OrganoMAR
Research Research
Dr. Eliete Zanardi-Lamardo
- Petroleum hydrocarbons
- Organotins
- Petroleum hydrocarbon metabolites in fish bile
- Sewage markers: fecal sterols and pharmaceuticals
- Colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM)
Dr. Gilvan Yogui
- Determination, impact, transport and fate of trace organic contaminants such as petroleum hydrocarbons and persistent organic pollutants in the environment
- Use of molecular markers to investigate organic matter cycling in aquatic ecosystems
- Development of analytical methods for determination of organic compounds in environmental matrices
Leading Projects
- Metals and aromatic hydrocarbons in waters of the Capibaribe estuary
Collaboration Projects
- Oil spill impact on planktonic communities of Pernambuco coast
- CO2 system and interactions with primary and secondary production at São Pedro and São Paulo Archipelago, equatorial Atlantic
- Oil monitoring and bottom up effects in the pelagic food web off Pernambuco
- Oil spill impacts in marine ecosystems along the coast of Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil
- Tropical and South Atlantic: climate-based marine ecosystem prediction for sustainable management
- Ocean acidification and carbon cycling at coastal areas of northern and northeastern Brazil
- Long term ecology of tropical marine ecosystems: connectivity, resilience and sustainable use
Leading Projects
- Persistent organic pollutants in fish from Recife and Salvador, northeastern Brazil
- Identification of sources and fate of organic matter in the Capibaribe estuary using elemental, isotopic and molecular markers
- Laboratory facilities for determination of elemental composition and stable isotopes in organic matter
- Levels of persistent organic pollutants in sediments from Pina Estuary, Recife, Brazil
- Petroleum hydrocarbons in sediment and water samples from the Port of Recife and adjacent coastal areas
- Assessment of fish exposure to PAHs using bile metabolites as a proxy
- Assessment of contamination (petroleum hydrocarbons and organotin compounds) in areas under influence of the ports of Suape and Recife, Brazil
Collaboration Projects
- Active ingredients of antifouling paints: environmental fate, toxicity and bioremediation
- Planktonic communities of the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin
- National Institute of Science and Technology on Tropical Marine Environments
- Health of reef ecosystems exposed to different uses at Suape and Tamandaré (Pernambuco)
- Carbon cycling on the Brazilian coast and export to the open ocean
- Assessment of antifouling paints in major Brazilian commercial harbors