期刊
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
卷 162, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105121
关键词
Subtropical estuary; Industrialization; Trace metals; Biotic index; Benthic foraminifera; Fossil record
资金
- Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) [2011/50581-4, 2018/14161-0, 2019/22902-2, 2019/13833-7]
- Oceanographic Institute of the University of Sao Paulo (IOUSP)
- Laboratory of Environmental Bioindicators (LaBi)
- Laboratory of Marine Organic Chemistry (LabQOM)
- Laboratory of Inorganic Marine Chemistry (LaQiMar)
- University degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo (UNIUOceanographic Institute of the University of Sao Paulo (IOUSP)
- National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) fellowship
The Santos Estuary (SE Brazil) is a coastal ecosystem with a high ecological importance and has been strongly impacted by human activities over the last century. A multiproxy analysis of sediment core dated by 137Cs, 210Pb and 226Ra activities and based on sediment geochemistry and benthic foraminifera is here used to reconstruct the environmental changes and the variations of the Palaeo-Ecological Quality Status (Palaeo-EcoQS) during the last-120 years. The Palaeo-EcoQS was reconstructed by applying the diversity index Exp(H'bc) based on the benthic foraminiferal fauna. Specifically, the Ecological Quality Ratio (EQR) allowed to assess the Palaeo-EcoQS during the last-120 years using local reference conditions. Based on our data, the pre-industrial period (-1883-1902) represents the reference conditions with Good Palaeo-EcoQS. The-1902-1972 period coincides with the beginning of industrial operations and intensification of coastal urbanization leading to a deterioration of the environmental quality and Palaeo-EcoQS shifting to Moderate conditions. Dredging operations in 1972 led to increase the influences of adjacent sea that ultimately resulted in a Good Palaeo-EcoQS persisting up to the 1990s. Despite the preservation actions and recovery programs, the 1993-2012 period was characterized by an overall deterioration of the environmental conditions. Indeed, the reconstructed Poor to Bad Palaeo-EcoQS suggest the ineffectiveness of the remediation actions. This work confirmed that benthic foraminifera are reliable to evaluate EcoQS and Palaeo-EcoQS in estuarine ecosystems. Based on the present findings and previous studies showing the potential of fossil foraminifera to define in situ reference conditions, we recommend the inclusion of foraminifera in the list of biological quality elements within legislations concerning transitional and marine habitats.
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