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Water Res ; 169: 115247, 2020 Feb 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31698147

RESUMO

Environmental impact studies of rivers affected by wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents have been greatly restricted by the difficulties associated with carrying out bioassays in the field and also by the complex interactions between the pollutants contained in the discharges. The cotton-strip assay (CSA) enables study of the organic matter decomposition potential, an important ecosystem process in rivers, by taking all of the factors affecting this process into account. However, the CSA has never been used for assessment of WWTP effluents. In the present study, we selected six fluvial zones affected by discharges from small WWTPs and placed cotton strips at increasing distances from the discharge points in each zone. After 17 days, we evaluated decay of the strips by measuring cotton tensile strength loss (CTSL) and cotton mass loss (CML). We then determined the relationships between these parameters and various physico-chemical and biological properties in the water, as well as the δ15N isotopic signal and metal contents of aquatic mosses transplanted in the same sampling sites and used as biomonitors. Although the WWTPs were similar, some of the discharges stimulated and others inhibited decomposition of the cotton strips. This was probably due to differences in the proportions of various types of pollutants (with trophic or toxic effects) in the discharges. The CSA proved to be a simple, practical and economic bioassay and suitable for evaluating the ecological integrity of fluvial ecosystems.


Assuntos
Rios , Poluentes Químicos da Água , Bioensaio , Ecossistema , Monitoramento Ambiental , Eliminação de Resíduos Líquidos , Águas Residuárias
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Environ Sci Pollut Res Int ; 25(13): 12739-12748, 2018 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29470752

RESUMO

Although intensive marine fish farming is often assumed to be eco-friendly, the associated activity can lead to chronic exposure of marine organisms to potentially toxic discharges. Moreover, despite the increasing popularity of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA), studies of the effects of fish farm effluents are almost non-existent. In the present study, the changes in the toxic potential of effluents from five land-based marine fish farms in NW Spain subjected for different lengths of time to a biodegradation procedure (for 0, 48, 120, and 240 h) were assessed in a battery of bioassays including organisms from different trophic levels (Vibrio fischeri, Isochrysis galbana, and Paracentrotus lividus). The results of the bioassays at the different times were then considered together with farm water flow in the Potential Ecotoxic Effects Probe (PEEP) index. Despite the high volumes of effluents discharged, the generally low toxicity of the effluents hinders assessment of potentially toxic effects. However, dose-response curves and statistical analysis demonstrated the existence of toxic effects during the first five days of the biodegradation procedure, especially immediately after sampling. The proposed modification of the PEEP index better reflects the changes in toxicity over time. Graphical abstract ᅟ.


Assuntos
Organismos Aquáticos/efeitos dos fármacos , Monitoramento Ambiental/métodos , Pesqueiros , Poluentes Químicos da Água/toxicidade , Aliivibrio fischeri/efeitos dos fármacos , Animais , Aquicultura , Bioensaio , Haptófitas/efeitos dos fármacos , Paracentrotus/efeitos dos fármacos , Espanha , Testes de Toxicidade/métodos
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Bull Environ Contam Toxicol ; 99(3): 372-379, 2017 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28685221

RESUMO

In this study we compared the accumulation of eight metals and two metalloids in the growing tips and the remaining shoot tissue of three species of brown seaweeds commonly used in biomonitoring studies (Fucus ceranoides, Fucus spiralis and Ascophyllum nodosum). Regression analysis of the data obtained showed that there was no statistically significant difference in accumulation in numerous cases; although most of the relationships were significant, many of the coefficients of determination were low. However, the concentrations of Mn and Zn in the growing tips were closely related to the concentrations in the rest of the tissue in all three species, possibly due to redistribution of these elements. Interspecies differences in bioconcentration of the elements may be partly explained by differences in the relative growth rates.


Assuntos
Monitoramento Ambiental , Metais/metabolismo , Alga Marinha/metabolismo , Poluentes Químicos da Água/metabolismo , Ascophyllum/metabolismo , Fucus/metabolismo
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Mar Pollut Bull ; 85(1): 141-5, 2014 Aug 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24997874

RESUMO

The natural abundance of (15)N (δ(15)N) has been widely used to detect anthropogenically derived N loads in environmental impact studies. The present study involved retrospective analysis of subsamples of Fucus vesiculosus L. collected during a period of three years (2008-2010) from two sites: a control site, within a coastal reference area, and an area affected by the effluents of a marine land-based fish farm. The isotopic signal in different subsamples of the macroalgae thalli (tissue that has grown during the same period) varied depending on the age of the tissue. Moreover, the isotopic signal decreased significantly with the age of the frond to within a certain range. The δ(15)N of F. vesiculosus is temporally unstable; therefore, measurement of the δ(15)N of macroalgal tissues does not allow reliable retrospective biomonitoring of environmental pollution. Further knowledge about the growth and other biological aspects of this species is required.


Assuntos
Fucus/química , Isótopos de Nitrogênio/análise , Nitrogênio/química , Alga Marinha/química , Animais , Meio Ambiente , Monitoramento Ambiental/métodos , Poluentes Ambientais/análise , Peixes , Geografia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Espanha , Fatores de Tempo
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Mar Pollut Bull ; 69(1-2): 165-71, 2013 Apr 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23465569

RESUMO

Marine fish farms could cause environmental disturbances on the sediment due to uneaten food and fish faeces that impact the marine benthos. Polychaete assemblages are considered good indicators of environmental perturbations. The present study aimed to establish groups of polychaetes as potential indicators of fish farm pollution. This study was carried out in ten fish farms along the Spanish coast. Changes in polychaete assemblage were analyzed with meta-analysis and multivariate techniques. Abundance, richness and diversity showed significant decreases under fish farm conditions. Distribution patterns of polychaetes responded to combinations of physicochemical variables. The main ones are sulfide concentration, silt and clays percentage, and stable nitrogen isotope ratio. The results showed that some families are tolerant, Capitellidae, Dorvilleidae, Glyceridae, Nereididae, Oweniidae and Spionidae; while others are sensitive to fish farm pollution, Magelonidae, Maldanidae, Nephtyidae, Onuphidae, Paralacydoniidae, Paraonide, Sabellidae and also Cirratulidae in spite of being reported as a tolerant family.


Assuntos
Aquicultura , Sedimentos Geológicos/química , Metanálise como Assunto , Poliquetos/classificação , Poluentes da Água/análise , Poluição da Água/estatística & dados numéricos , Animais , Biodiversidade , Monitoramento Ambiental , Peixes , Poliquetos/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Espanha
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Phys Rev Lett ; 95(23): 237003, 2005 Dec 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16384332

RESUMO

We investigate the nucleation of superconductivity in a microsquare with a magnetic dot on top. The cusplike behavior of the calculated normal-superconducting phase boundaries, T(c)(H), shows a transition between short-period to long-period oscillations when going from positive to negative applied fields, H. Vorticity changes by more than 1, indicating multiquanta vortex entries, have been detected along this asymmetric T(c)(H) boundary. The dot also expands dramatically the symmetry-consistent vortex-antivortex patterns, thus facilitating their experimental observation.

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