Marine Pollution-Environmental Indicators in Marine Meiofauna from Brazil

To assess the primary stresses that affect environmental quality, recent benthic foraminiferal distribution in Brazilian domestic outfalls of Baixada Santista, Sao Paulo State (Santos Bay, Long Beach, Gurauja Cove), close to oil refineries in Todos Santos Bay (BA), Guanabara Bay (RJ), and Sao Sebastiao Channel, and from environments polluted by pesticides in Laguna (SC) were compared through foraminifera species in 250 sediment samples.