MAPEAMENTO DA SENSIBILIDADE AMBIENTAL A DERRAMES DE ÓLEO EM ILHABELA, SÃO PAULO
Main Article Content
Abstract
The São Sebastião Island’s littoral band (Ilhabela), which borders the São Sebastião Channel – where is installed the bigger oil terminal with the most intense traffic of oil tankers in Brazil –, constitutes the most oil spilled segment at the São Paulo State northern coast. In the present work, the middle-west segment of this littoral, that displays ecological relevance and significant socio-economical importance, was mapped on scale of 1:10.000 considering its sensitivity to oil spills. Field and laboratory studies, complemented by information from literature, permitted the definition of the environmental sensitivity index (ESI) for different intertidal zone patterns, including sandy and rocky coasts and mangroves. The record of accidents (last 30 years) evidences the northern sandy beaches from the western island’s face as the most susceptible environments to oil spills in the area. Results obtained in this work, that also presents considerations about the whole Ilhabela’s littoral, are useful for contingency and emergency plans, as well as for coastal management.
Downloads
Metrics
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors can enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) before and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (see "The Effect of Open Access").
