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Chemical composition of phytoplankton from the estuaries of Eastern Amazonia
(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, 2014-12) VILHENA, Maria do Perpétuo Socorro Progene; COSTA, Marcondes Lima da; BERRÊDO, José Francisco; PAIVA, Rosildo Santos; ALMEIDA, Pryscila Denise
Phytoplankton is important bioindicator of chemical and biological modifications of natural ecosystems. The objective of this study was to determine the total chemical composition of the phytoplankton of the Pará and Mocajuba estuaries on the eastern coast of the Amazon region in the Brazilian state of Pará. The chemical composition of the surface water, bottom sediments (total sample and bioavailable fraction), and the phytoplankton were determined by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry. Phytoplankton contained high concentrations of Ca, P, Mn, Fe, Zn, Al, Ba, and Pb. The phytoplankton of the Mocajuba estuary is rich in Fe (2,967-84,750 µg g-1), while those from the Pará is rich in Al (1,216-15,389 µgg-1), probably reflecting divergent anthropogenic inputs. Both samples indicated a high bioconcentration factor derived from both the water and the bioavailable fraction, reflecting the efficiency of these organisms in the concentration of metals.
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Efeitos das variações sazonais do clima tropical úmido sobre as águas e sedimentos de manguezais do estuário do rio Marapanim, costa nordeste do Estado do Pará
(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, 2008) SILVA, José Francisco Berrêdo Reis da; COSTA, Marcondes Lima da; VILHENA, Maria do Perpétuo Socorro Progene
To evaluate the short period climatic variations impact over Amazonic mangrove ecosystem, studies were carried out on the northeast coast of Para State. Sediments, surficial and interstitial waters were collected and examinated throughout salinity, pH and Eh (mV) measurements; mineralogical determination using X-ray diffraction and electronic microscopy. Chemical analysis of dissolved sulfides, sulfate and chloride, among others were made in samples collected seasonally, under spring and neap tides conditions. The seasonal chloride variations in the interstitial waters shows 20 g/l during the dry season and less of 10 g/l in the season; the concentration in surficial are higher at neap tides (rainy season) and spring tide (dry season). The dissolved sulfides were found only at 10 cm, indicating sediment exposure to the atmospheric oxygen advectives fluxes. The dissolved iron rates increases between 0-10 cm and the pH tends to neutrality. The saturation of interstitial waters at dry season is indicated by evaporitic minerals: gypsum and halite. The pluviometric variations are responsible by gradual changes in the nutrient and physical chemical properties of surficial and interstitial waters, into the saline equilibrium control at coastal waters, in the salinization and desalinization of sediments and the distribution of mangrove vegetation at the estuary. The prolonged exposure of sediments during the dry season and the morphological characteristics contribute to the total or partial oxidation of surficial sediments, modifying the mineralogy of sediments and the physical chemical characteristics of interstitial waters.
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Mineralogia e geoquímica de sedimentos de manguezais da costa amazônica: o exemplo do estuário do rio Marapanim (Pará)
(2008-03) BERRÊDO, José Francisco; COSTA, Marcondes Lima da; VILHENA, Maria do Perpétuo Socorro Progene; SANTOS, Josiana Torres dos
The mangroves of the Para state represents an important segment of the Brazilian north coast on the ones which little it is known of the geological characteristics and it relationships with source areas. This research was accomplished in the Marapanim river estuary, in the Para coast, to demonstrate the contribution of continental sediments for the constititution of the mangrove's sediments. The mangrove's sediments and the Barreiras Formation sediments and soils (main continental sources) were collected. In the mangrove's sediments grain size, determination of the carbon (C%), pH and Eh measures and interstitial salinity was made. The mineralogical determination and the multi-elementary geochemistry was made in the sediments muddy and terrigenous adjacents sediments for comparisons. The mangrove's sediments are clayey silty (> 90%), with the carbon values among 0,75 to 3,5%. The main mineralogy is composed by quartz, goethita, hematite, kaolinite, illite, besides zircon, tourmaline, staurolite and cianite as accessories, what indicates contribution of the Barreiras Formation sediments and sediments muddy. It is common the occurrence in these mangroves the neoformated minerals as: smectite, K-felspars, pyrite, halite, gipsum and jarosite. The enrichment in SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3 and TiO2 in the mangroves and the low tenors in trace metals reflects the tropical climate and the mineralogical composition of the source area, enriched in quartz and caulinite, with low tenors in K2O, Na2O, MgO and CaO. The chemical composition associated to the organic matter, abundant diatoms besides Fe, S and the marine contributions of Cl-, Na+, K+, Ca++ and Mg++, identify the deposicional ambient and the autigenics minerals. The concentrations and the geochemical behaviour of the trace metals in the mangroves corroborates the outstanding contribution of the continental source area. Those sediments presents the prevalence of the Light Rare Earth Elements (LREE) on the Heavy Rare Earth Elements (HREE) with high reasons of Th/Co; La/Th; La/Sc; La/Co and Zr/Sc and Th/Sc and Ba/Co, elements present in the felsic igneous rocks that originated the continental sediments.