Guanabara Bay (RJ)
Succession in Rocky Intertidal Benthic Communities in Areas with Different Pollution Levels at Guanabara Bay (RJ-Brazil)
... The aim of this study was to describe and compare the succession of intertidal benthic communities in two areas at Guanabara Bay, RJ, Brazil: Urca, an area submitted to moderated organic pollution and ...
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Reproductive biology of Cetengraulis edentulus (Cuvier, 1829), the major fishery resource in Guanabara Bay, Brazil
... at Guanabara Bay, ...at Guanabara Bay and to test whether some descriptors of reproductive activity, especially the gonadosomatic index (GSI), and the index of reproductive activity (IRA) ...
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Distribution of selenium in marine organisms from Guanabara Bay/ RJ.
... DISTRIBUTION OF SELENIUM IN MARINE ORGANISMS FROM GUANABARA BAY/ RJ. The study assessed selenium concentrations in the muscle tissues and liver samples of three fish species and in the soft tissues of a ...
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Superficial distribution of aromatic compounds and geomicrobiology of sediments from Suruí Mangrove, Guanabara Bay, RJ, Brazil
... into Guanabara Bay (Soares et ...from Guanabara Bay by its fringe and from Suruí and Suruí Mirim rivers its edges are also observed due to the tidal regime ...
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PROCESSING OF HIGH-RESOLUTION, SHALLOW SEISMIC PROFILES, GUANABARA BAY - RIO DE JANEIRO STATE, BRAZIL
... of Guanabara Bay to the more central regions, also in isolated portions near to the Ilha do Governador and about 5 km from Ilha de ...the bay en- trance and Rio – Niter´oi bridge, are related to the ...
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DISTINCTIVE SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES IN GUANABARA BAY - SE/BRAZIL, BASED ON THE ANALYSIS OF ECHO-CHARACTER (7.0 KHZ)
... the bay in response to decreasing tidal ...the bay, indicating wave progression and bottom sand transport into Guanabara ...the bay experience a widening in the main channel, which reflects in ...
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Geochronology and heavy metal flux to Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro state: a preliminary study
... of Guanabara Bay, the present study aims to assess the fluxes of key metals (Zn, Pb, Cu, Cr and Ni) into Guanabara Bay through an examination of their concentration in a dated sediment core ...
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Spatial distribution of pollen grains and spores in surface sediments of Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
... the Guanabara Bay is influen ced mainly by the ...the bay is occupied by a big sandy bank that extends upwards from the bay floor to a height of 12 ...the bay has a S-N orientation ...
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The contribution of heavy metal pollution derived from highway runoff to Guanabara Bay sediments – Rio de Janeiro Brazil
... around Guanabara Bay is presented in Figure 3 and these show higher concentrations when compared to the average levels found in shale and sandstone materials (Turekian and Wedepohl 1961) (Table I), and also ...
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Seasonal Variation in Fish Larvae at the Entrance of Guanabara Bay, Brazil
... the bay at this period. In Guanabara Bay, most larvae collected were at preflexion and flexion stages and had low swimming ability, suggesting a pattern of passive transport at the bay ...the ...
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REPRODUCTIVE ASPECTS OF MARINE CLADOCERANS Penilia avirostris AND Pseudevadne tergestina (CRUSTACEA, BRANCHIOPODA) IN THE OUTER PART OF GUANABARA BAY, BRAZIL
... The objective of this study was to report on some aspects of marine cladoceran reproduction in Guanabara Bay. Samples were collected during 1985 using a conical net with 200 µm mesh. Two species were ...
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Occurrence of the three spot gourami Trichopodus trichopterus (: osphronemidae) in Guanabara Bay, southeastern Brazil
... The ichthyofauna of Guanabara Bay has not yet been properly surveyed (Bizerril & Costa, 2001). Matos & Muratori (2001) report 125 fish species in the Bay area. In Brazil, there are already ...
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Guanabara Bay is located in the coastal area of the Rio de Janeiro state (Lat. 22
... the Bay of Sepetiba (Coelho et ...in Guanabara Bay in about 4,200 years BP, corresponding to an exuberant vegetation of the Atlantic Forest ...
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Fisheries and Conflicts in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
... at Guanabara Bay, between April 2001 and March 2002 was slightly over 19,000 tons, corresponding to a value of US$ ...the bay suggested that reasonable inferences could be made, without, necessarily ...
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Environmental and sanitary conditions of guanabara bay, Rio de Janeiro
... Chesapeake Bay specifically) (Boynton et ...In Guanabara Bay there are several sources of contaminant’s discharge into the bay, from untreated domestic effluents to industrial waste, which causes ...
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The relationship between sandy beach nematodes and environmental characteristics in two Brazilian sandy beaches (Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro)
... Gratitude is expressed to PETROBRAS that supported the project ‘Biomonitoring of sandy beaches of Guanabara Bay after the oil spill in January 2000’; to Prof. Vera Abud (Dept. Zoology/ UFRJ) for allowing us ...
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Modern Diatom Distributions in Guanabara Bay Sediment and Oceanic Areas, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
... the Guanabara Bay drainage basin, and these account for 25% of the organic pollution released into the bay (FEEMA, ...The bay is also homeport to two naval bases, a shipyard, and a large ...
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Bacterial Production in Guanabara Bay (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Evaluated by
... The bay has 42 islands, 53 beaches and 4000 km 2 of watershed and tides are semi-diurnal with a maximum height of ...1976). Guanabara Bay has a status of environmental degradation due to ...
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Spatial distribution of iron, copper and lead in mangrove sediments in a degradation gradient in Guanabara Bay (Rio de Janeiro State).
... IN GUANABARA BAY (RIO DE JANEIRO ...in Guanabara Bay: a core from a seaward site where mangrove vegetation was removed ~20 yr before sampling (MD); a core from an intermediate site with dead ...
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Benthic foraminifera distribution in high polluted sediments from Niterói Harbor (Guanabara Bay), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
... Vilela CG, Baptista Neto JA, Mendonça Filho JG, Sanjinés AES, Batista DS and Barbosa CF. 2002. Benthic foraminifera occurrence in subenvironments on Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, southeast Brasil. In: ...
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