Transition of an estuarine benthic meiofauna assemblage 1.7 and 2.8 years after a mining disaster

Background Estuaries are transitional coastal ecosystems that are threatened by multiple sources of human pollution. In 2015, mining tailings from an upstream dam failure caused massive metal contamination that impacted benthic assemblages on the Brazilian Rio Doce estuary. Methods In this study, we...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Coppo, Fabiano S. Pais, Tiago O. Ferreira, Ken M. Halanych, Kyle Donnelly, Ana Carolina Mazzuco, Angelo F. Bernardino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2023-03-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/14992.pdf