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Microplastic pollution of the beaches of Guanabara Bay, Southeast Brazil

Ocean & Coastal Management, 2016
Abstract Plastic debris is widely recognized as an important marine environmental pollutant. Plastics pollution of coastal areas is a growing concern, with research efforts focusing on macroplastic (>5 mm) and microplastic fractions. Currently, a large proportion of the plastics found in the ocean are in the form of microplastics (
Diego Gomes de Carvalho, José Antonio Baptista Neto   +1 more
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The skin health of fishermen in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

International Journal of Dermatology, 2019
AbstractBackgroundFishing is an important economic activity worldwide, but there are only a few studies on the skin health of fishermen. Daily activities in fishing communities expose fishermen to risks of traumatic, actinic, and sea dermatoses.MethodsA semi‐structured questionnaire was applied to 388 fishermen from 2014 to 2015 at their workplace (Z‐8
Fred Bernardes Filho, Andreia de Oliveira Alves, Loan Towersey, Roderick Hay, Andreas Montag, Ana L. F. Coutinho, Omar Lupi, Josafá G. Barreto, Marco A. C. Frade   +8 more
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Benthic foraminifera as proxies of pollution: The case of Guanabara Bay (Brazil)

Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2012
Due to economic importance of Guanabara Bay, a multidisciplinary approach was adopted to investigate 88 surficial sediment samples in order to use the benthic foraminifera as indicators for the characterization of environmental variations. Grain-size analyses indicate that bottom sediments of the inner part of the bay are mainly muddy while those close
Donnici, S., Serandrei-Barbero, R., Bonardi, M., Sperle, M.   +7 more
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Microplastic contamination in surface waters in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2019
Microplastics (MPs) are contaminants of environmental concern that represent a threat to marine systems. Here we report data on the abundance and characteristics of MPs collected from surface waters of the urban Guanabara Bay. Samples were collected, by horizontal trawling of a plankton net on two occasions (summer of 2016).
Glaucia P. Olivatto, Maria Clara T. Martins, Cassiana C. Montagner, Theodore B. Henry, Renato S. Carreira   +4 more
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Total mercury in Perna perna mussels from Guanabara Bay — 10 years later

The Science of The Total Environment, 2000
Guanabara Bay (GB) is an important estuary in regard to the productivity of the southeastern Brazilian coast. It is heavily polluted by oil, land runoff, and sewage, had large areas reclaimed, and its basin has been seriously deforested. The objective of the present work is to compare the total mercury levels in mussels from the bay, measured at the ...
M, Costa, E, Paiva, I, Moreira
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Hydrocarbon contamination in mussels from Guanabara Bay

Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2004
Luís A, Azevedo, Inái M R, de Andrade Brüning, Isabel, Moreira   +2 more
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High-resolution Seismic based Guanabara Bay Geological History

Proceeding of the 17th International Congress of the Brazilian Geophysical, 2021
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Pollution in Guanabara Bay, Brazil

Marine Pollution Bulletin, 1970
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Restoration of natural resources in mangroves in Guanabara Bay - RJ

Rio Pipeline Conference and Exhibition, 2023
Guilherme Rodrigues, Sabrina Richter, Cesar Reis, Fernando Cionek, Fernando Ramos   +4 more
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Whaling in Guanabara Bay

2016
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