Salt marshes as the final watershed fate for meso-and microplastic contamination: A case study from Southern Brazil

LM Pinheiro, LMK Britz, VO Agostini… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plastics pose a major threat to aquatic ecosystems especially in smaller size fractions. Salt
marshes play a crucial role in maintaining the coastal zone and aquatic food web, yet their …

Identifying critical areas to reduce bycatch of coastal common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in artisanal fisheries of the subtropical western South Atlantic

JC Di Tullio, PF Fruet, ER Secchi - Endangered Species Research, 2015 - int-res.com
Many anthropogenic actions have an impact on coastal dolphins, with bycatch being one of
the main threats. We describe the distribution patterns of common bottlenose dolphins …

Influence of long jetties on estuarine and coastal hydrodynamics in a microtidal estuary

MO Franzen, P Silva, E Siegle… - Regional Studies in Marine …, 2023 - Elsevier
Coastal areas are extremely important regions for social and economic development,
therefore vulnerable to human impacts as port settlement and development as well as …

Spatio-temporal variability of suspended sediment concentrations in a shallow and turbid lagoon

LP Bitencourt, EH Fernandes, PD da Silva… - Journal of Marine …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Patos Lagoon, located in the southernmost part of Brazil, is a shallow and
turbid lagoon of enormous ecological and economical importance. The seasonal, annual …

The influence of river discharge and wind on Patos Lagoon, Brazil, Suspended Particulate Matter

J Tavora, EHL Fernandes, AC Thomas… - … journal of remote …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Eight years (2008–2015) of reflectance data from the Moderate Resolution
Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)–Aqua sensor are used to quantify Suspended …

Seasonal variability of carbonate chemistry and its controls in a subtropical estuary

C Albuquerque, R Kerr, T Monteiro, IBM Orselli… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
We performed an unprecedented investigation of the seasonal variability in carbonate
system parameters (total alkalinity–AT, total dissolved inorganic carbon–CT, pH, and partial …

Seasonal variability in water‒air CO2 exchanges and carbon origin in a subtropical estuary

C Albuquerque, R Kerr, T Monteiro… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The seasonal and interannual variabilities in the water‒air net carbon dioxide (CO 2) flux
were investigated in the lower zone of the Patos Lagoon Estuary (PLE), the largest choked …

Relationships between wind effect, hydrodynamics and water level in the world's largest coastal lagoonal system

H Oliveira, E Fernandes, O Möller Jr… - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
The Patos-Mirim is the largest coastal limnological system of the world, located in southern
Brazil and eastern Uruguay, which encompass over 500 km of coastline. The economical …

Benthic estuarine assemblages from the Southern Brazilian marine ecoregion

SA Netto, PR Pagliosa, A Colling, AL Fonseca… - Brazilian estuaries: a …, 2018 - Springer
This chapter examines the estuaries within the Southern Brazilian Marine Ecoregion (SBE),
a coastline of some 850 km in the tropical-temperate transition zone of the extreme southern …