An environmental forensic approach for tropical estuaries based on metal bioaccumulation in tissues of Callinectes danae

作者：Bordon Isabella C A C^*; Sarkis Jorge E S; Andrade Nathalia P; Hortellani Marcos A; Favaro Deborah I T; Kakazu Mauricio H; Cotrim Marycel E B; Lavradas Raquel T; Moreira Isabel; Saint'Pierre Tatiana D; Hauser Davis Rachel Ann

来源：Ecotoxicology, 2016, 25(1): 91-104.

DOI：10.1007/s10646-015-1570-1

• Callinectes danae
• Sediment
• Environmental fingerprint
• Metals
• Brackishwater environment

The blue crab Callinectes danae is distributed throughout the Atlantic coast and this study aimed to evaluate a environmental forensics approach that could be applied at tropical estuarine systems where this species is distributed, based on the metal concentrations in its tissues. For this purpose, blue crab samples were collected in 9 sites (distributed in 3 areas) along the Santos Estuarine System, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The concentrations of Al, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn were determined in gills, hepatopancreas and muscle tissues. Sediment samples were collected and analyzed in these same sites. A data distribution pattern was identified during both sampling periods (August and December 2011). In order to validate this model, a new sampling campaign was performed in March 2013 at the Santos Estuarine System and also at Ilha Grande (state of Rio de Janeiro). These data were added to the previous database (composed of the August and December 2011 samples) and a discriminant analysis was applied. The results confirmed an environmental fingerprint for the Santos Estuarine System.

• 出版日期2016-1