The environmental and operational impacts of Curuá-Una, a reservoir in the Amazon region of Pará, Brazil

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 201-216

  Gunkel, Günter ^a   Lange, Uwe ^b   Walde, Detlef ^c   Rosa, Joao W C ^c  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Department of Mathematics Physics and Chemistry   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Curu Una; Dam; Deforestation; Environmental impact; Iron; Mercury; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

DAM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IRON; MERCURY; RESERVOIR;

DAM CONSTRUCTION; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IRON; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RESERVOIR;

BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0842312947     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2003.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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