Bianchi, AdaltoWood, Christopher2018-03-152018-03-152014-12http://hdl.handle.net/10625/56896The project developed alternative management strategies to guide industrial regulation, human settlement and urban policy in coastal areas, using ecotoxicology modeling (Biotic Ligand Model - BLM) for metal release regulatory purposes, and biomonitoring of water quality. Environmental pollution originating from human activities contaminates estuarine and other coastal areas due to net drainage from the watershed. The report provides a review of project fieldwork in Brazil and Canada, methodology, participants, outcomes, outputs, recommendations and a bibliography of sources. The tools developed in the project were established as reliable and valuable for evaluating water quality and ecosystem health in coastal areas.application/pdfenTOXICOLOGYENVIRONMENTAL POLICYESTUARIESCOASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENTMETALSBRAZILSOUTH AMERICACANADAENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONECOSYSTEMSFinal Technical Report