Abstract
The coastline of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, presents a great diversity of coastal environments which support a significant part of the state’s economy. Wood production from mangrove forests, fisheries and tourism are the main activities that sustain a sizable portion of the local population. Increasing industrialization and urbanization of the Rio de Janeiro littoral have, however, presented a serious threat to the utilization of these coastal resources. Development has introduced urban wastes, trace metals, oil and general eutrophication which comprise the main environmental problems along this coastal state area (Lacerda 1983). Trace metals, due to persistence in the environment, have received special attention from local authorities, and its has been determined that knowledge of their fate in coastal environments is urgently needed.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Ahlf W (1983) The River Elbe: behaviour of Cd and Zn during estuarine mixing. Environ Technol Lett 4: 405–410
Angino EE, Billings GK (1967) Atomic absorption spectrophotometry in geology. Elsevier, Amsterdam, p 144
Azevedo LSP (1984) Consideraçôes geoquímicas das lagunas do litoral leste do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. In: Lacerda LD, Araujo DSD, Cerqueira R, Turcq B (eds) Restingas: Origem, estrutura, processos. CEU FF, Niteroi, p 477
Badri MA, Aston SR (1983) Observations on heavy metal geochemical associations in polluted and non-polluted sediments. Environ Pollut 6: 181–193
Bowen HJM (1979) Environmental geochemistry of the elements. Academic Press, London, p 239
Calmano W, Förstner U (1983) Chemical extraction of heavy metals of polluted river sediments in central Europe. Sei Total Environment 28: 77–90
Coelho VWB, Fonseca MRB (1977) Utilizaçao de modelos matemáticos da Baíade Guanabara no controle da poluiçao de suas águas. Ser Tec FEEMA 2 /77: 121–143
De Groot AJ, Salomons W, Allersma E (1976) Processes affecting heavy metals in estuarine sediments. In: Burton JD, Liss PS (eds) Estuarine chemistry. Academic Press, London, p 229
Fiszman M, Pfeiffer WC, Lacerda LD (1984) Comparison of methods used for extraction and geochemical distribution of heavy metals in bottom sediments from Sepetiba Bay, RJ. Environ Technol Lett 5: 567–575
Lacerda LD (1983) Aplicaçao da metodología de abordagem pelos parámetros críticos no estudo da poluiçao por metáis pesados na Baía de Sepetiba, RJ. Doctor Thesis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, p 154
Lacerda LD, Pfeiffer WC, Fiszman M (1982) Níveis naturais de metáis pesados em sedimentos marinhos da Baía da Ribeira, Angra dos Reis. Ciênc Cult S Paulo 34: 921–924
Lacerda LD, Pfeiffer WC, Fiszman M (1983) Monitoring of heavy metal pollution through the critical pathway approach: a case study in Sepetiba Bay, Brazil. Inter Conf Heavy Metals Environ 4: 1258–1261
Megalatti N (1982) Mise an point d’un shéma d’extraction sélectives des pollutants métalliques associés aux diverse phases constitutives des sediments. These, Univ Paul et des Pays de L’adour, p 224
Moore JW, Ramamoorthy S (1984) Heavy metals in natural waters. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, p 268
Patchineelam SR, Förstner U (1983) Sequential chemical extractions on polluted sediments from the Subaé River, Brazil. Proc Inter Conf Heavy Metals Environ 4: 860–863
Pfeiffer WC, Fiszman M, Lacerda LD, van WeereltM,Carbonell N (1982) Chromium in water, suspended particles, sediments and biota in the Iraja River estuary. Environ Pollut 4: 193–205
Salomons W, Förstner U (1980) Trace metal analysis of polluted sediments. Part II. Evaluation of environmental impact. Environ Technol Lett 1: 506–517
So CL (1978) Environmental pollution of estuaries — a problem of hazards. Environ Conserv 5: 205–211
Souza CMM, Pestana M HD, Lacerda LD (1986) Heavy metal geochemical partitioning in sediments of three estuaries along the Rio de Janeiro coast. Sei Total Environment 58: 63–72
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1988 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Lacerda, L.D., Souza, C.M.M., Pestana, M.H.D. (1988). Geochemical Distribution of Cd, Cu, Cr and Pb in Sediments of Estuarine Areas along the Southeastern Brazilian Coast. In: Seeliger, U., de Lacerda, L.D., Patchineelam, S.R. (eds) Metals in Coastal Environments of Latin America. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71483-2_10
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71483-2_10
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-71485-6
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-71483-2
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive