Scrobicularia plana: Molecular markers and environmental application. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2015; 95:610-617. [PMID: 25746199 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2014] [Revised: 01/28/2015] [Accepted: 02/12/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Intersex, the appearance of female characteristics in male gonads, has been identified in several aquatic species. It is a widespread phenomenon in populations of the bivalve, Scrobicularia plana, from the southwest coast of the U.K. Genes previously identified as differentially expressed (ferritin, testicular haploid expressed gene, THEG, proliferating cell nuclear antigen, PCNA; receptor activated protein kinase C, RACK; cytochrome B, CYB; and cytochrome c oxidase 1, COX1) in intersex clams relative to normal male clams, were selected for characterisation and an environmental survey of the Channel region. Transcripts were significantly differentially expressed at sites with varying intersex incidence and contaminant burdens. Significant correlations between specific gene expressions, key contaminants and sampling locations have been identified, though no single gene was associated with intersex incidence. The results highlight the difficulty in understanding the intersex phenomenon in molluscs where there is still a lack of knowledge on the control of normal reproduction.
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- Corina M Ciocan
- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Lewes Road, Brighton BN2 4GJ, United Kingdom; School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ, United Kingdom
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- Laboratoire d'Ecotoxicologie, Universite du Havre, 25 Rue Philippe Lebon, BP540, 766058 Le Havre, France; School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ, United Kingdom
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- Marine Biological Association, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB, United Kingdom
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- Marine Biological Association, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Ferry Road, Eastney, Portsmouth PO4 9LY, United Kingdom
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- Laboratoire d'Ecotoxicologie, Universite du Havre, 25 Rue Philippe Lebon, BP540, 766058 Le Havre, France
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- School of Biological, Biomedical & Environmental Sciences, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, United Kingdom.
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