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Producing valuable information from hydrologic models of nature‐based solutions for water

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, Volume 18, Issue 1, Page 135-147, January 2022., 2022
Abstract Nature‐based solutions (NBS) are an increasingly popular approach to water resources management, with a growing number of projects designed to take advantage of landscape effects on water flow. As NBS for water are developed, producing hydrologic information to inform decisions often requires substantial investment in data acquisition and ...
Kate A. Brauman, Leah L. Bremer, Perrine Hamel, Boris F. Ochoa‐Tocachi, Francisco Roman‐Dañobeytia, Vivien Bonnesoeur, Edwing Arapa, Gena Gammie   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the cytotoxic and genotoxic potential of waters of the Paraíba do Sul River Basin - RJ through the Allium cepa test system

Revista Ambiente & Água, 2020
The public water supply of the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan region is highly dependent on transposition from the Paraíba do Sul River: 70% of the water is diverted to the Piraí River and then passes through a series of other rivers and reservoirs, finally
Emanoelly Barbosa Sacramento, Caroline de Almeida Azevedo, Saulo Tavares Abreu, Helcio Resende Borba, Viviane Moreira de Lim   +4 more
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Spatial Distribution Characteristics and Accessibility Analysis of Characteristic Towns in Guangdong Province Based on Ripley’s K Function

Journal of Mathematics, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Characteristic towns are an essential focus for developing urbanization and implementing rural revitalization in China. Studying the spatial distribution characteristics and influencing factors are of great significance for the scientific and rational cultivation and deployment of characteristic towns and promotion of the integrated development of ...
Zhenjie Liao, Lijuan Zhang, Ding-Xuan Zhou   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The fish fauna of the upper Piraí drainage, a transposed mountain river system in southeastern, Brazil [PDF]

Check List, 2019
An annotated checklist of the ichthyofauna from the upper Piraí river drainage is provided. The Piraí river was a major right-bank tributary of the Paraíba do Sul river, but it has been artificially diverted to the ...
Victor de Brito, Paulo Andreas Buckup
doaj   +3 more sources

Measurement of Urban Expansion and Spatial Correlation of Central Yunnan Urban Agglomeration Using Nighttime Light Data

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
The Central Yunnan Urban Agglomeration (CYUA) is an important zone of western development in China. The clarification of the spatial structure and changing trends in CYUA could help promote the coordinated development of the CYUA and enhance the overall competitiveness of the region.
Enwei Zhang, Huamei Feng, Shuangyun Peng, Akhil Garg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A new species of Phyllodistomum Braun, 1899 (Digenea: Gorgoderidae) from Rhamdia quelen (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1993
Phyllodistomum rhamdiae n. sp. is described based on specimens collected from the urinary bladder of freshwater catfishes, Rhmdia quelen, caught from the Guandu river, outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Suzana B. Amato, J. F. R. Amato
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The recapture of Leptopanchax opalescens (Aplocheiloidei: Rivulidae), a critically endangered seasonal killifish: habitat and aspects of population structure [PDF]

Zoologia (Curitiba), 2020
Leptopanchax opalescens (Myers, 1942) is a small seasonal killifish endemic to coastal drainages in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Leptopanchax opalescens was recaptured in temporary open vegetation pools (22°42.35’S, 43°41.59’W) in the ...
Gustavo H. S. Guedes, Fernando L. K. Salgado, Wagner Uehara, Débora L. de Pavia Ferreira, Francisco G. Araújo   +4 more
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ENVIRONMENT, GEOLOGY - GEOMORPHOLOGY AND WATER AVAILABILITY IN THE GUANDU RIVER BASIN, RIO DE JANEIRO / MEIO AMBIENTE, GEOLOGIA-GEOMORFOLOGIA E DISPONIBILIDADE HÍDRICA NA BACIA HIDROGRÁFICA GUANDU - RIO DE JANEIRO

William Morris Davis - Revista de Geomorfologia, 2022
A Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Guandu/BHG, faz parte do sistema Guandu que é o principal fornecedor de água do Rio de Janeiro/RJ. Atende a mais da metade da população residente na Região Metropolitana desta cidade. Tal sistema está relacionado ao maior complexo de estruturas hidráulicas do Estado e viabiliza a geração de energia elétrica, a criação de uma
PAULO ROBERTO PALHARES REIS JUNIOR, FLÁVIO RODRIGUES DO NASCIMENTO   +1 more
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Suspended matter and nutrient gradients of a small-scale river plume in Sepetiba Bay, SE-Brazil

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2009
Coastal river plumes represent one of the final stages of material transport across the land-sea interface. Most studies, however have focused on the behavior of medium to large sized river plumes of coastal-shelf waters, whereas small sized river plumes
Raphael Paiva Rodrigues, Bastiaan Adriaan Knoppers, Weber Friederichs Landim de Souza, Elisamara Sabadini Santos   +3 more
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[Paths to convergence of interests in depollution of the Guandu River in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil].

Cadernos de saude publica, 2021
In January 2020, the population of Greater Metropolitan Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, suffered deterioration in the quality of the public water supply, caused by the presence of geosmin, which compromised the water treatment process at the Guandu Water Treatment Plant, the only water source in the region.
Debora Cynamon, Kligerman, Sandra Novellino, Sancanari, Joseli Maria Rocha, Nogueira   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source