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<journal-id>0188-4999</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista internacional de contaminación ambiental]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Int. Contam. Ambient]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0188-4999</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0188-49992016000400385</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.20937/rica.2016.32.04.02</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Niveles de metales pesados en sedimentos de la cuenca del río Puyango, Ecuador]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Levels of heavy metals in riverine sediments of the Puyango river basin, Ecuador]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Mora]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Abrahan]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jumbo-Flores]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Diana]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González-Merizalde]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Max]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bermeo-Flores]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Santos Amable]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Loja  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Provincia de Loja ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>11</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>11</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>32</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>385</fpage>
<lpage>397</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0188-49992016000400385&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0188-49992016000400385&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0188-49992016000400385&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen En este estudio se determinaron las concentraciones de Al, Co, Cu, Fe, Hg, Ni, Mn, Pb y Zn en muestras de sedimentos de fondo del río Puyango y de algunos de sus tributarios con el objeto de conocer los factores de enriquecimiento de estos elementos en los sedimentos. Las muestras de sedimento fueron sometidas a digestión ácida utilizando el método EPA 3050B, para luego ser analizadas por espectrofotometría de absorción atómica. Las muestras para el análisis de Hg total fueron digeridas con una mezcla de HNO3, HCl y KMNO4 y determinadas con la técnica de arrastre de vapor frío. Las mayores concentraciones de metales pesados fueron encontradas en los sedimentos colectados en el sector localizado después de la confluencia entre los ríos Calera y Amarillo. Los altos niveles de metales pesados y las bajas concentraciones de Al en los sedimentos de este sector indican que estos últimos están compuestos principalmente de mineral polimetálico, el cual ha sido descargado por las plantas procesadoras de mineral después del proceso de extracción de oro. Los sedimentos de las secciones media y baja del río Puyango se encuentran severamente contaminados con los elementos Hg, Cu, Pb, Zn y Mn, así como moderadamente contaminados con Co y Fe. Las altas concentraciones de Hg, Cu, Pb, Zn, Mn y Fe en los sedimentos de estos ríos pueden tener un efecto adverso para la biota acuática, de acuerdo con los criterios establecidos en normas internacionales.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract In this study the concentrations of Al, Co, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn were determined in bottom sediment samples of the Puyango River and its tributaries with the goal to know the enrichment factors of these elements in the sediments. Bulk sediment samples were digested using the EPA method 3050B and then analyzed by atomic absorption spectrometry. The samples for Hg determinations were digested with a mixture of HNO3, HCl y KMNO4 and then analyzed by the cold-vapor generation technique. The highest concentrations of heavy metals in sediments were found in the sector located after the Calera-Amarillo rivers confluence. The high levels of heavy metals and the low concentrations of Al in the bottom sediments of this sector indicate that these riverine sediments are mainly composed by polymetallic mineral, which has been discharged from the ore processing plants after the gold extraction process. Sediments from the middle and lower Puyango River showed a severe contamination for Hg, Cu, Pb, Zn and Mn, and a moderate contamination for Co and Fe. The high concentrations of Hg, Cu, Pb, Zn, Mn and Fe in the sediments of these rivers can have adverse effects on aquatic biota, according to international guidelines.]]></p></abstract>
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