Cadmium concentrations in Sotalia guianensis (Van Bénéden, 1864) in a tropical estuary, southeast of Brazil.

Autores

  • Lilian Dalago Salgado Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná - UTFPR
  • Fernando da Silva Carvalho Neto Universidade Positivo – UP.
  • Gislaine de Fátima Filla Instituto Federal do Paraná – IFPR and Instituto de Pesquisas Cananéia - IPeC.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14210/bjast.v19n1.p39-45

Resumo

Cadmium concentrations were assessed in the hepatic tissues of 27 dolphins of the Sotalia guianensis species that were found stranded in the estuary Complexo Estuarino Lagunar de Cananéia-Iguape, southeast of Brazil, between the years 2009 and 2012. The samples’ digestion was performed through acid digestion with HNO3 and the quantification was held by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). For 11 of the sampled animals, concentrations did not exceed the limit of quantification of 0.1µg/g-1 proposed by the method. Nevertheless, low values of the metal were commonly found in the tissues of estuarine dolphins on the Brazilian coast. In this research, the concentrations varied from 0.13 to 1.79µg/g-1 (wet weight), for a total average of 0.39µg/g-1 which is in accord with those described in literature for the specie. No differences were observed in the accumulation of cadmium between sexes, age classes nor correlation between the curvilinear length and the accumulation of the metal. The study highlights the flow through the trophic chain as being an important factor for the accumulation of Cd and supports the use of the species as a bio-indicator of the environmental quality of its habitat, due to its biological and ecological peculiarities.

Biografia do Autor

Lilian Dalago Salgado, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná - UTFPR

Mestranda em Ciência e Tecnologia Ambiental pela Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná - UTFPR e Pesquisadora do Projeto Boto-cinza do Instituto de Pesquisas Cananéia - IPeC.

Fernando da Silva Carvalho Neto, Universidade Positivo – UP.

Professor at Universidade Positivo - UP. Works in the field of Chemistry with emphasis on Trace-elements Analysis and Environmental Chemistry.

Gislaine de Fátima Filla, Instituto Federal do Paraná – IFPR and Instituto de Pesquisas Cananéia - IPeC.

Professor at Instituto Federal do Paraná - IFPR and researcher at Projeto Boto-cinza from the Instituto de Pesquisas Cananéia. Works with Ecology of aquatic mammals and Aquatic microbiology.

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2016-03-05

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