Quality changes of fluvial sediments impacted by urban effluents in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, southernmost Patagonia

• Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Diodato, Soledad Lorena, Gonzalez Garraza, Gabriela Carolina, Mansilla, Paula Romina, Moretto, Alicia Susana, Escobar, Julio Martin, Méndez López, Melissa, Gómez Armesto, Antía, Marcovecchio, Jorge Eduardo, Nóvoa Muñoz, Juan Carlos
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: EUTROPHICATION; NOTHOFAGUS FORESTS; NUTRIENTS; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; SNOWMELT; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Austral; Patagonia; Argentina; Gonzalez; Esperanza; Ushuaia; Antártida; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/125828

Bottom sediments play a fundamental role in the eutrophication process because they are one of the most active compartments in the biogeochemical cycle of nutrients. In Ushuaia city, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, sewage effluents have been discharged into natural watercourses without treatment for ma...