MICROPLÁSTICOS EM ÁGUA DOCE: CARACTERIZAÇÃO, FONTES E IMPACTOS

Juliana Santos Alves de Souza; DAVID DE ANDRADE COSTA; Carlos Eduardo Veiga de Carvalho; Vanessa Trindade Bittar

doi:10.15628/holos.2024.16150

Autores

Juliana Santos Alves de Souza Instituto Federal Fluminense https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5486-6182
DAVID DE ANDRADE COSTA Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Fluminense https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1814-5892
Carlos Eduardo Veiga de Carvalho Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7704-9588
Vanessa Trindade Bittar Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5658-7363

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15628/holos.2024.16150

Palavras-chave:

Poluição, Microplásticos, Impactos Ambientais, Corpos Hídricos

Resumo

Trabalhos sobre a presença de microplásticos (MPs) em ambientes de água doce vêm ganhando espaço desde 2015. Com isso, esta revisão teve como objetivo elaborar panorama sobre a poluição de ambientes de água doce por MPs. Foi utilizada a base de dados Web of Science (palavras-chave microplástico e água doce) de 2015 a 2023. Os resultados obtidos mostram que os MPs têm menos de cinco milímetros, são expressos em itens/L, seus constituintes mais comuns são polipropileno e polietileno, e fibras são o formato mais comum. As principais fontes referem-se ao lançamento de efluentes domésticos e às atividades industriais. O conhecimento sobre o impacto na saúde humana é limitado. Há efeitos tóxicos na biota e os MPs transportam outros poluentes. Ainda é necessário que as pesquisas avancem para preencher lacunas observadas, para que se tenha um panorama mais completo para futuros estudos e ações para a conservação desses ambientes.

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Biografia do Autor

Juliana Santos Alves de Souza, Instituto Federal Fluminense

Mestra em Desenvolvimento Regional, Ambiente e Políticas Públicas (UFF), Especialista em Gestão e Sustentabilidade de Recursos Hídricos (IFF), Aperfeiçoamento em Complementação Pedagógica em Biologia, Engenheira Ambiental (IFF) e Técnica em Meio Ambiente (IFF).

DAVID DE ANDRADE COSTA, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Fluminense

Engenheiro de Recursos Hídricos e do Meio Ambiente formado pela Universidade Federal Fluminense. Mestre em Sensoriamento Remoto (CAPES 7) pelo Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais. Doutor em Planejamento Energético - área de concentração em Planejamento Ambiental (Recursos Hídricos) - pela COPPE/UFRJ (CAPES 6).

Carlos Eduardo Veiga de Carvalho, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense

Possui graduação em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1989), mestrado em Geociências (Geoquímica) pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (1992), doutorado em Geociências (Geoquímica) pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (1997), Pós-Doutorado no Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (2010). Atualmente é Professor Associado 1 da Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro.

Vanessa Trindade Bittar, Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira

Pós-doutoranda no projeto de cooperação internacional Mission Atlantic (https://missionatlantic.eu)/IEAPM (Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira). Professora colaboradora no Curso de Especialização em Ciências Ambientais em Áreas Costeiras (IFRJ/Campus Arraial do Cabo/ RJ), colaboradora no Laboratório de Ecologia e Recursos Naturais (LCA/UENF/RJ) e pesquisadora-educadora voluntária na Associação Mar Sem Lixo (https://www.marsemlixo.com.br/). Desenvolveu pós-doutorado no LCA/UENF/RJ e pós-doutorado júnior (CAPES/FAPESB) na Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC/Ba). Mestre e doutora em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais (UENF/RJ), bacharel e licenciada em Ciências Biológicas (Unifal/MG).

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