Articles | Volume 377
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-377-3-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-377-3-2018
16 Apr 2018
 | 16 Apr 2018

A multi-approach and multi-scale study on water quantity and quality changes in the Tapajós River basin, Amazon

Rodolfo Luiz Bezerra Nóbrega, Gabriele Lamparter, Harold Hughes, Alphonce Chenjerayi Guzha, Ricardo Santos Silva Amorim, and Gerhard Gerold

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Part of the data used to produce the results described in the paper "A multi-approach and multi-scale study on water quantity and quality changes in the Tapajós River basin, Amazon", published in PIAHS Rodolfo Luiz Bezerra Nóbrega https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/UCDE7

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Short summary
We analyzed the impacts of deforestation on water quantity and quality in the Tapajós River, one of the main tributaries of the Amazon River. To that end, we used data from 2 years of fieldwork as well other state-of-the-art techniques in small and large areas of this study area. We found changes in water quality and quantity across small and large portions of this area. Our results show that some impacts of deforestation usually observed in small streams are also affecting the major river.