Human pressures degrade the ecological condition of the Upper Graipu River
ABSTRACT Environmental degradation from human pressures includes the conversion of native vegetation cover into pastures and cropland, as well as riparian deforestation, leading to river siltation, biotic homogenization, and loss of ecosystem services. The objective of our study was to evaluate wate...
Main Authors: | Elisangela Cristina da Silva Costa, Marden Seabra Linares, Graziele Wolff de Almeida Carvalho, Patrícia Pereira Gomes, Robert Mason Hughes, Marcos Callisto |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos
2023-12-01
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Series: | Revista Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2318-03312023000100240&tlng=en |
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