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      Geochemical behavior of heavy metals in differents environments in Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon - RJ/Brazil

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          The accelerated urbanisation without a planning, brought several environmental problems to Rio de Janeiro coastal zone, especially in areas such as Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, which receives a great amount of untreated sewage every day. To assess the nature, potentially sources and extent of heavy metal pollution in the lagoon, sediments from the surrounding streets, from the entrance of the main canal that drains to the lagoon and from the bottom of the lagoon were collected and analysed by a modified selective extraction procedure in order to study the geochemical partitioning and bioavailability of Zn, Cu, Cr, Ni and Pb in these three compartments. The present study verified an increase in the Cu, Pb and Zn concentrations in the north of the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon. Despite the different levels of oxidation between the sediments accumulated in the streets and in the bottom of the lagoon, the geochemical partitioning of the heavy metals did not show any pattern of variation for the metals, except for the element Cu. No concentrations were found in the soluble phase of samples collected in the surfacial sediments of the lagoon, suggesting no bioavailability of heavy metals

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          A urbanização acelerada, sem planejamento, resultou em uma série de problemas à zona costeira do Rio de Janeiro, especialmente em áreas como a Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, a qual recebe uma grande descarga de esgoto não tratado todos os dias. No intuito de avaliar a natureza, as fontes potenciais e a extensão da poluição por metais pesados na lagoa, sedimentos das ruas do entorno, das entradas do principal canal de drenagem e de superfície de fundo foram coletados. As análises se deram através de um método modificado de extração sequencial, com o objetivo de estudar o fracionamento geoquímico e a biodisponibilidade de Zn, Cu, Cr, Ni e Pb, nestes três compartimentos. O presente estudo verificou um aumento nas concentrações de Cu, Pb, e Zn no setor norte da Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas. Apesar dos diferentes níveis de oxidação entre os sedimentos acumulados nas avenidas e no sedimento de fundo da lagoa, o fracionamento geoquímico dos metais pesados não apresentou nenhum padrão de variação, com exceção do Cu. Não foram observadas concentrações na fase solúvel, das amostras coletadas nos sedimentos superficiais na lagoa, sugerindo a não biodisponibilidade dos metais pesados

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                Journal
                aabc
                Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
                An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc.
                Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil )
                0001-3765
                1678-2690
                June 2011
                : 83
                : 2
                : 457-469
                Affiliations
                [03] orgnameQueen's University Belfast Belfast orgdiv1School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology Northern Ireland
                [01] Niterói RJ orgnameUniversidade Federal Fluminense orgdiv1Laboratório de Geologia e Geofísica Marinha Brasil
                [02] Rio de Janeiro RJ orgnameUniversidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro orgdiv1Faculdade de Oceanografia Brasil
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                S0001-37652011000200008 S0001-3765(11)08300208
                10.1590/S0001-37652011000200008
                837f2d7d-a479-4308-b32a-91a4cd7dcf8e

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 04 November 2009
                : 28 October 2010
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 52, Pages: 13
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                Earth Sciences

                sediments,sedimentos,heavy metals,Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon,Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas,metais pesados

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