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Toxicity Identification Evaluation (Phase I) of water and sediment samples from a tropical reservoir contaminated with industrial and domestic effluents

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The Funil Reservoir (Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil) is an environment degraded by constant discharge of nutrients and pollution coming from the most industrialized region of the country. As a consequence of eutrophication, there are continuous cyanobacteria blooms, which cause acute and chronic toxicity to zooplankton. In this context, Phase I of Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE) was performed on Daphnia similis using water and interstitial water from the reservoir, with the aim of identifying classes of compounds responsible for toxicity. The results indicated that water toxicity was due to cyanobacteria resulting from blooms in the reservoir and surfactants. Metals, especially copper, contributed to sediment toxicity. This research is the first attempt to describe the nature of toxicity in this reservoir using this method.

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The authors would like to thank Furnas for supporting the field work, Dr. Arnola Rietzler for the material used in this study, Dr. Antonio Mozeto for laboratory assistance, and CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) for the award of a scholarship.

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    Mariana de F Matos & Ana Lúcia Fonseca

  2. Centro de Recursos Hídricos e Ecologia Aplicada, Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil

    Clarice Maria Rispoli Botta

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Matos, M.F., Botta, C.M.R. & Fonseca, A.L. Toxicity Identification Evaluation (Phase I) of water and sediment samples from a tropical reservoir contaminated with industrial and domestic effluents. Environ Monit Assess 186, 7999–8006 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-014-3982-4

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