The present study aims to evaluate the environmental conditions of the Carrapicho River estuary (Itamaracá, PE, Brazil). Water samples were collected at three stations, monthly, from March/07 to February/08, using Niskin bottles on the surface at daytime low and high tide. The annual rainfall during the sampling period ranged from 25.6 to 390.8 mm; depth ranged from 2.6 to 25m; temperature ranged from 26 to 31°C; transparency ranged from 1.0 to 3.5 m; salinity ranged from 20.2 to 38.2; dissolved oxygen ranged from 2.2 to 6.2 ml/L; percentage of oxygen saturation ranged from 48.4 to 105.5%; pH ranged from 7.8 to 8.8; ammonia ranged from 0.01 to 0.16 µmol/L; nitrite ranged from 0.01 to 0.22 µmol/L; nitrate ranged from 0.06 to 12 04 µmol/L; phosphate ranged from 0.01 to 1.9 µmol/L; silicate ranged from 1.3 µmol/L to 47 µmol/L; suspended particulate matter ranged from 3 to 63 mg/L; A Chlorophyll ranged from 2.3 to 40 mg.m -3 . Carrapicho River was characterized as coastal plain, low sediment transport capacity. Its salinity regime varies from polyhaline to euhaline and still exempt from the process of eutrophication.Key words: estuarine zone, chlorophyll a, environmental variables. RESUMOO presente trabalho teve como objetivo principal avaliar as condições ambientais do estuário do rio Carrapicho (Itamaracá-Pernambuco-Brasil). As amostras de água foram coletadas em três estações, mensalmente, no período de março/07 a fevereiro/08, com garrafas de Niskin, na superfície, em baixa-mar e preamar diurnas. A pluviosidade anual durante o período amostrado variou de 25,6a 390,8mm; a profundidade de 2,6 a 25m; a temperatura variou de 26 a 31°C; a transparência de 1,0 a 3,5m; a salinidade de 20,2 a 38,2; o oxigênio dissolvido de 2,2 a 6,2 ml/L; o Palavras chave: zona estuarina, clorofila a, variáveis ambientais. INTRODUÇÃOOs ambientes estuarinos são regiões costeiras semi-fechadas nas desembocaduras dos rios, sujeitas aos aportes dos rios e do fluxo marinho. Os nutrientes transportados pelos rios e a rápida troca entre as águas de superfície e sedimentos contribuem para uma produtividade biológica extremamente alta, sendo considerado um dos ecossistemas mais produtivos da Terra. Essa alta produtividade resulta da regeneração rápida e local dos nutrientes bem como dos aportes destes pelos rios e marés. Sua importância se estende aos ecossistemas marinhos através da sua exportação líquida de matéria orgânica, organismos e detritos particulados e dissolvidos (RICKLEFS, 2003).
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