Marine Pollution Bulletin

Autor: Costa, A. C, Novotny, E. H., Bloise, A. C., Azevedo, E. R., Zucchi, Maria do Rosário, Bonagamba, Tito José, Santos, V. L. C. S., Azevedo, Antônio Expedito Gomes de
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: www.elsevier.com/locate/marpolbul
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Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)
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Popis: p. 1883-1890 Submitted by Hora Fontes Nadja Maria (pospetro@ufba.br) on 2012-11-14T22:22:08Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Characterization of organic matter in sediment cores of the Todos os Santos Bay,.pdf: 849012 bytes, checksum: 1dc30839afaf9288ad2ef867c4d8bb82 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2012-11-14T22:22:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Characterization of organic matter in sediment cores of the Todos os Santos Bay,.pdf: 849012 bytes, checksum: 1dc30839afaf9288ad2ef867c4d8bb82 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 CNPq; CAPES; FAPESP The impact of human activity on the sediments of Todos os Santos Bay in Brazil was evaluated by elemental analysis and 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (13C NMR). This article reports a study of six sediment cores collected at different depths and regions of Todos os Santos Bay. The elemental profiles of cores collected on the eastern side of Frades Island suggest an abrupt change in the sedimentation regime. Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) analysis corroborates this result. The range of depths of the cores corresponds to about 50 years ago, coinciding with the implantation of major onshore industrial projects in the region. Principal Component Analysis of the 13C NMR spectra clearly differentiates sediment samples closer to the Subaé estuary, which have high contents of terrestrial organic matter, from those closer to a local oil refinery. The results presented in this article illustrate several important aspects of environmental impact of human activity on this bay.
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