Environmental and Sanitary Conditions of Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015 Guanabara Bay is the second largest bay in the coast of Brazil, with an area of 384 km2. In its surroundings live circa 16 million inhabitants, out of which 6 million live in Rio de Janeiro city, one of the largest cities of the country, and the host of ...
Ricardo Coutinho +2 more
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Updated range distribution of the non-native Asian green mussel Perna viridis (Linnaeus, 1758) at Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [PDF]
PeerJGuanabara Bay, located at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is a highly urbanized and polluted estuary that houses different port areas, shipyards, and marinas of intense maritime traffic.
Luciana V. R. de Messano +7 more
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The Devil on a Dying Bay: Brazilian Marine Plasticarianism at Guanabara Bay [PDF]
CALIBRE - Revista Brasiliense de Engenharia e Física Aplicada, 2021 <p>This article provides an overview of the known current situation of Guanabara Bay with respect to its pervasive plastic waste pollution, continuing the paired authors' previous works. In addition, the study opens up a broader public discussion on the fundamentals of global degradation, proposing a review of environmental education curriculums ...
Nilo Serpa, Richard Cathcart
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 Cell concentrations of the potentially harmful raphidophyte Chattonella subsalsa Biecheler were quantified in surface waters of Guanabara Bay, a heavily eutrophicated estuarine system in tropical Brazil, from February 2014 to January 2018.
Paulo Sérgio Salomon +2 more
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Search for Bioindicators of Pollution in the Guanabara Bay: Integrations of Ecologic Patterns [PDF]
Anuário do Instituto de Geociências, 2003 Guanabara Bay, since its discovery, has largely changed with the human occupation causing large amounts of deposited sediment and waste, as well as domestic and industry sewage. Surface sediment was analysed for foraminifera and ostracoda distribution,
Claudia G. Vilela +5 more
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Dynamic of decapod crustacean larvae on the entrance of Guanabara bay [PDF]
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2002 In the present study, we observed seasonal variations in the density of decapod larvae as well as changes in density related to diurnal and tidal cycles. Among the decapod larvae collected, portunids and grapsids were the most abundant, especially during
Lohengrin Dias de Almeida Fernandes +2 more
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Coasts, 2023 Bioavailability assessment is important for evaluating the risks to the local biota, and the combined use of several ecological risk indices in eutrophic environments allows the best analysis of the local reality for decision-making.
Ana Paula de Castro Rodrigues +10 more
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Building a baseline: a survey of the composition and distribution of the ichthyofauna of Guanabara Bay, a deeply impacted estuary [PDF]
Neotropical Ichthyology, 2023 Biodiversity baselines are essential subsidies to evaluate how environmental changes and human impacts affect the special and temporal patterns of communities.
Clara V. Teixeira-Leite, Marcelo Vianna
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Recent benthic foraminifera from the Itaipu Lagoon, Rio de Janeiro (southeastern Brazil) [PDF]
Check List, 2016 Itaipu Lagoon is located near the mouth of Guanabara Bay and has great importance for recreation to the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.
Débora Raposo +8 more
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THE EFFECTS OF URBAN/INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION IN GUANABARA BAY ON THE PERCEPTION OF ARTISAN FISHERMEN [PDF]
Ambiente & Sociedade, 2020 The objective of this research was to obtain the environmental perception of fishermen of Itaoca Island regarding the effects of urban/industrial expansion in Guanabara Bay on their fishing and housing spaces. Through exploratory qualitative research, it
Francisco Tavares Filho +4 more
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