Harbors are critical environmentswith strategic economic importance butwith potential environmental impact: health assessment criteria are a key issue. An ecosystemhealth status approach was carried out in Portimão harbour as a case-study. Priority and specific chemical levels in sediments along with their bioavailability in mussels, bioassays and a wide array of biomarkerswere integrated in a biomarker index (IBR index) and the overall data in a weight of evidence (WOE) model. Metals, PAHs, PCBs and HCB were not particularly high compared with sediment guidelines and standards for dredging. Bioavailability was evident for Cd, Cu and Zn. Biomarkers proved more sensitive namely changes of antioxidant responses, metallothioneins and vittellogenin-like proteins. IBR index indicated that site 4 was the most impacted area. Assessment of the health status by WOE approach highlighted the importance of integrating sediment chemistry, bioaccumulation, biomarkers and bioassays and revealed that despite some disturbance in the harbor area, there was also an impact of urban effluents from upstream.

Integrated approach to assess ecosystem health in harbor areas / Bebianno, M. J.; Pereira, C. G.; Rey, F.; Cravo, A.; Duarte, D.; D'Errico, G.; Regoli, Francesco. - In: SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. - ISSN 0048-9697. - STAMPA. - 514:(2015), pp. 92-107. [10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.01.050]

Integrated approach to assess ecosystem health in harbor areas.

REGOLI, Francesco
2015-01-01

Abstract

Harbors are critical environmentswith strategic economic importance butwith potential environmental impact: health assessment criteria are a key issue. An ecosystemhealth status approach was carried out in Portimão harbour as a case-study. Priority and specific chemical levels in sediments along with their bioavailability in mussels, bioassays and a wide array of biomarkerswere integrated in a biomarker index (IBR index) and the overall data in a weight of evidence (WOE) model. Metals, PAHs, PCBs and HCB were not particularly high compared with sediment guidelines and standards for dredging. Bioavailability was evident for Cd, Cu and Zn. Biomarkers proved more sensitive namely changes of antioxidant responses, metallothioneins and vittellogenin-like proteins. IBR index indicated that site 4 was the most impacted area. Assessment of the health status by WOE approach highlighted the importance of integrating sediment chemistry, bioaccumulation, biomarkers and bioassays and revealed that despite some disturbance in the harbor area, there was also an impact of urban effluents from upstream.
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