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Company Overview Specialized in marine and estuarine environments Social-environmental projects Multidisciplinary team with specialized degrees, Masters and PhDs with wide experience in this market Incubated Company in Bio-Rio – based out of The Biotechnology Center, at Rio de Janeiro Federal University, in Fundão Island

Serviços Our Services – Environmental Consulting Environmental Studies • Environmental Impact Studies (EIS) • Environmental Impact Report (EIR) • Simplified Environmental Study • Environmental Basic Plan • Environmental consulting • Monitoring Program • Oceans & Coastal Monitoring • Courses, trainings , etc. Sampling • Water and sediment sampling • Species Diagnosis • Sampling Design Laboratory Analyses • Sorting and Taxonomy • Physical/Chemical Water and Sediment Analyses • Technical Reports

Our Social-Environmental Services Social-Environmental Diagnosis Social Communication Environmental Education

Our Main Project Benthic Macrofauna Characterization of Campos’ and Espírito Santo’s Basins CENPES/ PETROBRAS Part of major project Goal: To characterize physically, chemically, geologically and biologically the continental shelf and Slope of the Espírito Santo Basin and a northern portion of the Campos Basin, making possible the environmental planning and management of oil and gas activities in the region.

Field Sampling Samples collected in summer and winter 70 stations (25 to 3000 m)- 42 deep sea

Field Sampling Box Corer Triplicate samples Macrofauna: 9l in each replicate

Laboratory Methodology 1- Arrival and 2- Washing 3- Sorting check samples 5- Database 4- Family Taxonomy 6- Specific taxonomy

Laboratory Methodology 2- Washing

Laboratory Methodology 3- Sorting

Laboratory Methodology Quality Control 3- Sorting Sample fraction More than 10% of Less than 10% of organisms organisms Not accepted Accepted Resort sample

Laboratory Methodology 4- Family Taxonomy

Results Abundância Riqueza Richness Abundance Summer Winter Summer Winter Verão Inverno Verão Inverno Mouth of the Doce River Foz do Rio Doce 10.530 16.953 171 179 Continental Shelf Plataforma Continental 28.004 21.455 241 206 Slope and Canyons Talude e Cânions 61.636 55.548 175 200 Polychaeta: 45,100 / 37,774 51 Families Crustacea: 12,466 / 12,241 85 Families Mollusca: 1,658 / 2,295 45 Families Miscellania: 2,412 / 3,238 1 mm 1 mm 17 Phylum / Classes 1 mm 5 mm

Results

Final Considerations Benthic Macrofauna Mouth of the Doce River: 27,483 organisms Continental Shelf: 49,459 organisms Slope and Canyons: 117,184 organisms 60% 194,126 organisms Espírito Santo’s Basin and North of the Campos’s Basin

Thank You www.benthosambiental.com.br Thiago Emilio Rohr +55 21 99235 0657 Ilana Azevedo Sallorenzo +55 21 98125 1114