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7767286 
Journal Article 
in Brazilian Mangroves 
Costa, LN; Alves, LS 
2006 
Yes 
Journal of Coastal Research
ISSN: 0749-0208
EISSN: 1551-5036 
Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Inc. 
1459-1462 
[The Brazilian coastline has been subject to innumerous accidents with petroleum and its derivatives. They have occurred during loading and/or unloading of petroleum, washing of petroleum tanks with seawater, collisions and shipwrecks resulting in cargo loss. The behavior of the spilt petroleum hydrocarbonates, mainly in the vulnerable mangroves, has been the object of intense research. This is a fragile ecosystem, which, in contact with such products, is submitted to a series of complex processes including the dispersion of these pollutants. The response of the pollutants depends on the receiving environment, on the physical and chemical characteristics of the pollutant, as well as the dynamics of the affected ecosystem. This study attempts to expand knowledge on the effects of petroleum hydrocarbonates in the reproductive cycle of Avicenia shaueriana, Rizophora mangle, and Laguncularia racemosa in diverse stages of maturity. 3 bio-indicators were used: flowering, fruiting, and embryo. Results were obtained from an environmental evaluation after an accident had occurred during the unloading of petroleum. It was followed by a monitoring campaign over a period of twelve months in Ponta do Padre mangrove, located on the Island of Bom Jesus dos Pobres, state of Bahia, Brazil. Rizophora mangle was the only species of mangrove to prove vulnerable to hydrocarbon contact and suffered modifications in its reproductive cycle.]