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Groundwater quality on a waste disposal area due to sand mining activities in São Paulo state, Brazil
(2011-12-01)
This investigation reports the results of a study realized in an area related to the development of sand mining activities, which belongs to Sibelco Mineração Ltd. The site is located around Analândia municipality, nearly ...
Groundwater quality on a waste disposal area due to sand mining activities in São Paulo state, Brazil
(2011-12-01)
This investigation reports the results of a study realized in an area related to the development of sand mining activities, which belongs to Sibelco Mineração Ltd. The site is located around Analândia municipality, nearly ...
Trace elements in confined livestock production systems in the pampean plains of Argentina
(International Digital Organization for Scientific Information, 2009-12)
The presence of trace elements in manure, soils and sediments from the drainage canalizations in confined beef cattle production systems has been analyzed in a humid and in a semiarid area of Argentina. The obtained results ...
Baseline trace metals in bivalve molluscs from the Beagle Channel, Patagonia (Argentina)
(Springer, 2011-08)
In order to test the aptitude of individuals of Mytilus chilensis as biomonitors of heavy metals pollution in seawater, several samples of this mollusk together with surrounding seawater samples were collected along 170 ...
Monitoring trace elements in Antarctic penguin chicks from South Shetlands Islands, Antarctica
(Elsevier, 2013-03)
The concentration of human activities in the near-shore ecosystems from the northern Antarctic Peninsula area can cause an increasing bioavailability of pollutants for the vulnerable Antarctic biota. Penguin chicks can ...
Trace metal content in sediments and autochthonous intertidal organisms from two adjacent bays near Ushuaia, Beagle Channel (Argentina)
(Elsevier, 2012-08)
The aim of this work was to monitor levels of Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn and Fe in sediments, mussels (Mytilus edulis chilensis) and limpets (Nacella magellanica) from the Industrial zone (IZ); fuel dock (FD) and Ushuaia Peninsula ...
Latin American protected areas: Protected from chemical pollution?
(2017-03-01)
Protected areas (PAs) are critically important means to preserve species and maintain natural ecosystems. However, the potential impacts of chemical pollution on PAs are seldom mentioned in the scientific literature. ...