Especiação de metais-traço em sedimentos de florestas de manguezais com Avicennia e Rhizophora Metal speciation under Rhizophora and Avicennia mangles

Abstract

Speciation studies of Fe, Cr, Co, Ni and Cu on reactive fraction (adsorved on oxides, hydroxides, carbonates and clay minerals) and pyrite were performed in Avicennia schaueriana and Rhizophora mangle sediments from Amapá shoreline-Brazil. The soil under Avicennia showed a higher heavy metal concentration in reactive fraction than under Rhizophora. The soil under Rhizophora showed low heavy metal bioavailability, having an increasing association with pyrite across sediment section.

Keywords

• trace metals
• mangroves
• speciation