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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Estudo da qualidade ambiental do reservatÃrio pentecoste por meio do Ãndice de estado trÃfico modificado / study of environmental quality of reservoir by Pentecost Trophic State Index

Rafael Reis Alencar Oliveira 12 May 2009 (has links)
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst / A crescente preocupaÃÃo com a manutenÃÃo da qualidade ambiental das fontes hÃdricas no Cearà remete à intensa degradaÃÃo dos reservatÃrios pelo fenÃmeno da eutrofizaÃÃo, que resulta do enriquecimento acelerado de nutrientes, provenientes, particularmente, dos lanÃamentos de efluentes de zonas rurais, urbanas e industriais. O fato da Ãgua se apresentar como principal fator limitante do desenvolvimento e melhoria do bem-estar das populaÃÃes do Semi-Ãrido, naturalmente insuficientes em suas disponibilidades hÃdricas, marca a importÃncia de se melhor compreender esse fenÃmeno, a fim de se manter os possÃveis usos dessas fontes hÃdricas, jà que para todo e qualquer uso existe um padrÃo de qualidade que deve ser respeitado. Este trabalho pretendeu estudar o comportamento dos indicadores da qualidade da Ãgua do reservatÃrio Pentecoste, Estado do CearÃ, buscando identificar as principais transformaÃÃes nos seus nÃveis trÃficos por meio do mÃtodo de cÃlculo do Ãndice de Estado TrÃfico Modificado. Como perspectiva de anÃlise se utilizou a variabilidade temporal e espacial das informaÃÃes limnolÃgicas disponÃveis para os anos de 2001 a 2008. O resultado desta anÃlise demonstrou que os teores de fÃsforo total, ortofosfato solÃvel e clorofila a se mantiveram bem elevados, indicando atà mesmo a tendÃncia do aÃude Pentecoste ao alto grau de eutrofizaÃÃo. O comportamento desses indicadores foi bem relacionado aos processos hidrolÃgicos do reservatÃrio, particularmente ao regime pluviomÃtrico, que determinou fortemente a variabilidade da qualidade da Ãgua durante o perÃodo estudado, apontando, inclusive, os anos de 2004 e 2006 como crÃticos. Para classificaÃÃo do estado trÃfico, o uso dos indicadores se mostrou bem adequado, devido à boa relaÃÃo de causa e efeito entre estes, e a relaÃÃo nitrogÃnio e fÃsforo total indicou o fÃsforo como elemento limitante do desenvolvimento fitoplanctÃnico neste reservatÃrio. A caracterizaÃÃo do aÃude Pentecoste em relaÃÃo ao IETM determinou a predominÃncia do estado eutrÃfico, com leve tendÃncia a hipertrofizaÃÃo, principalmente nos perÃodos de maior pluviometria. A relaÃÃo da distribuiÃÃo temporal e espacial do regime pluviomÃtrico com a tendÃncia do estado trÃfico evidenciou o impacto das Ãguas drenadas das chuvas como catalisador do processo de eutrofizaÃÃo, ressaltando, nesse sentido, que as formas de uso e ocupaÃÃo das Ãreas de entorno desse reservatÃrio podem interferir diretamente na qualidade do mesmo. Quanto à dispersÃo espacial do IETM conclui-se que hà certa tendÃncia de agravamento da qualidade das Ãguas com a proximidade da barragem do aÃude e do municÃpio de Pentecoste, padrÃo que muda consideravelmente para os perÃodos chuvosos. Por fim, o estudo apontou que tanto a regularidade e intensidade amostral como a distribuiÃÃo espacial das coletas podem influenciar diretamente na classificaÃÃo do estado trÃfico de um corpo hÃdrico e no entendimento dos processos hidrolÃgicos deste reservatÃrio. The growing concern with the maintenance of the environmental quality of water sources in Cearà refers to the intense degradation of reservoir through the eutrophication phenomenon, which results in an accelerated enrichment of nutrients from, particularly, the release of effluents from rural, urban and industrial zones. The fact of water presents as the main factor limiting of development and improvement of welfare of people in Semi- Arid, naturally insufficient in their water availability, marks the importance of the better understanding of this phenomenon in order to keep the possible uses of these water sources, as for any kind of use, there is a standard which should be respect. This study intended to examine the behavior of the indicators of water quality at Pentecoste reservoir, Cearà State, seeking to identify the main changes in their trophic levels using the method of calculating the Trophic State Index Modified. As a perspective of analysis, is used the spatial and temporal variability of limnological information available for the years 2001 to 2008. The result of this analysis showed that the levels of total phosphorus, soluble orthophosphate and chlorophyll a remained high, indicating even the tendency of the weir Pentecoste high eutrophication. The behavior of these indicators was related to hydrological processes of the reservoir, particularly the rainfall regime, with strongly determinate the variability of water quality during the study period, indicating even the years 2004 and 2006 as critical. For the classification of the trophic estate, the use of indicators was well suited because of the good relationship of cause and effect between them, and the nitrogen and phosphorus indicated the total phosphorus as a limiting phytoplankton development in the reservoir. The characterization of the dam on Pentecoste IETM determined the predominance of eutrophic state, with a slight tendency of hypereutrophic, especially in periods of higher rainfall. The relationship of temporal and spatial distribution of rainfall regime with the trend of trophic state showed the impact of the rain water drainage systems as a catalyst in the process of eutrophication, emphasizing, in this sense, that the forms of use and occupancy of the areas surrounding the reservoir may interfere directly in the quality of it. As the spatial dispersion of IETM concludes that there is a trend of deterioration of water quality in the vicinity of dam and the dam and the city of Pentecoste, that pattern changed considerably for the rainy periods. Finally, the study showed that both the frequency and intensity as the sample distribution of collections can directly influence the classification of the trophic state of a water body and the understanding of hydrological processes in this reservoir. / The growing concern with the maintenance of the environmental quality of water sources in Cearà refers to the intense degradation of reservoir through the eutrophication phenomenon, which results in an accelerated enrichment of nutrients from, particularly, the release of effluents from rural, urban and industrial zones. The fact of water presents as the main factor limiting of development and improvement of welfare of people in Semi- Arid, naturally insufficient in their water availability, marks the importance of the better understanding of this phenomenon in order to keep the possible uses of these water sources, as for any kind of use, there is a standard which should be respect. This study intended to examine the behavior of the indicators of water quality at Pentecoste reservoir, Cearà State, seeking to identify the main changes in their trophic levels using the method of calculating the Trophic State Index Modified. As a perspective of analysis, is used the spatial and temporal variability of limnological information available for the years 2001 to 2008. The result of this analysis showed that the levels of total phosphorus, soluble orthophosphate and chlorophyll a remained high, indicating even the tendency of the weir Pentecoste high eutrophication. The behavior of these indicators was related to hydrological processes of the reservoir, particularly the rainfall regime, with strongly determinate the variability of water quality during the study period, indicating even the years 2004 and 2006 as critical. For the classification of the trophic estate, the use of indicators was well suited because of the good relationship of cause and effect between them, and the nitrogen and phosphorus indicated the total phosphorus as a limiting phytoplankton development in the reservoir. The characterization of the dam on Pentecoste IETM determined the predominance of eutrophic state, with a slight tendency of hypereutrophic, especially in periods of higher rainfall. The relationship of temporal and spatial distribution of rainfall regime with the trend of trophic state showed the impact of the rain water drainage systems as a catalyst in the process of eutrophication, emphasizing, in this sense, that the forms of use and occupancy of the areas surrounding the reservoir may interfere directly in the quality of it. As the spatial dispersion of IETM concludes that there is a trend of deterioration of water quality in the vicinity of dam and the dam and the city of Pentecoste, that pattern changed considerably for the rainy periods. Finally, the study showed that both the frequency and intensity as the sample distribution of collections can directly influence the classification of the trophic state of a water body and the understanding of hydrological processes in this reservoir.
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Reservoir eutrophication in the semiarid region: vulnerability and biomanipulation / EutrofizaÃÃo de aÃudes no semiÃrido: vulnerabilidade e biomanipulaÃÃo

Mario Cesar Wiegand 01 April 2015 (has links)
CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / Com o crescente aumento da demanda de Ãgua e a preocupaÃÃo de que a oferta estabelecida nÃo consiga suprir esse consumo, torna-se necessÃria a conservaÃÃo da quantidade e, principalmente, da qualidade da Ãgua disponÃvel, especialmente em regiÃes semiÃridas como o Nordeste brasileiro (NEB), onde esse recurso à escasso. As principais causas da poluiÃÃo da pequena aÃudagem no semiÃrido sÃo: a presenÃa de animais nas margens dos aÃudes, onde defecam e urinam; os efluentes domÃsticos (e.g. lavagem de roupas, Ãguas utilizadas nas atividades domÃsticas); o desmatamento da mata ciliar, que protegeria os aÃudes contra o assoreamento e a entrada de matÃria orgÃnica; a presenÃa de lixo ao ar livre; e o uso de insumos agrÃcolas que contribuem para o processo de eutrofizaÃÃo. Por sua vez, a principal caracterÃstica do processo de eutrofizaÃÃo à o excesso de nutrientes nos corpos dâÃgua, apresentando grandes oscilaÃÃes de crescimento e mortandade de algas e macrÃfitas. AtravÃs da continuidade do processo, hà o acÃmulo de matÃria morta na regiÃo mais profunda desses ambientes, causando o aumento do metabolismo de bactÃrias que ocasiona a mortandade de peixes e outros organismos pela falta ou diminuiÃÃo de oxigÃnio, acrescentando-se, ainda, o fato da produÃÃo de toxinas, por algas cianofÃceas, ser prejudicial à biota e à saÃde humana. Diante disso, estudos que estimem o aporte de nutrientes tornam-se impostergÃveis para que, a partir daÃ, medidas que auxiliem na recuperaÃÃo de reservatÃrios eutrofizados possam ser tomadas. Entre tais medidas hà a biomanipulaÃÃo. Esta à uma ferramenta biolÃgica e o seu preceito basilar consiste na utilizaÃÃo de organismos aquÃticos (e.g. peixes), no sentido de melhorar a qualidade do ecossistema aquÃtico. Pergunta de Partida: à possÃvel tratar um aÃude eutrofizado usando biomanipulaÃÃo No caso afirmativo, quais as particularidades para um aÃude no semiÃrido, principalmente no que tange a sua ictiofauna a qual apresenta maior riqueza de espÃcies, estoques com dominÃncia de peixes onÃvoros e onde a reproduÃÃo dos peixes ocorre durante todo o ano? Assim sendo, com o escopo de responder as aludidas questÃes a presente tese foi dividida em duas partes: a primeira compara o estado de eutrofizaÃÃo e suas provÃveis causas em dois reservatÃrios tropicais, um em clima Ãmido (La Juventud, Cuba) e o outro em clima semiÃrido (Marengo, Brasil). ApÃs estimar o estado trÃfico dos dois reservatÃrios nas estaÃÃes chuvosa e seca, avaliou-se a influÃncia hidrolÃgica e de uso do solo sobre o grau de trofia dos lagos. Concluiu-se que o lago tropical semiÃrido encontrava-se eutrÃfico, enquanto que o lago Ãmido encontrava-se mesotrÃfico. Considerando-se que hà similitude entre os usos do solo nas duas bacias e que, na estaÃÃo chuvosa, o aporte de nutrientes na bacia Ãmida à consideravelmente superior ao da bacia semiÃrida, o maior estado trÃfico da bacia seca sur-preende. A variÃvel que melhor explica esse fenÃmeno à o tempo de residÃncia da Ãgua, que influencia diretamente o tempo de residÃncia do fÃsforo no lago. O elevado tempo de residÃncia da Ãgua na bacia semiÃrida (trÃs vezes superior ao do lago Ãmido) deve-se tanto ao reduzido coeficiente de escoamento superficial (93 versus 595 mm anuais na bacia Ãmida) quanto à excessiva evaporaÃÃo da Ãgua armazenada no reservatÃrio seco (1,2 vezes superior à do reservatÃrio Ãmido). Esses resultados indicam que lagos semiÃridos sÃo mais vulnerÃveis à eutrofizaÃÃo que lagos Ãmidos nos perÃodos de estio e que, portanto, o manejo de suas bacias deve ser mais restritivo à produÃÃo de nutrientes; consoante a segunda parte, essa retrata em particular a questÃo da biomanipulaÃÃo. Nesse sentido, em mesocosmos experimentais de 2.000 L, foram delineados seis tratamentos para avaliar o efeito de duas espÃcies onÃvoras (tilÃpia do Nilo â Oreochromis niloticus e piaba â Astyanax bimaculatus) sobre Ãguas eutrÃficas. Observou-se, ainda, a influÃncia do sedimento como fonte de nutriente para o processo de eutrofizaÃÃo. Os tratamentos avaliados foram: 1. Oreochromis niloticus sem sedimento; 2. Oreochromis niloticus com sedimento; 3. Oreochromis niloticus + Astyanax bimaculatus sem sedimento; 4. Oreochromis niloticus + Astyanax bimaculatus com sedimento; 5. Astyanax bimaculatus sem sedimento e; 6. Astyanax bimaculatus com sedimento. Cada ensaio foi conduzidos por 45 dias. Coletas dâÃgua foram realizadas a cada 15 dias. Foram feitas anÃlises de fÃsforo total, ortofosfato, clorofila a e nitrogÃnio total, sendo este analisado somente no inÃcio e final de cada tratamento. As concentraÃÃes de oxigÃnio dissolvido, temperatura, pH e transparÃncia de Secchi foram feitas in situ. No sedimento realizou-se anÃlises de pH, concentraÃÃo de Ãons e nutrientes tais como Ca2+, Mg2+, Al3+, ferro, fÃsforo assimilÃvel e anÃlise granulomÃtrica. Para se estimar o grau de trofia da Ãgua dos tratamentos foi aplicado o Ãndice de estado trÃfico (IET) de Toledo Jr. et al. (1983). DiferenÃas entre os IETs foram calculadas conforme Carlson (1991). Fez-se, ainda, a anÃlise do teor de fÃsforo total nos peixes. Os resultados sugeriram que os sistemas que continham tilÃpias do Nilo apresentaram baixa eficiÃncia na recuperaÃÃo de Ãguas eutrofizadas. O IET mÃdio obtido nesses ensaios mostrou que a Ãgua manteve-se sempre eutrÃfica. Os tratamentos com piabas mostraram uma melhor eficiÃncia no controle da eutrofizaÃÃo. O IET mÃdio obtido nesses ensaios revelou que a Ãgua passou de eutrÃfica para mesotrÃfica, ao final dos mesmos. Contudo, os resultados encontrados pelas diferenÃas dos IETs nÃo confirmam que as piabas foram sozinhas as principais responsÃveis por esse fato. O mesmo pode ter sido influenciado, tambÃm, pela luz e pela temperatura. Quanto ao teor de fÃsforo total, para os espÃcimes advindos dos tratamentos, a tilÃpia apresentou bioacumulaÃÃo superior ao encontrado nas piabas. Todavia, os resultados foram antagÃnicos para os espÃcimes oriundos diretamente da natureza. Em suma, foram avaliados aspectos da biomanipulaÃÃo de duas espÃcies onÃvoras; o Oreochromis nilotucus que, em funÃÃo de seu comportamento, revelou-se um agente perturbador da qualidade da Ãgua e o Astyanax bimaculatus, a qual se apresentou potencialmente viÃvel para futuras pesquisas de biomanipulaÃÃo. / With the increasing water demand and the concern that the supply can not meet that consumption, it is increasingly necessary conserving the available water, in quantity and (especially) quality. This conservation is especially important in semi-arid regions such as the Brazilian Northeast (NEB), where water is scarce. The main causes of pollution (water waste) in smal reservoirs (in the semiarid) are: the animal presence on the reservoir margins, where they defecate and urinate; domestic wastewater (e.g. laundry water, water used in the household); removal of riparian vegetation, which protects reservoirs against silting and organic matter input; presence of outdoor trash; and use of agricultural inputs that contribute to the process of eutrophication. In turn, the main feature of eutrophication process is excess nutrients in water bodies, with considerable growth fluctuations and eventual death of algae and weeds. With the continuity of the process, there is the accumulation of dead matter in the deepest region of these environments, causing the increase in bacterial metabolism that causes the death of fish and other organisms by oxygen lack or reduction, plus the toxin production by blue-green algae, which are harmful to human health and to the biota at large. Therefore, studies that estimating the nutrient input become urgent. With such studies, strategies for the restoration of eutrophic reservoirs can be implemented. Among such strategies there is biomanipulation. Biomanipulation is a biological strategy based in the use of aquatic organisms (e.g. fish), to balance the aquatic ecosystem. Hypothesis: "Is it possible to treat an eutrophic reservoir using biomanipulation?â If so, what are the particularities of biomanipulating a reservoir the semiarid region, especially considering its rich ictiological diversity, with predominantly omnivorous fish population and where fish reproduction occurs throughout the year? Therefore, in order to answer these questions, this thesis was divided in two parts, the first comparing the state of eutrophication and its probable causes in two tropical reservoirs, one in wet climate (La Juventud, Cuba) and the other in semiarid climate (Marengo, Brazil). After estimating the trophic state of the two reservoirs in rainy and dry seasons, we evaluated the influence of hydrology and of land use on reservoir trophic level. It was found that the semi-arid tropical reservoir was eutrophic, while the reservoir on humid climate was mesotrophic. Considering that there is similar land use in the two basins and that, in the rainy season, the nutrient input in the wet basin is considerably higher than the nutrient input in the semiarid basin, the higher trophic state of the semi-arid basin is surprising. The variable that best explains this phenomenon is the water residence time, which directly influences the phosphorus residence time in the reservoir. The high water residence time in the semiarid basin reservoir (three times that of the reservoir in humid climate) is due as much to the low runoff coefficient (93 versus 595 mm per year in the reservoir in humid climate) as to the excessive water evaporation in the semiarid reservoir (1.2 times that of the reservoir in humid climate). These results indicate that semiarid reservoirs are more vulnerable to eutrophication than reservoirs in humid climate in summer periods and, therefore, the management of their basins should be more restrictive to nutrient production; as to the second part, it reflects the particularities of the biomanipulation issue. Thus, in experimental 2000L mesocosms, six treatments were outlined to evaluate the effects of two omnivorous species (Nile tilapia â Oreochromis niloticus and piaba â Astyanax bimaculatus) on eutrophic waters. It was also taken into account the sediment influence as a nutrient source for the eutrophication process. The treatments were: 1. Oreochromis niloticus without sediment; 2. Oreochromis niloticus with sediment; 3. Oreochromis niloticus plus Astyanax bimaculatus without sediment; 4. Oreochromis niloticus plus Astyanax bimaculatus with sediment; 5. Astyanax bimaculatus without sediment and; 6. Astyanax bimaculatus with sediment. Each test was conducted for 45 days. Water samples were taken every 15 days. Tests were performed for total phosphorus, orthophosphate, chlorophyll a and total nitrogen (TN being tested only at the beginning and at the end of each treatment). Testing for dissolved oxygen concentration, temperature, pH and Secchi transparency was done in situ. The sediment was tested for pH, ion content, nutrients (such as Ca2+, Mg2+, Al3+, iron and assimilable phosphorous) and particle size. In order to estimate the treatment water trophic level, the trophic state index (TSI) of Toledo Jr. et al. (1983) was applied. Differences between the TSI values were calculated acording to Carlson (1991). Also, the fish were tested for total phosphorus content. The results suggested that systems containing tilapia showed low efficiency in the recovery of eutrophic waters. The average TSI obtained in these tests showed that the water remained eutrophic. Treatments with piabas showed better efficiency in controlling eutrophication. The average TSI obtained in these tests showed that the water went from eutrophic to mesotrophic. However, the results found by TSI differences do not confirm if the piabas (Astyanax bimaculatus) were alone responsible for this. The same results could be also influenced by light and temperature. As to the total phosphorus content of specimens coming from treatments, tilapia showed higher bioaccumulation than that shown by piabas. However, the results were antagonic to those obtained from specimens taken directly from nature. In short, two omnivorous species were tested for their biomanipulation potential; the Oreochromis nilotucus, which, due to its behavior, proved to be an agent of water quality disruption and the Astyanax bimaculatus, which was shown as being potentially viable for future biomanipulation research.
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Estudo do estado trÃfico do reservatÃrio Acarape do meio mediante a determinaÃÃo de indicadores de qualidade de Ãgua / STUDY OF THE TROPHIC LEVEL OF THE ACARAPE DO MEIO RESERVOIR, THROUGH THE DETERMINATION OF INDICATORS OF WATER QUALITY

Irla Vanessa Andrade de Sousa Ribeiro 24 April 2007 (has links)
FundaÃÃo Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e TecnolÃgico / O processo de armazenamento de Ãgua em regiÃes semi-Ãridas tem se tornado um considerÃvel meio de reduzir a escassez deste recurso natural. Assim, à comum em regiÃes, com caracterÃsticas do Nordeste Brasileiro, a construÃÃo de grandes reservatÃrios, que tem servido para atender, com certa regularidade, demandas para os mais diversos usos. Por outro lado, o armazenamento de Ãgua em reservatÃrios acaba tornando essas massas lÃquidas vulnerÃveis a um maior risco de degradaÃÃo. Como se sabe, a Ãgua armazenada fica sujeito a longo tempo de residÃncia, permitindo assim com que algumas importantes reaÃÃes, tanto do ponto de vista quÃmico, como biolÃgico, possam ocorrer. Estas reaÃÃes, associadas com alguns lanÃamentos de efluentes, provenientes de zonas urbanas, Ãreas industriais e zonas rurais, acabam por acelerar o processo de envelhecimento dos reservatÃrios, conhecido como âprocesso de EutrofizaÃÃoâ, que depende, fundamentalmente, da disponibilidade de nutrientes no interior dos reservatÃrios. Este trabalho estudou, atravÃs de pesquisa de campo, associada com uma metodologia de cÃlculo de Ãndices de Estado TrÃfico Modificado e Ãndice de Qualidade de Ãgua, as condiÃÃes ambientais do ReservatÃrio Acarape do Meio, no Estado do CearÃ, na busca de uma identificaÃÃo das principais transformaÃÃes nos seus nÃveis trÃficos, bem como, na identificaÃÃo das principais causas de um possÃvel processo de eutrofizaÃÃo do mesmo. Para isso foram utilizados dados de campo em um perÃodo de 2001 a 2006, o que permitiu conhecer as caracterÃsticas pertinentes à estratificaÃÃo deste corpo hÃdrico, no que diz respeito à temperatura e a estratificaÃÃo quÃmica de suas Ãguas. TambÃm, tendo em vista os vÃrios pontos de coletas de dados, foi possÃvel apresentar resultados relativos ao Ãndice de Estado TrÃfico e ao Ãndice de Qualidade de Ãgua, em uma distribuiÃÃo espacial do reservatÃrio, mostrando, assim, os vÃrios pontos crÃticos do mesmo. Nas questÃes pertinentes ao Ãndice de Estado TrÃfico foram usados dois cÃlculos, sendo para o primeiro usado, apenas, a clorofila-a e o fÃsforo, enquanto que no segundo cÃlculo foram utilizados, alÃm dessas duas substÃncias, o ortofosfato solÃvel presente naquelas Ãguas. Os resultados mostram que hà uma forte variabilidade da qualidade das Ãguas deste reservatÃrio, mas que, nos anos de 2004 e 2005, suas Ãguas atingiram um nÃvel hipereutrÃfico, o que representa a presenÃa de um forte aporte de nutrientes provenientes das entradas do reservatÃrio e, provavelmente, das zonas rurais que existem em torno do mesmo. Os resultados mostraram ainda que, mesmo que a variaÃÃo vertical de temperatura nÃo seja tÃo significativa no interior do reservatÃrio, hà uma forte presenÃa de estratificaÃÃo quÃmica nas camadas mais profundas deste corpo hÃdrico. / The process of storage of water in semi-arid regions has become a considerable way of reducing the shortage of this natural resource. Like this, it is common in areas with characteristics of the Brazilian Northeast, the construction of great reservoirs that has been being to assist, with certain regularity, demands for the most several uses. On the other hand, the storage of water in reservoirs bring some vulnerabilities to the water, concerning with the degradation risk. As it is known, the stored water is subject to long residence times, allowing the appearance of some important chemical and biological reactions. These reactions, associated with some sewage releases, that come from urban, industrial, and rural areas, promote the accelerating the process of aging of the reservoirs, known as Eutrophication Process, that depends, fundamentally, of the presence of nutrients inside the reservoirs. This work studied, through field data, associated with a methodology of calculation of Modified Trophic State Index and the Water Quality Index, the environmental conditions of the Acarape do Meio Reservoir, in the State of CearÃ, trying to identificaty the main transformations in their trophic levels, as well as, the identification of the main causes of a possible process of eutrophization of it. The data cover the years 2001 through 2006. With that, it was possible to know the characteristics concerning with the stratification this body of water, with respect to temperature and the chemical process. Also, considering the several points of collections of data, it was possible to present results concerning with the Trophic State Index and the Water Quality Index, a long of the all surface of the reservoir, showing, like this, the several critical points of it. With respect to the Trophic Level Index, two calculations were used, being for the first used, just, the chlorophyll a and the phosphors, while in the second calculation they were used, besides those two substances, the present soluble orthophosphate in those waters. The results show that there is a strong variability of the quality of the waters of this reservoir, but that, in the years of 2004 and 2005, their waters reached a hipereutrophic level, that represents the presence of a fort presence of nutrients coming of the entrances of the reservoir and, probably, of the rural areas that exist around the it. The results showed yet, even if the vertical variation of temperature is not so significant inside the reservoir, there is a strong presence of chemical stratification in the deepest layers of this body of water.

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