Assessment of the environmental impacts of ocean acidification (OA) and carbon capture and storage (CCS) leaks using the amphipod Hyale youngi.
This study aims to ascertain the effects of CO2induced water acidification and leaks from Carbon Capture and Storage activities on the South American amphipod Hyale youngi. A 10-day acute toxicity test was performed using sediments from two sites located inside the Santos Estuarine System. They were subjected to five pH treatments (8.1, 7.6, 7.0, 6.5, and 6.0). Metals (Cd, Cu, Cr, Pb, Ni and Zn) and the metalloid As were analyzed to determine the influence of their acidification-related mobility on the amphipods mortality. The results showed that mortality becomes significant when compared to control in pH 6.5 in the Canal de Piaçaguera sediment (contaminated) and at pH 6.0 in Ilha das Palmas sediment (reference).
Departamento de Química-Física, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, UNESCO/UNITWIN Wicop, Polígono Río San Pedro s/n, Puerto Real, 11510, Cádiz, Spain. tom@megapesca.com.
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Departamento de Ciencias do Mar, Instituto do Mar, Campus Baixada Santista, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Av. Alm. Saldanha da Gama, 89-Ponta da Praia/SP CEP:11030-400, Santos, SP, Brazil.
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Faculdade de Ciências, Instituto Dom Luiz, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal.
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Departamento de Ciencias do Mar, Instituto do Mar, Campus Baixada Santista, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Av. Alm. Saldanha da Gama, 89-Ponta da Praia/SP CEP:11030-400, Santos, SP, Brazil.
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Departamento de Química-Física, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, UNESCO/UNITWIN Wicop, Polígono Río San Pedro s/n, Puerto Real, 11510, Cádiz, Spain.
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Departamento de Ciencias do Mar, Instituto do Mar, Campus Baixada Santista, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Av. Alm. Saldanha da Gama, 89-Ponta da Praia/SP CEP:11030-400, Santos, SP, Brazil.
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D033304:Amphipoda / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D002244:Carbon; D057965:Carbon Sequestration; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008670:Metals / Q000633:toxicity; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D012623:Seawater / Q000737:chemistry*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000633:toxicity*
D008670:Metals; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D002244:Carbon
Amphipod; Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS); Climate change; Hyale youngi; Metal mobilization; Ocean acidification (OA)