Aims and Place: The Doce River is one of the largest rivers of southeastern Brazil, and has been target of strong environmental impact in recent decades due to mining and farming activities. Influenced by lithological factors and human disturbance, the Doce River has brought chan...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2016/25454
Aims and Place: The increase in greenhouse gas emissions in recent decades, especially CO2, is attributed to the increasing burning of fossil fuels and the expansion of agricultural activities. Therefore, more information should be garnered about the mechanisms that control car...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2015/18144
Trace elements or trace metals are of great interest in environmental studies due to their toxic and cumulative properties in the biological and sedimentary compartments. The discharge area of the Amazon River mouth receives an immense volume of suspended material with adsorbed t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2018/v8i127131
Aims and Place: The variable transparency, temperature, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, pH, total suspended solids (TSS), turbidity and ion balance (Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Cl-, HCO3- + CO32- and SO42-) were measured in surface waters of the Amazon River and Mamiá Lake during the hy...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2017/27897