Fish conservation in South America is a pressing issue. The biodiversity of fishes, just as
with all other groups of plants and animals, is far from fully known. Continuing habitat loss …

The Rio de la Plata is a large-scale estuary located at 35° S on the Atlantic coast of South
America. This system is one of the most important estuarine environments in the continent …

This chapter provides an overview of the main drivers of change in estuarine systems, their
expected causes and impacts on estuarine fish and fisheries. An analysis of global, regional …

This study explores in plankton samples the abundance, distribution, size, types (fibres and
fragments), colours of the microplastics (MPs) and its relation with the characteristics of the …

The oceanographic regimes of the Northern Argentine Continental Shelf (NACS, 34°–43° S)
are derived from advected waters of subantarctic origin, local sources of continental run-off …

Spatio-temporal variability of turbidity in the Río de la Plata (RdP) estuary (Argentina) at
seasonal and inter-annual timescales is analyzed from 15 years (2000–2014) of MODIS …

The Southern Brazilian Shelf (SBS) is a freshwater-influenced region, but studies on the
dynamics of coastal plumes are sparse and lack in space-time resolution. Studies on the …

Located on the west margin of the Rio de la Plata estuary, the capital city of Buenos Aires is
often affected by positive and negative storm surges due to strong southeasterly and …

Estuarine fish research in South America began in the early 20th Century, but it is only within
the last 40 years that detailed studies have been undertaken. This review firstly summarizes …

The fish diversity and the main environmental factors affecting the spatial distribution of
species, life history stages and community structure in the Río de la Plata (RdP) and …