TY - JOUR
T1 - Peruvian marine ecosystems under metal contamination
T2 - First insights for marine species consumption and sustainable management
AU - Loaiza, I.
AU - De Boeck, G.
AU - De Troch, M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was conducted in the frame of the MACOPS project ( https://macopsproject.wordpress.com ) and was supported and financed by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica ( CONCYTEC ), Peru. Contrato 214-2015-FONDECYT . The research leading to the results (i.e. fatty acids) presented in this publication was carried out with infrastructure funded by EMBRC Belgium - FWO International Research Infrastructure I001621N . The fatty acid profiling was also supported by Special Research Fund of Ghent University (BOF-UGent) in the form of the starting grant ‘Energy transfer at the basis of marine food webs in a changing world’ awarded to the last author. Sincere thanks to Giuliana S. Samaniego and Stella M. Hartinger for their comments and suggestions to help to improve the human health section (i.e. Improving feeding practices and nutrition of Peruvians) of this study. We would like to also thank to Renata A.M.S. that helped with the ArcGIS of this publication, and Bruno Vlaeminck (UGent), Steven Joosen and Valentine Mubiana (UAntwerp) for their help with the chemical analyses.
Funding Information:
This study was conducted in the frame of the MACOPS project (https://macopsproject.wordpress.com) and was supported and financed by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnolog?a e Innovaci?n Tecnol?gica (CONCYTEC), Peru. Contrato 214-2015-FONDECYT. The research leading to the results (i.e. fatty acids) presented in this publication was carried out with infrastructure funded by EMBRC Belgium - FWO International Research Infrastructure I001621N. The fatty acid profiling was also supported by Special Research Fund of Ghent University (BOF-UGent) in the form of the starting grant ?Energy transfer at the basis of marine food webs in a changing world? awarded to the last author. Sincere thanks to Giuliana S. Samaniego and Stella M. Hartinger for their comments and suggestions to help to improve the human health section (i.e. Improving feeding practices and nutrition of Peruvians) of this study. We would like to also thank to Renata A.M.S. that helped with the ArcGIS of this publication, and Bruno Vlaeminck (UGent), Steven Joosen and Valentine Mubiana (UAntwerp) for their help with the chemical analyses.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2022/6/20
Y1 - 2022/6/20
N2 - Scientific research addressing environmental conditions of aquatic ecosystems has high priority in Peru. Nevertheless, there is a lack of knowledge on environmental contamination of Peruvian marine ecosystems. To address this knowledge gap, this review article summarizes the available information in order to estimate the environmental health status (EHS) of Peruvian marine ecosystems. In this study, none of the studied Peruvian marine ecosystems could be rated as EHS-good, and the southernmost locations showed the most degraded conditions and a low EHS. Freshwater and brackish ecosystems contribute to the overall metal concentrations in Peruvian marine ecosystems. Environmental contamination and stressors are also reaching the Peruvian Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). The management of coastal marine areas and MPAs in Peru should be urgently re-formulated. This study also identifies the optimal bio-monitoring approach in the current economic situation in Peru, and how marine research studies can support adjacent fields, e.g. nutrition and human health.
AB - Scientific research addressing environmental conditions of aquatic ecosystems has high priority in Peru. Nevertheless, there is a lack of knowledge on environmental contamination of Peruvian marine ecosystems. To address this knowledge gap, this review article summarizes the available information in order to estimate the environmental health status (EHS) of Peruvian marine ecosystems. In this study, none of the studied Peruvian marine ecosystems could be rated as EHS-good, and the southernmost locations showed the most degraded conditions and a low EHS. Freshwater and brackish ecosystems contribute to the overall metal concentrations in Peruvian marine ecosystems. Environmental contamination and stressors are also reaching the Peruvian Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). The management of coastal marine areas and MPAs in Peru should be urgently re-formulated. This study also identifies the optimal bio-monitoring approach in the current economic situation in Peru, and how marine research studies can support adjacent fields, e.g. nutrition and human health.
KW - Environmental health status
KW - Future foods
KW - Malnutrition
KW - Marine
KW - Metal contamination
KW - Peru
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85125522413&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154132
DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154132
M3 - Artículo de revisión
C2 - 35227719
AN - SCOPUS:85125522413
SN - 0048-9697
VL - 826
JO - Science of the Total Environment
JF - Science of the Total Environment
M1 - 154132
ER -
