Estimation of heavy metals in little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) collected from sepetiba bay, rio de janeiro, brazil

Ferreira, Aldo Pacheco

Abstracts

Samples of liver and kidney of Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) collected on Sepetiba Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were analysed for their copper, zinc, cadmium, lead, chromium and nickel content. Mean concentration levels in liver and kidney (μg.g-1 dry weight) were 6.32955 and 6.57136 (Cd); 78.17409 and 96.89409 (Zn); 44.01727 and 65.20864 (Cu); 41.15091 and 39.62318 (Pb); 2.80091 and 4.16455 (Cr); and 9.27182 and 9.91091 (Ni), respectively. Results indicate relatively high trace metal contamination in E. caerulea, showing potential widespread biological and mutagenic adverse effects at trophic levels, and therefore, signalling risk to human health.

Heavy metal; Contamination; Sepetiba Bay; Egretta caerulea

Amostras de fígado e rim de Garça-azul pequena (Egretta caerulea) coletadas na Baía de Sepetiba, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, foram analisadas quanto às concentrações-traço de cobre, zinco, cádmio, chumbo, cromo e níquel. Os níveis médios de concentração no fígado e no rim (μg.g-1 de peso seco) foram 6,32955 e 6,57136 (Cd); 78,17409 e 96,89409 (Zn); 44,01727 e 65,20864 (Cu); 41,15091 e 39,62318 (Pb); 2,80091 e 4,16455 (Cr) e 9,27182 e 9,91091 (Ni), respectivamente. Estes resultados indicam contaminação relativamente alta de metais traço em E. caerulea, evidenciando potencial poder de generalização adversa de efeitos biológicos e mutagênicos em níveis tróficos, e, por conseguinte sinalizando risco para a saúde humana.

Metais pesados; Contaminação; Baía de Sepetiba; Egretta caerulea

AMADO- FILHO, G.M.; ANDRADE, L.R.; KAREZ, C.S.; FARINA, M.; PFEIFER, W.C. Brown algae species as biomonitors of Zn and Cd at Sepetiba Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mar. environ. Res, v. 48, p. 213-224, 1999.
BONCOMPAGNI, E.; MUHAMMAD, A.; JABEEN, R.; ORVINI, E.; GANDINI, C.; SANPERA, C.; RUIZ, X.; FASOLA, M. Egrets as monitors of trace-metal contamination in wetland of Pakistan. Archs environ. Contamin. Toxicol, v. 4, p. 399-406, 2003
BURGER, J.; GOCHFELD, M. 1993. Heavy metal and selenium levels in feathers of young egrets and Herons from Hong Kong and Szechuan, China. Archs environ Contamin Toxicol, v. 25, p. 322-327,1993.
BUSTAMANTE, P.; GONZÁLEZ, A. F.; ROCHA, F.; MIRAMAND, P.; GUERRA, A. Metal and metalloid concentrations in the giant squid Architeuthis dux from Iberian waters. Mar. environ. Res., v. 66, n. 2, p. 278- 287, 2008.
COPELAND, G.; MONTEIRO, T.; COUCH, S.; BORTHWICK, A. Water quality in Sepetiba Bay, Brazil. Mar. environ. Res, v. 55, p. 385-408, 2003.
COSSON, R.P.; AMIARD, J.; AMIARD-TRIQUET, C. Trace elements in Little Egrets and Flamingos of Camargue, France. Ecotoxicol. Environ Safety, v. 15, p. 107-116, 1988.
COSTANZA, R.; FARLEY, J. Ecological economics of coastal disasters: Introduction to the special issue. EcolEcon, v. 63, n. 2-3, p. 249-253, 2007.
DITTMAR, T.; HERTKORN, N.; KATTNER, G.; LARA, R. J. Mangroves, a major source of dissolved organic carbon to the oceans. Global biogeochem Cycles, v. 20, p. 10-12, 2006.
FERREIRA, A. P. Avaliação das concentrações de metais pesados no sedimento, água e em Leucopternis lacernulata (gavião-pomba). Estudo de caso: Baía de Sepetiba, Rio de Janeiro. Gaia Scientia, v. 3, n. 2, p. 23-31, 2009.
JAUNIAUX, T.; BROSENS, L.; MEIRE, P.; OFFRINGA, H.; COIGNOUL, F. Pathological investigations on guillemots (Uria aalge) stranded at the Belgian coast during the winter 1993-1994. Veterin Rec., v. 143, n. 14, p. 387-390, 1998.
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JURESA, D.; BLANUSA, M. Mercury, arsenic, lead and cadmium in fish and shellfish from the Adriatic Sea. Food Addit Contamin., v. 20, p. 241-246, 2003.
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LACERDA, L. D.; MOLISANI, M. M. Three decades of Cd and Zn contamination in Sepetiba Bay, SE Brazil: Evidence from the mangrove oyster Crassostraea rhizophorae Mar. Pollut. Bull., v. 52, n. 8, p. 974-977, 2006.
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TOMAN, R.; MASSÁNYI, P.; LUKÁ, N.; DUCSAY, L.; GOLIAN, J. 2005. Fertility and content of cadmium in pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) following cadmium intake in drinking water. Ecotoxicol environ. Safety, v. 62, n. 1, p. 112-117, 2005.
WALSH, P.M. The use of seabirds as monitors of heavy metals in the marine environment Boca Raton, Fla: CRC Press, 1990.

Publication Dates

Publication in this collection
31 Jan 2011
Date of issue
Dec 2010

History

Received
01 July 2009
Accepted
20 May 2010
Reviewed
27 Oct 2009

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[5] COPELAND, G.; MONTEIRO, T.; COUCH, S.; BORTHWICK, A. Water quality in Sepetiba Bay, Brazil. Mar. environ. Res, v. 55, p. 385-408, 2003.

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[10] JAUNIAUX, T.; BROSENS, L.; MEIRE, P.; OFFRINGA, H.; COIGNOUL, F. Pathological investigations on guillemots (Uria aalge) stranded at the Belgian coast during the winter 1993-1994. Veterin Rec., v. 143, n. 14, p. 387-390, 1998.

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[12] JURESA, D.; BLANUSA, M. Mercury, arsenic, lead and cadmium in fish and shellfish from the Adriatic Sea. Food Addit Contamin., v. 20, p. 241-246, 2003.

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