Evaluation of Total Mercury in Sediments of the Descoberto River Environmental Protection Area—Brazil
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Sampling
Sediment and Water
2.3. Sediments and Water Samples Preparation
2.3.1. Determination of Mercury and Aluminum in Sediment
2.3.2. Water Physicochemical Parameters Determination
2.4. Sediment Mineralogy
2.5. Statistical Analysis
2.6. Risk and Pollution Assessment by Geochemical Indices and Sediment Quality Guidelinas
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Difference between Lotic and Lentic Environment
Sediment Risk Assessment in Relation to THg
3.2. Dissimilarity Analysis
3.3. Mineralogical Analysis of Sediments
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Lotic | Lentic | p |
---|---|---|---|
Mean ± sd | Mean ± sd | ||
N | 23 | 9 | |
pH | 6.83 ± 0.54 | 6.81 ± 0.54 | 0.983 |
EC (µS cm−1) | 30.65 ± 35.38 | 34.66 ± 16.37 | 0.116 |
DO (mg L−1) | 26.35 ± 8.71 | 15.16 ± 5.72 | 0.001 |
Tur (NTU) | 23.93 ± 14.62 | 22.93 ± 8.93 | 0.530 |
T (°C) | 19.22 ± 1.60 | 22.30 ± 1.30 | <0.001 |
TDS (mg L−1) | 19.87 ± 22.92 | 22.55 ± 10.46 | 0.094 |
HCO3− (mg L−1) | 8.97 ± 8.75 | 7.76 ± 1.34 | 0.516 |
Cl− (mg L−1) | 1.31 ± 0.85 | 2.28 ± 2.69 | 0.049 |
NO3− (mg L−1) | 0.80 ± 1.44 | 0.63 ± 0.16 | 0.020 |
SO42− (mg L−1) | 0.46 ± 0.22 | 0.81 ± 0.18 | <0.001 |
THg (µg g−1) | 0.03 ± 0.02 | 0.08 ± 0.04 | 0.002 |
VM (%) | 22.62 ± 18.46 | 20.51 ± 8.54 | 0.615 |
Region | River | THg (µg g−1) | Aquatic System |
---|---|---|---|
GO | Tocantins River 1 | 0.04 ± 0.01 | Lentic |
RO | Madeira River 1 | 0.08 ± 0.01 | Lentic |
AM | Negro River 1 | 0.08 ± 0.02 | Lotic |
RO | Samuel Reservoir 2 | 0.04 ± 0.07 | Lentic |
DF | Descoberto Reservoir | 0.08 ± 0.04 | Lentic |
Variables | Mean | Min | Max | ERL | ERM | RP | CDA | USA | DREPA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hg (µg g−1) | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
Al (%) | 12.2 | 7.41 | 16.7 | − | − | 5 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 11.4 |
Samples | Aquatic Environment | Road | Water Body | Class |
---|---|---|---|---|
P1 | Lotic | Estrada | RD j | 1 |
P2 | Lotic | Estrada | RD m | 1 |
P3 | Lotic | Estrada | CCb m | 1 |
P4 | Lotic | Estrada | CCb j | 1 |
P5 | Lotic | BR080 | CCp m | 1 |
P6 | Lotic | BR080 | CCp j | 1 |
P7 | Lotic | BR080 | CO m | 1 |
P8 | Lotic | BR080 | CO j | 1 |
P9 | Lotic | DF430 | RR j | 1 |
P10 | Lotic | DF430 | RR m | 1 |
P11 | Lotic | DF445 | RR j | 1 |
P12 | Lotic | DF445 | RR m | 1 |
P14 | Lotic | BR251 | RR m | 1 |
P15 | Lotic | BR080 | RD j | 1 |
P16 | Lotic | BR080 | RD m | 1 |
P17 | Lotic | DF450 | RP m | 1 |
P19 | Lotic | DF180 | RP m | 1 |
P20 | Lotic | DF180 | RP m | 1 |
P21 | Lotic | BR070 | RD j | 1 |
P22 | Lotic | BR070 | RD j | 1 |
P25 | Lotic | DF415 | Cco j | 1 |
P26 | Lotic | DF415 | Cco j | 1 |
L3 | Lentic | RSV | RSV | 1 |
P18 | Lotic | DF450 | RP j | 2 |
L1 | Lentic | RSV | RSV | 3 |
L2 | Lentic | RSV | RSV | 3 |
L4 | Lentic | RSV | RSV | 3 |
L5 | Lentic | RSV | RSV | 3 |
L7 | Lentic | RSV | RSV | 3 |
L8 | Lentic | RSV | RSV | 3 |
L9 | Lentic | RSV | RSV | 3 |
L10 | Lentic | RSV | RSV | 4 |
QZ | KLN | ILT | GBS | RT | GTH | ANT | SPN | CAL | DLM | HEM | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lentic | L1 | M+ | M | M | m | m | m | m | − | m | m | − |
L2 | M+ | M | M | m | m | − | m | m | − | − | − | |
L3 | M+ | M | M | m | m | m | m | m | − | − | − | |
L4 | M+ | M | M | m | m | m | m | m | − | − | − | |
L5 | M+ | M | M | m | m | m | m | m | − | − | − | |
L7 | M+ | M | M | m | m | m | m | m | − | − | − | |
L8 | M+ | M | M | m | m | m | m | m | − | − | − | |
L9 | M+ | M | M | m | m | m | m | m | − | − | − | |
L10 | M+ | M | M | m | m | − | m | m | − | − | − | |
lotic | P1 | M+ | M | M | m | m | m | m | m | − | − | − |
P3 | M+ | M | M | m | m | m | m | m | − | − | − | |
P5 | M+ | M | M | m | m | m | m | m | − | − | − | |
P7 | M+ | M | M | m | m | m | m | m | − | − | − | |
P9 | M+ | M | M | m | m | − | m | m | − | − | − | |
P11 | M+ | M | M | m | m | m | m | − | − | − | − | |
P14 | M+ | M | M | m | m | m | m | m | − | − | − | |
P15 | M+ | M | M | m | m | m | m | m | m | − | m | |
P17 | M+ | M | M | m | m | m | m | m | − | − | − | |
P19 | M+ | M | M | m | m | m | m | m | − | − | − | |
P21 | M+ | M | M | m | m | m | m | m | − | − | − | |
P25 | M+ | M | − | m | m | − | m | m | − | − | − |
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Ferreira Portela, J.; Rudrigues de Souza, J.P.; de Sousa Tonhá, M.; Elias Bernardi, J.V.; Garnier, J.; Rodrigues SouzaDe, J. Evaluation of Total Mercury in Sediments of the Descoberto River Environmental Protection Area—Brazil. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 154. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010154
Ferreira Portela J, Rudrigues de Souza JP, de Sousa Tonhá M, Elias Bernardi JV, Garnier J, Rodrigues SouzaDe J. Evaluation of Total Mercury in Sediments of the Descoberto River Environmental Protection Area—Brazil. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(1):154. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010154
Chicago/Turabian StyleFerreira Portela, Joelma, João Pedro Rudrigues de Souza, Myller de Sousa Tonhá, José Vicente Elias Bernardi, Jérémie Garnier, and Jurandir Rodrigues SouzaDe. 2020. "Evaluation of Total Mercury in Sediments of the Descoberto River Environmental Protection Area—Brazil" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 1: 154. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010154