Anthropogenic sources and distribution of phosphorus in sediments from the Jaguaribe River estuary, NE, Brazil

This paper estimates annual P emission to the Jaguaribe River estuary, NE Brazil, responsible for approximately 30% of the country's farmed shrimp production. Emissions increased three times between 2001 and 2006 and reached 43.9 t.year-1. These emissions make aquaculture the third main source...

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Main Authors: RV. Marins, FJ. Paula Filho, SA. Eschrique, LD. Lacerda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842011000400011&lng=en&tlng=en