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Brazilian wetlands: their definition, delineation, and classification for research, sustainable management, and protection
(Chichester, 2013-08-15)
Although 20% of Brazilian territory is covered by wetlands, wetland inventories are still incomplete. In 1993, Brazil signed the Ramsar Convention but a coherent national policy for the sustainable management and protection ...
Wetland projects developed in Brazil
(1999-10-19)
The first studies with constructed wetlands undertaken in Brazil were the result of observations made from the Amazon flood plains. The first attempt to use this capacity to change the quality of the water, in the sense ...
The Quebrada Negra wetland study: An approach to understand plant diversity, hydrology, and hydrogeology of high-Andean wetlands
(John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2023)
High-Andean peatlands are high-altitude wetland ecosystems found throughout the arid central Andes of South America. They form through the establishment of specialized grasses and cushion sedges that are well-adapted to ...
Selection of macrophytes and substrates to be used in horizontal subsurface flow wetlands for the treatment of a cheese factory wastewater
(Elsevier, 2020-07)
The aims of this study were to select the most suitable macrophyte species and substrate to be used in horizontal subsurface flow (HSSF) wetlands for the treatment of a local cheese factory wastewater, and to quantify the ...
Selection of macrophytes and substrates to be used in horizontal subsurface flow wetlands for the treatment of a cheese factory wastewater
(Elsevier, 2020-11)
The aims of this study were to select the most suitable macrophyte species and substrate to be used in horizontal subsurface flow (HSSF) wetlands for the treatment of a local cheese factory wastewater, and to quantify the ...
Tsunami effects on Coquimbo Bay wetland water-bird species composition, associated with the 2015 Mw8.4 Illapel earthquake (northern Chile)Tsunami effects associated to the 2015 Mw8.3 Illapel earthquake (north Chile) on the species composition of wetland waterfowl of the Coquimbo Bay
(Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, 2019)
Use of the HDS system (hydric depuration with soils) associated to other constructed wetlands techniques for public water supply
(1999-10-19)
Two projects of water treatment for public water supply were developed and operated by using combined systems of constructed wetlands. One of the projects was carried out in the town of Analandia, Sao Paulo, Brazil and ...
Hybrid constructed wetlands as post-treatment of blackwater: An assessment of the removal of antibiotics
(2021-01-15)
New sanitation systems have been developed to treat, recover energy and nutrients, and permit reuse processes at the source of generation, minimizing water use and flow segregation. Thus, this study was carried out with ...
Inventário, biodiversidade e conservação de áreas úmidas do município de São Leopoldo
(Universidade do Vale do Rio do Sinos, 2003-04-27)
Wetlands are the most productive ecosystems around the world, with enormous ecological, economic and cultural importance for humanity. The wetlands vary in size, from
small to vast areas, however, they are all important ...