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| Calliari,Danilo; Defeo,Omar; Cervetto,Guillermo; Gómez,Mónica; Giménez,Luis; Scarabino,Fabrizio; Brazeiro,Alejandro; Norbis,Walter. |
| The marine areas of Uruguay consist of the Río de la Plata estuary and the adjacent shelf and slope, part of the Subtropical Convergence Ecosystem. In this paper, the main advances in the knowledge of marine life in these areas (the known) are reviewed in order to discuss future lines of research (the unknown). Information has been separately analysed for the plankton, nekton, and benthos in each of 3 areas-the littoral, the shelfs and the "open ocean". Current knowledge of marine life is uneven among the groups and areas. In the case of the plankton, research has concentrated on the near-shore waters and focused on taxonomy and distribution. Little is known about the responses of organisms to environmental variability and about biological processes. The... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Marine life; Biodiversity; Río de la Plata; Atlantic Ocean; Uruguay. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-65382003000200015 |
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