Overview of Phytoplankton Indicators and Biomarkers as Key-Tools for Trace Element Contamination Assessment in Estuaries

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Autor(a) principal: Cabrita, Maria Teresa
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Duarte, Bernardo, Gameiro, Carla, Matos, Ana Rita, Caçador, Isabel, Godinho, Rita M.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/42886
Resumo: Contamination of trace elements is still ubiquitous in estuaries. The main sources of trace element pollution are directly linked to anthropogenic activities commonly taking place in these coastal ecosystems. Trace element loading in and impacts on estuarine waters can be assessed and monitored by using indicator species equipped with efficient biomarkers of trace element stress. Phytoplankton, which are the primary producers at the base of estuarine food webs, can accumulate considerable amounts of trace elements, responding rapidly and proportionally to element availability changes in the environment. As such, phytoplankton provide potentially useful bioindicators with which to assess water quality and help evaluate the ecological state of polluted estuarine systems. Furthermore, several phytoplankton species are equipped with efficient biomarkers evidencing the damaging effect of trace elements which can also be used as key-tools for trace element pollution assessment. Although there is an emerging realization that phytoplankton can provide a valuable trace element-specific suite of indicators, a comprehensive identification of phytoplankton indicators and biomarkers for the early detection of element stress is generally lacking. This chapter gathers results obtained from our team over the past years, aiming to better understand trace element impacts on the phytoplankton communities and to deliver suitable phytoplankton indicators and biomarkers of element stress with potential application to element contaminated estuarine and coastal systems worldwide.
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spelling Overview of Phytoplankton Indicators and Biomarkers as Key-Tools for Trace Element Contamination Assessment in EstuariesPhytoplankton IndicatorsBiomarkersContamination Assessment in EstuariesContamination of trace elements is still ubiquitous in estuaries. The main sources of trace element pollution are directly linked to anthropogenic activities commonly taking place in these coastal ecosystems. Trace element loading in and impacts on estuarine waters can be assessed and monitored by using indicator species equipped with efficient biomarkers of trace element stress. Phytoplankton, which are the primary producers at the base of estuarine food webs, can accumulate considerable amounts of trace elements, responding rapidly and proportionally to element availability changes in the environment. As such, phytoplankton provide potentially useful bioindicators with which to assess water quality and help evaluate the ecological state of polluted estuarine systems. Furthermore, several phytoplankton species are equipped with efficient biomarkers evidencing the damaging effect of trace elements which can also be used as key-tools for trace element pollution assessment. Although there is an emerging realization that phytoplankton can provide a valuable trace element-specific suite of indicators, a comprehensive identification of phytoplankton indicators and biomarkers for the early detection of element stress is generally lacking. This chapter gathers results obtained from our team over the past years, aiming to better understand trace element impacts on the phytoplankton communities and to deliver suitable phytoplankton indicators and biomarkers of element stress with potential application to element contaminated estuarine and coastal systems worldwide.Taylor & FrancisRepositório da Universidade de LisboaCabrita, Maria TeresaDuarte, BernardoGameiro, CarlaMatos, Ana RitaCaçador, IsabelGodinho, Rita M.2020-04-16T11:12:48Z20192019-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/42886engCabrita, M.T., Duarte, B., Gameiro, C., Matos, A.R., Caçador, I., Godinho, R. (2019). Overview of Phytoplankton Indicators and Biomarkers as Key-Tools for Trace Element Contamination Assessment in Estuaries. In: B. Duarte, I. Caçador (Eds.), Ecotoxicology of Marine Organisms. CRC Press, Chapter 5, pp. 289–3079781315267494metadata only accessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:43:03Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/42886Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:55:49.090168Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Overview of Phytoplankton Indicators and Biomarkers as Key-Tools for Trace Element Contamination Assessment in Estuaries
title Overview of Phytoplankton Indicators and Biomarkers as Key-Tools for Trace Element Contamination Assessment in Estuaries
spellingShingle Overview of Phytoplankton Indicators and Biomarkers as Key-Tools for Trace Element Contamination Assessment in Estuaries
Cabrita, Maria Teresa
Phytoplankton Indicators
Biomarkers
Contamination Assessment in Estuaries
title_short Overview of Phytoplankton Indicators and Biomarkers as Key-Tools for Trace Element Contamination Assessment in Estuaries
title_full Overview of Phytoplankton Indicators and Biomarkers as Key-Tools for Trace Element Contamination Assessment in Estuaries
title_fullStr Overview of Phytoplankton Indicators and Biomarkers as Key-Tools for Trace Element Contamination Assessment in Estuaries
title_full_unstemmed Overview of Phytoplankton Indicators and Biomarkers as Key-Tools for Trace Element Contamination Assessment in Estuaries
title_sort Overview of Phytoplankton Indicators and Biomarkers as Key-Tools for Trace Element Contamination Assessment in Estuaries
author Cabrita, Maria Teresa
author_facet Cabrita, Maria Teresa
Duarte, Bernardo
Gameiro, Carla
Matos, Ana Rita
Caçador, Isabel
Godinho, Rita M.
author_role author
author2 Duarte, Bernardo
Gameiro, Carla
Matos, Ana Rita
Caçador, Isabel
Godinho, Rita M.
author2_role author
author
author
author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Cabrita, Maria Teresa
Duarte, Bernardo
Gameiro, Carla
Matos, Ana Rita
Caçador, Isabel
Godinho, Rita M.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Phytoplankton Indicators
Biomarkers
Contamination Assessment in Estuaries
topic Phytoplankton Indicators
Biomarkers
Contamination Assessment in Estuaries
description Contamination of trace elements is still ubiquitous in estuaries. The main sources of trace element pollution are directly linked to anthropogenic activities commonly taking place in these coastal ecosystems. Trace element loading in and impacts on estuarine waters can be assessed and monitored by using indicator species equipped with efficient biomarkers of trace element stress. Phytoplankton, which are the primary producers at the base of estuarine food webs, can accumulate considerable amounts of trace elements, responding rapidly and proportionally to element availability changes in the environment. As such, phytoplankton provide potentially useful bioindicators with which to assess water quality and help evaluate the ecological state of polluted estuarine systems. Furthermore, several phytoplankton species are equipped with efficient biomarkers evidencing the damaging effect of trace elements which can also be used as key-tools for trace element pollution assessment. Although there is an emerging realization that phytoplankton can provide a valuable trace element-specific suite of indicators, a comprehensive identification of phytoplankton indicators and biomarkers for the early detection of element stress is generally lacking. This chapter gathers results obtained from our team over the past years, aiming to better understand trace element impacts on the phytoplankton communities and to deliver suitable phytoplankton indicators and biomarkers of element stress with potential application to element contaminated estuarine and coastal systems worldwide.
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