title: Limnological and ecological methods: approaches, and sampling strategies for middle Xingu River in the area of influence of future Belo Monte Power Plant.
abstract: In this paper the authors describe the limnological approaches, the sampling methodology, and strategy adopted in the study of the Xingu River in the area of influence of future Belo Monte Power Plant. The river ecosystems are characterized by unidirectional current, highly variable in time depending on the climatic situation the drainage pattern an hydrological cycle. Continuous vertical mixing with currents and turbulence, are characteristic of these ecosystems. All these basic mechanisms were taken into consideration in the sampling strategy and field work carried out in the Xingu River Basin, upstream and downstream the future Belo Monte Power Plant Units.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia e Gerenciamento Ambiental, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Tundisi
authors.affiliation: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia e Gerenciamento Ambiental, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumura-Tundisi
authors.affiliation: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia e Gerenciamento Ambiental, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: J E M
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Tundisi
authors.affiliation: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia e Gerenciamento Ambiental, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: C R L
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Faria
authors.affiliation: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia e Gerenciamento Ambiental, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.affiliation: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia e Gerenciamento Ambiental, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.affiliation: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia e Gerenciamento Ambiental, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodrigues Filho
authors.affiliation: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia e Gerenciamento Ambiental, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Campanelli
authors.affiliation: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia e Gerenciamento Ambiental, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sidagis Galli
authors.affiliation: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia e Gerenciamento Ambiental, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Teixeira-Silva
authors.affiliation: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia e Gerenciamento Ambiental, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Degani
authors.affiliation: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia e Gerenciamento Ambiental, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.affiliation: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia e Gerenciamento Ambiental, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gatti Junior
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D064308:Ecological Parameter Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017753:Ecosystem; D011210:Power Plants / Q000295:instrumentation; D045483:Rivers