Biogeochemical mechanisms controlling trophic state and micropollutant concentrations in a tropical artificial lake

NY Mar da Costa, GR Boaventura… - Environmental Earth …, 2016 - Springer
Lake Paranoá is a human-made water reservoir created in 1959 together with the new
capital of Brazil (Brasilia). With the demands of urban development, population growth, and …

Spatiotemporal Variation on Water Quality and Trophic State of a Tropical Urban Reservoir: A Case Study of the Lake Paranoá-DF, Brazil

DB da Silva, VR Bellotto, JSB Barbosa, TB Lima - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nutrient enrichment and eutrophication are among the main problems that lead to the
deterioration of water quality in lakes and reservoirs. In this study, spatial and temporal …

[HTML][HTML] Anthropogenic influence on the degradation of an urban lake–The Pampulha reservoir in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

K Friese, G Schmidt, JC de Lena, HA Nalini Jr… - Limnologica, 2010 - Elsevier
The artificial reservoir Lagoa da Pampulha in central Brazil has been increasingly affected
by sediment deposition and pollution from urban and industrial sources. This study …

Water quality of tropical reservoirs in a changingworld—The case of Lake Paranoá, Brasília, Brazil

G Abbt-Braun, H Börnick, CCS Brandão… - … in Brazil; Lorz, C …, 2014 - books.google.com
As a precondition for the general decision on the use of the artificial Lake Paranoá as raw
water resource, as well as the choice of the appropriate water treatment technology, detailed …

Comparative study of mineral and surface waters of Araxá spa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

DM Bonotto, F de Oliveira Thomazini - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2019 - Springer
The natural mineral waters of the springs Dona Beja (DBS) and Andrade Júnior (AJS) from
Araxá city, in the Brazilian State of Minas Gerais (MG), are well known since the nineteenth …

Distribution of heavy metals in sediments of a tropical reservoir in Brazil: Sources and fate

VA Souza, JC Wasserman - Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2015 - Elsevier
Juturnaíba Lake has been utilized for the captation of water to supply over one million
people in the Lakes Region, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The water treatment plant sludges have …

Phytoplankton communities and environmental variables as indicators of ecosystem productivity in a shallow tropical lake

Y Enawgaw, S Wagaw - Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The water quality and ecosystem productivity of a tropical lake in Ethiopia (Lake Arkiet) was
evaluated using phytoplankton and environmental factors. This was to ascertaining the …

Impacts of urban wastewater and hydrogeochemistry of the São Mateus River, Espírito Santo, Brazil

AJB Cotta, LF Duboc, HC de Jesus - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2017 - Springer
The waters of the River São Mateus and its tributaries, Abissínia and Preto do Sul, were
analyzed to evaluate the impacts caused by the direct disposal of untreated domestic …

Seasonal and spatial variations in limnological conditions of a floodplain lake (Lake Catalão) connected to both the Solimões and Negro Rivers, Central Amazonia

JG Brito, LF Alves, HMV Espirito Santo - Acta amazonica, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
Lakes play an important role in biogeochemical, ecological and hydrological processes in
the river-floodplain system. The aim of this study was to evaluate the dynamics of the …

Limnological characterization of floodplain lakes in Mamirauá sustainable development reserve, Central Amazon (Amazonas State, Brazil)

AG Affonso, HL Queiroz, EMLM Novo - Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
AIM: This paper examines the spatial and temporal variation of limnological characteristics
of floodplain lakes in the Solimões and Japurá confluence, an undisturbed region-the …