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Longitudinal chemical gradients in estuarine systems

Authors: Soares, José Alexandre Mano;

Longitudinal chemical gradients in estuarine systems

Abstract

Os ecossistemas costeiros estão sujeitos a mudanças periódicas nas suas características físico-químicas que influenciam o comportamento de elementos maioritários, minoritários e potencialmente tóxicos. A Ria de Aveiro é um sistema estuarino pouco profundo e verticalmente homogéneo, localizado na parte noroeste da costa atlântica de Portugal (40 ° 38'N, 8 ° 45'W). É composta por vários canais estreitos que convergem para uma única abertura para o oceano, resultando numa área com grandes planícies de lama e sapais. Este sistema está sujeito a uma intensa pressão antropológica, que é a principal fonte dos níveis elevados de contaminantes presentes dentro deste. O objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar a variabilidade longitudinal, das marés e da distribuição dos elementos maioritários, minoritários e potencialmente tóxicos num sistema estuarino bem conhecido, com propriedades físico-químicas variáveis. As áreas de estudo foram dois canais da Ria de Aveiro. Amostras de colunas de água foram recolhidas de vários pontos situados ao longo do comprimento de ambos os canais, Mira e Ílhavo, onde foram efetuadas medições de salinidade, condutividade, temperatura, pH, material particulado em suspensão e oxigênio dissolvido. A separação em frações dissolvidas e particuladas, assim como a dispersão ao longo de ambos os canais, foram avaliadas para o Li, B, Mg, Al, K, Ca, Ti, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Sr, Ba, Hg e U. Observou-se que o comportamento dos elementos determinados num canal variou substancialmente no outro canal, com variações a depender dos parâmetros físico-químicos, fluxo de água doce e proximidade a pressões antropológicas.

Coastal ecosystems are subject to periodical changes on physico-chemical characteristics that influence the behavior of major, minor and potential toxic elements. Ria de Aveiro lagoon is a shallow and vertically homogenous estuarine system, located on the northwestern part of Portugal’s Atlantic coast (40° 38’N, 8° 45’W). It is composed of various narrow channels which converge onto a single opening to the ocean, resulting in an area with large mud flats and salt marshes. This system is subject to intensive anthropological pressure, which is the main source of the elevated levels of contaminants present within it. The objective of this work was to study the longitudinal and tidal variability of the distribution of major, minor and potential toxic elements in this well-known estuarine system with varying physico-chemical properties. The areas of study were two channels of the Ria de Aveiro estuary. Water column samples were collected from various points along the length of both channels, Mira and Ílhavo, as well as various measurements for water salinity, conductivity, temperature, pH, suspended particulate matter and dissolved oxygen. The partitioning in dissolved and particulate fractions as well, as the dispersion along both channels, were determined for Li, B, Mg, Al, K, Ca, Ti, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Sr, Ba, Hg and U. It was observed that the behavior of elements determined in one channel varied substantially in the other channel, with variations dependent on the physico-chemical parameters, as well as fresh water flow rate and proximity to anthropological pressures.

Mestrado em Ciências do Mar e da Atmosfera

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Portugal
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Keywords

Marine ecosystem, Estuarine systems, Potential toxic elements, Longitudinal and tidal variation, Major elements

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