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| Braga,Cesar França; Beasley,Colin Robert; Isaac,Victoria Judith. |
| Data on macrofauna density and diversity, and the height and density of Spartina brasiliensis, were obtained from salt marsh beds of a tropical estuary in northern Brazil. Sampling was carried out at four distinct times of the year, during the wet and dry seasons and in the transition periods between these. Sampling was also carried out in salt marshes of three size classes, small, medium and large. Variables were analyzed in relation to time of year and salt marsh size class. Overall, 46 taxa were found, with polychaetes, isopods and the gastropod Neritina virginea dominating the fauna. Macrofauna density and diversity were positively correlated with culm density, indicating a possible role in protection from predation. All the three variables were higher... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Macrofauna; Spartina; Density; Diversity; Seasonality; Tropical estuary. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132009000600013 |
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| Ross, Lauren; Sottolichio, Aldo; Maury, Tanguy; Lesourd, Sandric; Gardel, Antoine. |
| Observations of water level, current velocity, river discharge, wind and salinity were collected in the Maroni estuary, on the border of French Guiana and Suriname during the wet season of 2018 to explore subtidal circulation patterns. Measurements are complimented by the application of analytical models with an aim to diagnose forcing mechanisms responsible for producing subtidal flows during the day of data collection and to extrapolate these findings to other time periods with variable wind and river forcing. Subtidal along-channel flows were found to be dominated by river discharge, with seaward directed velocities found throughout the channel section reaching 40 cm s −1 . This pattern was altered with strong southwesterly winds, which produced and... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Tropical estuary; Subtidal flow; Wet season; Wind-driven flow; Channel curvature. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00594/70588/68772.pdf |
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| Lira, Alex; Angelini, Ronaldo; Le Loc'H, Francois; Menard, Frederic; Lacerda, Carlos; Fredou, Thierry; Fredou, Flavia Lucena. |
| We developed an Ecopath model in the Estuary of Sirinhaém River (SIR), a small-sized system surrounded by mangroves, subject to high impact, mainly by sugar cane industry and other farming industries in order to describe the food web structure and trophic interactions. In addition, we compared our findings with those of 20 available Ecopath estuarine models for tropical, subtropical and temperate regions, aiming to synthesize the knowledge on trophic dynamics and provide a comprehensive analysis of the structures and functioning of estuaries. Our model consisted of 25 compartments and its indicators were within the expected range for estuarine areas around the world. The average trophic transfer efficiency for the entire system was 11.8%, similar to the... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Tropical estuary; Ecopath; Food web; Global comparison of ecological indicators. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00428/53929/55061.pdf |
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| Abascal-zorrilla, Noelia; Vantrepotte, Vincent; Huybrechts, Nicolas; Ngoc, Dat Dinh; Anthony, Edward J.; Gardel, Antoine. |
| The estuarine turbidity maximum (ETM) zone occurs in river estuaries due to the effects of tidal dynamics, density-driven residual circulation and deposition/erosion of fine sediments. Even though tropical river estuaries contribute proportionally more to the sediment supply of coastal areas, the ETM in them has been hardly studied. In this study, surface suspended particulate matter (SPM) determined from OLI (Operational Land Imager)-Landsat 8images was used to gain a better understanding of the spatio-temporal dynamics of the ETM of the tropical Maroni estuary (located on the Guianas coast, South America). A method to estimate the remotely-sensed ETM location and its spatiotemporal evolution between 2013 and 2019 was developed. Each ETM was defined from... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Estuarine turbidity maximum; Landsat-8; Tropical estuary; Mud banks; French Guiana. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00641/75263/75468.pdf |
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