Influence of effluents from a Wastewater Treatment Plant on nutrient distribution in a coastal creek from southern Brazil

The hypothesis that effluents treated through activated sludge process cause changes in nutrient biogeochemistry of receiving water bodies was investigated in Vieira creek, southern Brazil. Dissolved oxygen, suspended matter, and pH did not vary among the sampling stations. Nutrient, biochemical oxy...

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Main Authors: Isaac Rodrigues Santos, Ronaldo Cataldo Costa, Ubiratan Freitas, Gilberto Fillmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2008-02-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132008000100019