Predilection of streams for water quality monitoring:

An ecosystem provision service in the Itajaí-Mirim river basin (Brazil)

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https://doi.org/10.18055/Finis28482

Abstract

The Itajaí-Mirim river basin, SC (Brazil) is a reference in the collection of water for public supply compared to the other basins that make up its territory. However, it presents a greater contribution of sanitary sewage throughout its course. In this context, the objective of the present article is to select streams allocated to different land uses and to understand the influence of land use on water quality, as a provision ecosystem service and preponderant to the health of the population. The methodological steps developed for the choice of streams were geoprocessing and field activity, while for the monitoring of water quality, the analysis of physical-chemical parameters was carried out. The results obtained showed that the use of land influences the quality of water in streams, being negative in rural and urban areas, as a chemical and physical contaminant attribute regarding the discharge of untreated effluents into the watercourse; and positive to the potability of water in forested area. It is important to encourage action by the public power for the development of policies and guidelines aimed at territorial planning, whose essential resource for the provision of human activities is in potential degradation.

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Isabel Cristina Bohn Vieira, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, Univali

Doutoranda em Ciências e Tecnologias Ambientais pela Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI). Mestra em Ciências Ambientais pelo Instituto Federal Catarinense (2020), Bióloga, bacharel e licenciada, pelas Universidades, UNOESC e UNERJ (2005/2008), Especialista em Ciências Biológicas e Educação Ambiental (2010). Professora da rede pública municipal de Navegantes (SC). Membro do grupo de Pesquisa Multidisciplinar em Ciências e Geotecnologias do Instituto Federal Catarinense e do Grupo de Conservação dos Ecossistemas Costeiros, da Universidade do Vale do Itajaí.

Vinícius Soares Correa da Costa, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, UNIVALI.

Graduado em Licenciatura Plena em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (2016). Mestrando em Ciências e Tecnologia Ambiental pela Univerdidade do Vale do Itajaí, UNIVALI.

Vivian de Mello Cionek , Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC).

Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (2007) pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Especialização em Gestão Ambiental pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (2011), Mestrado (2010) e Doutorado (2016) em Ciências Ambientais pelo Programa em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais na Universidade Estadual de Maringá.

Joaquim Olinto Branco, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR)

Biólogo, Mestre (1991) e Doutor em Zoologia pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (1996). Doutor em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos (1999) e Pós-Doutorado em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos (2005). Bolsista de Produtividade em Pesquisa do CNPq,

Eduardo Augusto Werneck Ribeiro, Instituto Federal Catarinense (IFC)

Graduação em Geografia pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1999), mestrado em Geografia pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (2004) e doutorado em Geografia pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (2011). Atualmente é professor do Instituto Federal Catarinense (IFC). Lider do Grupo de Pesquisa Multidisciplinar em Ciências e Geotecnologias e coordenador local do Mestrado Profissional em Ensino de Geografia - ProfGEO (Brusque).

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2022-12-30

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Bohn Vieira, I. C., Soares Correa da Costa, V., de Mello Cionek , V., Olinto Branco, J., & Werneck Ribeiro, E. A. (2022). Predilection of streams for water quality monitoring:: An ecosystem provision service in the Itajaí-Mirim river basin (Brazil). Finisterra, 57(121), 95–108. https://doi.org/10.18055/Finis28482

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Vol. 57 No. 121 (2022)

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Thematic Section - Health and territory in a post-pandemic context

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