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Metals impact into the Paranagua Estuarine Complex (Brazil) during the exceptional flood of 2011

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BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Volume 65, Issue 1, Pages 54-68

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INST OCEANOGRAFICO, UNIV SAO PAULO
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-87592017127706501

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Dissolved metals; Particulate metals; Flood event; partition coefficient

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  1. Coordenation of the Improvement of Higher Level Personnel (Capes) [09-2009]

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Particulate and dissolved metal concentrations were determined after the largest flood in the last 30 years on the east-west axis of the Paranagua Estuarine Complex (PEC) and compared to the those of the dry period at two stations. Results confirmed that the flood greatly affected riverine outflows and the behavior of metals in the PEC. In particular, a sharp decrease in salinity was followed by extremely high SPM concentrations leading to a decrease in DO concentrations at both stations. For the dissolved phase, ANOSIM analysis showed a significant dissimilarity at each station between the sampled periods, whereas for the particulate phase this dissimilarity was found only for the samplings taken at the Antonina Station. KD values suggested dissolved Cu behavior was related to the presence of organic complexes and dissolved Mn had sediment resuspension of redox sediments and or/pore water injection as sources. Metal concentrations were lower than in polluted estuaries, though high enrichment factors found after the flood pointed to the influence of anthropogenic sources. In conclusion, the flood's influence was more evident at the Antonina Station, due to its location in the upper estuary, whereas in Paranagua a high SPM content with low metal concentration was found, following the common pattern generally found in other marine systems subject to heavy rainfall events.

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