12 research outputs found
Spatial patterns of water quality in Xingu River Basin (Amazonia) prior to the Belo Monte dam impoundment
Limnological and ecological methods: approaches, and sampling strategies for middle Xingu River in the area of influence of future Belo Monte Power Plant
Record of the occurrence of dinoflagellate Ceratium furcoides in a fish farming lake located in the countryside of São Carlos (SP, Brazil)
Record of the occurrence of dinoflagellate Ceratium furcoides in a fish farming lake located in the countryside of S\ue3o Carlos (SP, Brazil)
Limnological and ecological methods: approaches, and sampling strategies for middle Xingu River in the area of influence of future Belo Monte Power Plant
Abstract In this paper the authors describe the limnological approaches, the sampling methodology, and strategy adopted in the study of the Xingu River in the area of influence of future Belo Monte Power Plant. The river ecosystems are characterized by unidirectional current, highly variable in time depending on the climatic situation the drainage pattern an hydrological cycle. Continuous vertical mixing with currents and turbulence, are characteristic of these ecosystems. All these basic mechanisms were taken into consideration in the sampling strategy and field work carried out in the Xingu River Basin, upstream and downstream the future Belo Monte Power Plant Units