Impact Assessment of Sewage of Brazilian Antarctic Station on the Plasma Constituents of Antarctic Fish Notothenia Rossii

Abstract

e burning of fossil fuels, sewage dumping and leakage of combustible oil has been polluting Antarctica around the scienti c stations and ship anchoring locations. e present work evaluated the e ect of sewage e uent of Antarctic Station Commandant Ferraz (EACF) on the plasmatic levels of glucose, triglycerides, cholesterol, total proteins, albumin and globulins of Antarctic sh Notothenia rossii. e bioassays were conducted with e uent from the sewage processing station of EACF diluted in seawater. In the presence of sewage, glucose, triglycerides, total proteins and globulins reduced in the plasma of N. rossii, where as albumin and cholesterol increased. In this case, the reduction of energy metabolites (glucose and triglycerides) plasmatic levels can be related with the rise in energy demand of N. rossii induced by the sewage.