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Table 3 A summary of the effects of the conversion of primary forest to pastures and ranches on the downstream riverine and estuarine water properties. The arrows before the water properties indicate that the subsequent water properties increased (↑), decreased (↓), or did not change (→). See the list of abbreviations for the water properties

From: The impact of tropical land-use change on downstream riverine and estuarine water properties and biogeochemical cycles: a review

Study sites

Effects on downstream water properties

Sources

Rayu River, Sarawak, Malaysia

→: pH, NO3−, NO2−, NH4+, PO43−

Iwata et al. (2003)

Rivers, Queensland, Australia

↑: PON, NO3−

Furnas (2003)

Rondônia, Amazon Basin, Brazil

↑: TDN, TDP, PP

Biggs et al. (2004)

 

↑: SS, POC, PON, DON, PO43−

→: TDN, NH4+

↓: NO3−, TDN:TDP, DIN:DIP, DO

Neill et al. (2001)

 

↑: SS, POC, PON, NH4+, PO43−, Chl a

↓: NO3−, DO

Thomas et al. (2004)

 

↓: NO3−, DIN:DIP, DO

Neill et al. (2006)

 

↑: SS, NH4+, PO43−

↓: NO3−, DIN:DIP, DO

Deegan et al. (2011)

Paragominas streams, Pará, Brazil

↑: pH, DO

↓: NO3−

Figueiredo et al. (2010)

Novo Progresso (Amazon) and Campo Verde (Cerrado), Brazil

↑: TOC, DOC, TN, NO3−

Nóbrega et al. (2018)

Sarapuí River Basin, São Paulo, Brazil

↑: SS, turbidity, TP

→: TN

de Mello et al. (2018a)

Sixaola River streams, Limón, Costa Rica

↑: Chl a

Lorion and Kennedy (2009)

Veraguas rivers and estuaries, Panama

↑: SS, Chl a

→: PO43−

↓: NO3−, NH4+, DIN:DIP

Valiela et al. (2013, 2014)

Streams, Puerto Rico

↑: Turbidity, TN, TP

→: DO

Uriarte et al. (2011)