Vol. 13 No. 2 (2018): Contamination and Toxicity of Soils and Sediments

Original Articles

• Sediment remediation can include no action

  P.M. Chapman

  1-3

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• Exposures in Aquatic Ecosystems: The Weak Link in Risk Assessments - A Critical Perspective

  G.A. Burton Jr., S.M. Nedrich

  5-9

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• Rapid tests for the toxicity evaluation of soil contaminated by lead-acid batteries manufacture

  Carlos Bento Borges Tavares, Laiz Coutelle Honscha, Ronan Adler Tavella, Caroline Lopes Feijo Fernandes, Tassia Fanton, Paulo Roberto Martins Baisch, Isabel Soares Chaves, Flavio Manoel Rodrigues Da Silva Júnior

  11-17

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• PAHs as quality markers of the sediments in the Lower Taquari sub-basin during the period of intervention in a contaminated site

  Paula Hauber Gameiro, Naiara Costa Pereira, Jocelita Vaz Rocha, K.A. Leal, Vera Maria Ferrão Vargas

  19-23

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• Sediment quality assessment of the tributaries of the Santos-São Vicente Estuarine System – Brazil

  Fernando Cesar Perina, Ronaldo José Torres, Antonio Aparecido Mozeto, Marcos Roberto Lopes Nascimento, Denis Moledo de Souza Abessa

  25-38

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• A simple method for evaluation of the total concentration of Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn in sediments from the São Gonçalo channel in Pelotas, RS, Brazil

  Janaina Garcia Timm, Ane Martiele Taborda Parodes Pinto, Marcelo Moller Alves, Caroline Dutra Clasen, Pedro José Sanches Filho, Anderson Schwingel Ribeiro, Mariana Antunes Vieira

  39-48

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• Metals, trace elements and ecotoxicity in sediments of the Cubatão River, Brazil

  Sueli Ivone borrely, Vanessa Silva Granadeiro Garcia, Thales Borrely, Deborah Inês Teixeira Fávaro

  49-61

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• Application of the Total Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence to assess mercury contamination in the sediments of the estuary of Santos, SP, Brazil

  Ronaldo Torres, Victoria Rezende, Thalita Sousa

  63-67

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• Earthworm avoidance behavior to antimicrobial sulfadiazine on tropical artificial soil

  Fernando Pena Candello, José Roberto Guimarães, Edson Aparecido Abdul Nour

  69-75

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• Ecotoxicology of sediment in the estuary of the Jundiaí and Potengi Rivers in Natal-RN, Brazil, by using Leptocheirus plumulosus as test-organism

  Rejane Batista Lopes, Raquel Franco de Souza, Sinara Cybelle Turíbio Silva-Nicodemo, Jessica Vitória Felix Cruz, Guilherme Fulgencio de Medeiros

  77-84

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• Developing a protocol whole sediment toxicity testing with the polychaete Armandia agilis

  Renan Vandre Silva Toscano Saes, Lucas Buruaem Moreira, Marcela Bergo Davanso, Fernando Cesar Perina, Denis Moledo Souza Abessa

  85-97

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• Using rapid assessment of marine pollution (RAMP) techniques to assess the quality of marine sediments

  Denis Moledo de Souza Abessa, Márcia Caruso Bícego, Eduinetty Ceci Pereira Moreira de Sousa, Leticia Pires Zaroni, Bauer Rodarte de Figueredo Rachid, Elisabet Cornet Arnalot, Gilberto Fillmann, James Readman, Michael Depledge

  99-106

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• Effect of biostimulation treatments on the toxicity of oil-contaminated mangrove sediment

  Lilia Pereira Souza-Santos, Bruno V. M. Costa, Anny G. A. G. Torreiro-Melo, Cristiane M. V. Araújo-Castro, Karina S. Garcia, Danúsia F Lima, Olívia M. C. Oliveira

  107-116

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