Ecohydrological disturbances associated with roads: Current knowledge, research needs, and management concerns with reference to the tropics

BC Wemple, T Browning, AD Ziegler, J Celi… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Roads are a pervasive form of disturbance with potential to negatively affect ecohydrological
processes. Some of the most rapid growth in road networks is occurring in developing …

Implications of poor-regulated wastewater treatment systems in the water quality and nutrient fluxes of a subtropical coastal lagoon

A Cabral, MV Bercovich, A Fonseca - Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Sewage treatment is a way of controlling coastal eutrophication worldwide. Yet is it enough
to ensure water quality and avoid the effects of eutrophication? In this study, we hypothesize …

Changes in functional diversity of aquatic invertebrates across urbanization levels in a coastal island, Brazil

AL Lemes da Silva, LCP de Macedo-Soares… - Hydrobiologia, 2024 - Springer
As the world becomes more urbanized, multiple stressors act in complex ways, but their
effects remain poorly studied in coastal island streams. Due to the small length and isolation …

Recent land‐use changes affect stream ecosystem processes in a subtropical island in Brazil

AL Lemes da Silva, WP Lemes, J Andriotti… - Austral …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Land‐use changes such as conversion of natural forest to rural and urban areas have been
considered as main drivers of ecosystem functions decline, and a large variety of indicators …

Effect of urbanization and water quality on microplastic distribution in Conceição Lagoon watershed, Brazil

DG de Castro, AL Lemes da Silva… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
Urbanization in watersheds leads to the introduction of sources of microplastics and other
pollutants in water bodies. However, the effect of urbanization on microplastic pollution and …

Nutrient distribution in a shallow subtropical lagoon, south Brazil, subjected to seasonal hypoxic and anoxic events

G Barros, ALDO Fonseca, AC Santos… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
The Conceição Lagoon, located in south Brazil, is a semi-enclosed coastal ecosystem that
has seasonal hypoxic and anoxic conditions in its vertically stratified central region …

Spatiotemporal variation of bacterial assemblages in a shallow subtropical coastal lagoon in Southern Brazil

MLS Fontes, PC Abreu - Microbial ecology, 2009 - Springer
A study on the bacterioplankton of Conceição Lagoon (27° 34′ S–48° 27′ W), Southern
Brazil, was carried out in July 2005 (austral winter) and January 2006 (austral summer) to …

Bacterioplankton activity in a meso‐eutrophic subtropical coastal lagoon

ML Schmitz Fontes, H Fernandes… - International Journal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to investigate whether the bacterioplankton activity in the meso‐
eutrophic Conceição Lagoon would increase significantly under allochthonous inputs of …

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A Fonseca, JP Dreyer, AHM Gonçalves Neto, ML Bedin… - guiase.s3.amazonaws.com
As atividades humanas contribuem para o aumento de nutrientes na interface terra-mar e
favorece a proliferação excessiva de microalgas na coluna d'água, acumulando matéria …

[PDF][PDF] Research Article Bacterioplankton Activity in a Meso-eutrophic Subtropical Coastal Lagoon

MLS Fontes, H Fernandes, M Brandão… - 2018 - academia.edu
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