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Bivalves como biomonitores ambientais: uma revisão de literatura
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This literature review (2016-2021) examines bivalves as environmental biomonitors, highlighting their utility in detecting a wide range of contaminants including microplastics, heavy metals, and pharmaceuticals due to their filter-feeding, sedentary lifestyle and capacity to bioaccumulate pollutants from surrounding water.
Os bivalves são filtradores, bentônicos, em sua maioria sésseis, e durante seu ciclo de vida podem acumular substâncias presentes na água, independente da importância nutricional. Essas características fazem com que os bivalves sejam muito utilizados como biomonitores ambientais. Este trabalho apresenta revisão de literatura (2016-2021) sobre a utilização dos bivalves como biomonitores ambientais. Além de diagnósticos sobre a presença de substâncias contaminantes no ambiente (metais, semimetais, poluentes orgânicos persistentes, componentes farmacêuticos, e microplásticos), o biomonitoramento ambiental por meio de bivalves permite avaliar alterações de parâmetros da água, tais como alcalinidade e temperatura. A análise da literatura disponível revelou que a viabilidade de utilização desses animais no monitoramento ambiental depende dos fatores a serem monitorados e da espécie selecionada.
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