Changes in nutrient loads (N, P and Si) in the São Francisco estuary after the construction of dams

The aim of this study was to investigate the post-dam conditions of the loads and yields of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN), orthophosphate (DIP, silicate (DSi) and total phosphorous (TP) in the Lower São Francisco river estuary (NE-Brazil) after the river was regulated to a constant flow by the...

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Main Authors: Paulo Ricardo Petter Medeiros, Bastiaan Adriaan Knoppers, Geórgenes Hilário Cavalcante, Weber Friederichs Landim de Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2011-04-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132011000200022