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Microplastics in water from the confluence of tropical rivers: Overall review and a case study in Paraiba do Sul River basin.

Chemosphere, 2023
Rivers are known for carrying out a fundamental role in the transportation of human debris from continental areas to the marine environment and have been identified as hotspots for plastic pollution.
I. D. Costa, L. Costa, I. Zalmon
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Reply to the comments on Souza et al. (2022) “Recent geomorphological changes in the Paraiba do Sul delta, South America East Coast”

Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment, 2023
Scientific knowledge advances by the discussions on hypotheses, methods, and results, wherein the contradictory plays a positive role developing new theoretical-methodological approaches.
Andreoli de Souza, L. Lämmle, Archimedes Perez Filho, C. Donadio   +3 more
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A solution to the Albian fit challenge between the South American and African plates based on key magmatic and sedimentary events late in the rifting phase in the Pernambuco and Paraíba basins

, 2021
Global, full-fit plate reconstruction models predict a significant presence of oceanic floor in Northeast Brazil and West Africa during Albian time, while rifting was under earlier stages in the Pernambuco and Paraiba basins.
R. D. D. Matos, W. Medeiros, Emanuel Ferraz Jardim de Sá, Camilla Bezerra de Almeida, I. Norton, V. C. Córdoba   +5 more
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Multiple acaricide-resistant Rhipicephalus microplus in the semi-arid region of Paraíba State, Brazil.

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2020
Rhipicephalus microplus is responsible for major economic losses in cattle ranching in Brazil, and the development of multiple acaricide resistance is a major concern to control this ectoparasite. To determine the resistance of R. microplus to acaricides
V. Vilela, T. Feitosa, R. A. Bezerra, G. Klafke, F. Riet-Correa   +4 more
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Urban expansion and its impact on water security: The case of the Paraíba do Sul River Basin, São Paulo, Brazil.

Science of the Total Environment, 2020
Increasing demand for water is one of the most challenging problems that human societies face today and has encouraged new studies to examine water security and water management.
A. Paiva, N. Nascimento, D. Rodriguez, J. Tomasella, Felix Carriello, Fernanda Silva de Rezende   +5 more
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ANÁLISE MORFOMÉTRICA DA BACIA DO ALTO RIO PARAÍBA, REGIÃO SEMIÁRIDA DO ESTADO DA PARAIBA

, 2020
A bacia hidrografica do Alto Rio Paraiba e de grande importância para o uso e gestao dos recursos hidricos no Estado da Paraiba. Em seu alto curso, desde 2017, sao lancadas aguas do Rio Sao Francisco, com o objetivo de perenizar seu curso principal e ...
Patricia da Conceição Dornellas, R. Xavier, Richarde Marques da Silva, V. Seabra   +3 more
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Drought promotes increases in total mercury and methylmercury concentrations in fish from the lower Paraíba do Sul river, southeastern Brazil.

Chemosphere, 2018
Bioaccumulation of mercury and methylmercury in fish represents a serious risk to human beings. Extreme climate events like droughts may increase the trophic transfer of contaminants and net methylation of mercury.
L. S. Azevedo, I. A. Pestana, A. Rocha, A. C. Meneguelli-Souza, C. Lima, M. G. Almeida, W. Bastos, Cristina Maria Magalhães de Souza   +7 more
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