The eastern coast of Brazil is 7000km long and has been the subject of systematic paleo-
sea-level investigations for more than 35 years. More than 1000 samples have been …

Relative sea-level curves for the mid-to late-Holocene have been proposed for eight
different sectors along the Brazilian coast. This paper aims to review the data used to …

Although 20% of Brazilian territory is covered by wetlands, wetland inventories are still
incomplete. In 1993, Brazil signed the Ramsar Convention but a coherent national policy for …

Of Brazil's 7408 km of coastline 6786 km contain mangrove forests, covering some 25,000
km2. Only one coastal state, Rio Grande do Sul, lacks mangrove coverage. Mangroves …

The objective of the present study was to determine the exact location of the latitudinal limit
of western South Atlantic mangroves, and to describe how these forests develop at this limit; …

Brazilian mangroves extend from 4° 30′ N to 28° 30′ S, varying greatly in growth form,
species distribution patterns, and stand structure, in spite of a limited floristic diversity. We …

The Paranaguá coastal plain is a 600km2 barrier system located in south Brazil (25° 30′ S)
and is largely made up of Pleistocene and Holocene beach ridges. Sea level history in the …

Publisher Summary Latin American communities span a challenging diversity of
environments from the tropics to the subantarctic. This chapter focuses on the coastal …

Restinga formations grow on sandy spits of coastal plains, an environment whose conditions
limit the growth and development of vegetal species. Studies on restinga gradients are good …

Estuaries are ecosystems that have been changed by climatic and anthropogenic events,
and subtropical estuaries located in the Southern Hemisphere are important examples of …