A five-year study on the heavy-metal pollution of Guanabara Bay sediments (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and evaluation of the metal bioavailability by means of geochemical speciation |
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Authors: | G Perin R Fabris S Manente ARebello Wagener C Hamacher S Scotto |
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Affiliation: | a Ca'Foscari University of Venice, Dept. Environmental Sciences, Dorsoduro 2137, Venezia, Italy b Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Rio de Janeiro (PUC), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Abstract: | Surface sediments of the Guanabara Bay (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) were analyzed by a sequential extraction procedure for Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn, Mn and Fe, determining their distribution among five geochemical phases and in the nitric acid extractable phase. Bioavailable phases and non-bioavailable phases have been determined in six transects in the bay to define the significant level of pollution due to sediment metal contamination. A multiple correlation showed limited responsibility of Mn and Fe oxides and humic acids in the adsorption process, which allowed discrimination among the different processes and suggested the strong influence of the hydrogen sulfide present in the highly reduced bay bottom environment. The authors suggest the need to avoid disturbing bottom sediment by dredging or by artificial bottom aeration which could result in a rapid worsening of the environment due to the accelerated formation of more soluble oxygenated metal compounds making the toxic metals much more available to the benthic fauna and to the bay biota in general. |
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Keywords: | sediments heavy metals sequential extraction metal bioavailability iron and manganese oxides |
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