Challenges and Solutions for Hydrodynamic and Water Quality in Rivers in the Amazon Basin

What is it about?

This research is part of a multidisciplinary research initiative in marine microbiology whose goal is to investigate microbial ecology and marine biogeochemistry in the Amazon River plume. Aspects related to Amazon River fluvial sources impacts on the global carbon cycle of the tropical Atlantic Ocean are investigated within the ROCA project (River-Ocean Continuum of the Amazon). This project is intended to provide an updated and integrated overview of the physical, chemical and biological properties of the continuous Amazon River system, starting at Óbidos, located 800 km from the mouth of the river, and interacting to the discharge influence region at the Atlantic Ocean (Amazon River plume). This geographic focal region includes the coast of the State of Amapá and the north of Marajó archipelago in Northeast Brazilian Amazon.

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