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Experimental Rehabilitation of Three Concrete, Urban Stretches Streams Through Biophilic Interventions Designed: Environmental Evaluations
(2021-01-01)
In this study, we assumed that river rehabilitation refers to a set of ecological and managing actions aimed to recuperate the natural conditions of a river system to sustain biodiversity, permit recreational uses, manage ...
Water quality assessment of a polluted urban river
(Inderscience Publishers, 2013-10)
Urban rivers in Latin America are heavily impacted by human activities that affect their functions and services. This paper shows the results of a water quality assessment for the Reconquista River, the second most polluted ...
Dissolved carbon in an urban area of a river in the Brazilian Amazon
(SPRINGER, 2011)
The main objective of this study was to evaluate dissolved organic and inorganic carbon dynamics along upstream and downstream reaches of the Acre River draining the city of Rio Branco, in the state of Acre, Brazil. Dissolved ...
Urban occupation increases water toxicity of an important river in central BrazilOcupação urbana aumenta a toxicidade da água de um importante Rio no Brasil central
(2020-03-05)
Meia Ponte River supplies water for two million people in Goiás State, Brazil. Despite its importance, the Meia Ponte River faces serious environmental problems such as the disposal of domestic and industrial effluents, ...
Diagnóstico ambiental do rio corumbataí em trecho urbano do município de rio claro, SP
(2010-12-01)
The environmental analysis is an important tool used in forecasting and mitigation of environmental problems. Focusing on the occupation of marginal areas of the Corumbataí River in an urban stretch in the city of Rio Claro ...
Urban rivers and channelization policies
(Editora da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia - EDUFU, 2022-01-24)
Most of the watercourses in the city of Presidente Prudente, state of São Paulo, Brazil, are channeled, and many others are inaccessible to the population. The city’s watercourses are degraded with silted beds, intense ...
Limnology and water quality in La Plata basin (South America) – Spatial patterns and major stressors
(2021-01-01)
The La Plata Basin (LPB) is a continental river-system, extending across five countries in South America. The study intended to discriminate limnological and water quality macroscale patterns and the determinants. Samplings ...
Ichthyofauna diet changes in response to urbanization: the case of upper Paranapanema River basin (Brazil)
(2018-08-01)
Alterations in stream environments can alter fish food availability, but there is little research data related to the impacts of urbanization on fish diets in tropical streams. Thus, we sought to compare the diet of ten ...
On site flotation for recovering polluted aquatic systems: is it a feasible solution for a Brazilian urban river?
(IWA PUBLISHING, 2010)
Pinheiros River (Brazil) plays a pivotal role in supplying water to Billings Reservoir, which presents multiple uses (human drinking, energy generation, irrigation, navigation, fishing and leisure) An intense monitoring ...