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Title: | Development of environmental effects monitoring protocol in Brazil: a fish guide study of three river estuaries |
Authors: | Mata Pavione, Priscylla da Costa, Karla Gonçalves da Perônico, Clayton McMaster, Mark E. Parrott, Joanne L. Hewitt, L. Mark Munkittrick, Kelly R. Barreto, Francisco C.C. Basilo, Thiago Hollanda Gomes, Marcelo Paes Reis Filho, Ricardo Wagner Furley, Tatiana Heid |
Keywords: | Biochemistry Chemical Analysis Effluents Environmental Regulations Estuaries Fish Image Quality Laws And Legislation Monitoring Quality Control Water Management Watersheds Environmental Effects Monitoring Environmental Legislations Environmental Monitoring Environmental Quality Guideline Physical-chemical Analysis Pulp And Paper Effluents Tidal River Rivers Environmental Effect Environmental Monitoring Estuarine Environment River Water Stakeholder Water Quality Watershed Animals Health Benthos Bioaccumulation Environmental Monitoring Female Fish Male Mathematical Model Nonhuman Physical Chemistry Pilot Study River Basin River Ecosystem Seasonal Variation Sediment Animals Chemistry Environmental Monitoring Estuary Growth, Development And Aging Invertebrate Procedures River Water Pollutant Biochemistry Chemical Analysis Effluents Environmental Regulations Estuaries Image Quality Australia Canada Chile Invertebrata Animal Environmental Monitoring Estuaries Fishes Invertebrates Pilot Projects Rivers Water Pollutants, Chemical |
Issue Date: | 2019 |
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Environmental Monitoring and Assessment |
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 191, Número 11 |
Abstract: | In Brazil, there are no unified and effective environmental monitoring models for bodies of water. Thus, several methodologies are used that result in information that is often difficult to compare, especially for stakeholders involved in regional water management. Studies in some countries such as Australia, Chile, the USA, and Sweden use the monitoring model implemented in Canada that was developed in the early 1990s. This model was designed to evaluate whether the current environmental regulations are sufficiently protective for pulp and paper effluents and for metal mining effluents. In this study, the Canadian Environmental Effects Monitoring methodologies were applied to three different Brazilian river basins, with the goal of constructing a framework for monitoring environmental effects. Pilot studies were carried out in the estuarine regions of the Benevente, Jucu, and Santa Maria da Vitória river basins, which are important rivers in the state of Espírito Santo. Evaluations included fish health, bioaccumulation studies, benthic invertebrate survey, and physical-chemical analyses of water and sediment. The quality of the environments was evaluated by means of seasonal samplings and comparisons between discharge, upstream, and downstream areas. This study made it possible to identify appropriate fish species to be used in environmental effects monitoring and the environmental quality of the rivers themselves as well as knowledge and policy gaps to implement such monitoring programs in Brazil. The study raises questions about the adequacy of Brazilian environmental legislation concerning tidal rivers. © 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1007/s10661-019-7860-y |
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