TY - CHAP AU - Felipe Hernandes Coutinho AU - Leonardo Henriques Pinto AU - Ricardo Pilz Vieira AU - Orlando Bonifacio Martins AU - Gigliola Rhayd Boechat Salloto AU - Deborah de Oliveira Santoro AU - Maysa Mandetta Clementino AU - Alexander Machado Cardoso ED - Imran Ahmad ED - Mithas Ahmad Dar Y1 - 2013-04-17 PY - 2013 T1 - Antibiotic Resistance in Aquatic Environments of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil N2 - Water is an important natural resource which forms the core of the ecological system. Human use of water depends on ambient water quality and human alterations of the landuse have an extensive influence on water quality. Water is typically referred to as polluted when its quality is adversely affected by contaminants and undergoes a marked shift in its capability to support the biological communities. The book is written for research scholars, hydrologists and environmentalists and especially students. BT - Perspectives in Water Pollution SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/54638 DO - 10.5772/54638 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-23 ER -