Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 135, Issue -, Pages 923-931Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.08.019
Keywords
Macroalgae; Metals; Baseline concentrations; Potentially toxic elements; Environmental monitoring
Funding
- CAPES
- Funding Agency of Parana State (Fundacao Araucaria) [947/2013, 006/2016 ID 4113]
- CNPq [478424/2013-2]
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Trace elements in organisms are normally higher in well-developed coastal areas than on oceanic islands. Few studies have used seaweeds as their sentinels on islands. This study established background levels of trace elements (As, Cd, Pb, Zn, Cu and Hg) for four seaweed species (Dictyopteris delicatula and Canistrocarpus cervicornis, brown algae; Ceratodictyon variabile and Palisada perforata, red algae) from Trindade, an oceanic Brazilian island, and verified potential differences associated to distinct environmental conditions. Spatial differences were not detected for As, Hg and Cd in samples, although the highest concentrations of these elements were observed in brown seaweeds. The highest Zn, Pb and Cu concentrations in seaweeds from the only inhabited beach may be a signal of the onset of human footprints on this still pristine, remote island. By comparison with background described in the literature, concentrations of trace elements in seaweeds were low, thus, allowing them to be considered reference levels.
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