Foraminiferal Assemblage and Bioindicators for Evaluation of the Anthropogenic Impact in the Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, SE Brazil

In January 2000, Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro experienced a major oil spilling caused by a break down in one PETROBRAS oil pipeline. Over than 1.3 tons of fuel oil escaped into the bay water in the northern region. Studies of foraminiferal taphonomic assemblages in sediment samples collected on...

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Main Authors: Claudia Gutterres Vilela, Mariana Cardoso Macedo, José Antonio Baptista Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2017-09-01
Series:Anuário do Instituto de Geociências
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Online Access:http://www.anuario.igeo.ufrj.br/2017_3/2017_3_386_397.pdf