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Specialized in marine and estuarine environments
Multidisciplinary team with specialized degrees,
Masters and PhDs with wide experience in this market
Company Overview
Incubated Company in Bio-Rio – based out of
The Biotechnology Center, at Rio de Janeiro
Federal University, in Fundão Island
Social-environmental projects
Environmental Studies
• Environmental Impact Studies (EIS)
• Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
• Simplified Environmental Study
• Environmental Basic Plan
• Environmental consulting
• Monitoring Program
• Oceans & Coastal Monitoring
• Courses, trainings, etc.
Sampling
• Water and sediment sampling
• Species Diagnosis
• Sampling Design
Laboratory Analyses
• Sorting and Taxonomy
• Physical/Chemical Water and Sediment Analyses
• Technical Reports
Serviços
Our Services – Environmental Consulting
Social-Environmental Diagnosis
Social Communication
Environmental Education
Our Social-Environmental Services
Benthic Macrofauna Characterization of
Campos’ and Espírito Santo’s Basins
CENPES/ PETROBRAS
Our Main Project
Goal:
To characterize physically, chemically, geologically and biologically
the continental shelf and Slope of the Espírito Santo Basin and a
northern portion of the Campos Basin, making possible the
environmental planning and management of oil and gas activities
in the region.
Part of major project
Field Sampling
Samples collected in summer and winter
70 stations (25 to 3000 m)- 42 deep sea
Field Sampling
Box Corer
Triplicate samples
Macrofauna: 9l in each replicate
Laboratory Methodology
1- Arrival and
check samples2- Washing 3- Sorting
4- Family
Taxonomy
5- Database
6- Specific
taxonomy
Laboratory Methodology
2- Washing
3- Sorting
Laboratory Methodology
Samplefraction
More than 10% oforganisms
Not accepted
Resort sample
Less than 10% of organisms
Accepted
Quality Control
Laboratory Methodology
3- Sorting
Laboratory Methodology
4- Family
Taxonomy
Verão Inverno Verão Inverno
Foz do Rio Doce 10.530 16.953 171 179
Plataforma Continental 28.004 21.455 241 206
Talude e Cânions 61.636 55.548 175 200
RiquezaAbundância
Slope and Canyons
Results
Polychaeta: 45,100 / 37,774
51 Families
Crustacea: 12,466 / 12,241
85 Families
Mollusca: 1,658 / 2,295
45 Families
Miscellania: 2,412 / 3,238
17 Phylum / Classes 1 mm
1 mm
5 mm
1 mm
Abundance Richness
Summer Summer WinterWinter
Mouth of the Doce River
Continental Shelf
Results
Final Considerations
Benthic Macrofauna
Mouth of the Doce River: 27,483 organisms
Continental Shelf: 49,459 organisms
Slope and Canyons: 117,184 organisms
194,126 organisms
Espírito Santo’s Basin and North of theCampos’s Basin
60%
Thiago Emilio Rohr +55 21 99235 0657
Ilana Azevedo Sallorenzo +55 21 98125 1114
Thank You
www.benthosambiental.com.br
