Spatial distribution of metals in sediments of the Ribeira Bay, Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Published in: Marine pollution bulletin Vol. 60; no. 4; pp. 627 - 629
• Main Authors: Freret-Meurer, N.V., Andreata, J.V., Meurer, B.C., Manzano, F.V., Baptista, M.G.S., Teixeira, D.E., Longo, M.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Atlantic Ocean; Brackish; Brazil; Communities; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Ecosystem; Electric power plants; Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics; Environmental Monitoring; Exact sciences and technology; Feeding; Geologic Sediments; Heavy metal; Industry; Marine; Metals - chemistry; Pollution; Pollution abatement; Pollution sources. Measurement results; Pollution, environment geology; Ribeira Bay; Rio de Janeiro; Sediment; Sediments; Soil and sediments pollution; Spatial distribution; Terminals; Water Pollutants, Chemical - chemistry; South America; Brazil; America; Atlantic Ocean; ASW, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro; ASW, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Angra dos Reis, Ribeira Bay; ASW, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Ilha Grande Bay; ASW, Brazil; Rio de Janeiro; Sediment; Heavy metal; Ribeira Bay; Trace element; Pollution; Spatial distribution; Pollution source; Bay; Sediments; Concentration distribution; Anthropogenic factor
• ISSN: 0025-326X; 1879-3363
• DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.01.023

This study aims to analyze the spatial distributions of several metals in sediments from five sites in Ribeira Bay, Brazil. Ribeira Bay is a very important area to the local community, due to its artisan fishery, and it also has a biological relevance for many marine species that use mangroves as nursery and feeding sites. According to the results, the area was not considered a metal polluted area. Despite not having a significant source of metals inside the Bay nowadays, Ilha Grande Bay harbors a shipyard, an oil terminal, and a commercial port, as well as two thermonuclear power plants (Angra I e II), all of which indirectly influence the study area.