Conservation of the biodiversity of Brazil's inland waters

AA Agostinho, SM Thomaz, LC Gomes - Conservation biology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
In terms of biodiversity, Brazilian inland waters are of enormous global significance for Algae
(25% of the world's species), Porifera (Demospongiae, 33%), Rotifera (25%), Cladocera …

[PDF][PDF] Conservação da biodiversidade em águas continentais do Brasil

ÂA Agostinho, SM THOMAZ, LC GOMES - Megadiversidade, 2005 - avesmarinhas.com.br
Em termos de biodiversidade, as águas continentais brasileiras apresentam enorme
significado global para Algae (25% das espécies do mundo), Porifera (Demospongiae …

Lacustrine records of Holocene flood pulse dynamics in the Upper Paraguay River watershed (Pantanal wetlands, Brazil)

MM McGlue, A Silva, H Zani, FA Corradini… - Quaternary …, 2012 - cambridge.org
The Pantanal is the world's largest tropical wetland and a biodiversity hotspot, yet its
response to Quaternary environmental change is unclear. To address this problem …

Paleoecology explains Holocene chemical changes in lakes of the Nhecolândia (Pantanal-Brazil)

RL Guerreiro, MM McGlue, JR Stone, I Bergier… - Hydrobiologia, 2018 - Springer
The objective of this research is to examine the history of lentic ecosystem salinity in the
southern Pantanal wetlands (Brazil). The timing and controls on hydrochemical changes …

Sponge spicules indicate Holocene environmental changes on the Nabileque River floodplain, southern Pantanal, Brazil

S Kuerten, M Parolin, ML Assine, MM McGlue - Journal of Paleolimnology, 2013 - Springer
Sponge spicules are siliceous microfossils that are especially useful for analysis of sandy
fluvio-lacustrine sediments. Sponge spicules in a long sediment core (~ 550 cm below …

Sponge spicule and phytolith evidence for Late Quaternary environmental changes in the tropical Pantanal wetlands of western Brazil

GG Rasbold, MM McGlue, JC Stevaux, M Parolin… - Palaeogeography …, 2019 - Elsevier
The environmental history of the central Pantanal wetlands of western Brazil is inferred for
the last 19 kyrs based on a multi-indicator paleolimnological analysis of a sediment core …

[HTML][HTML] Pulling the plug: strategies to preclude expansion of dams in Brazilian rivers with high-priority for conservation

I de Paiva Affonso, RF Azevedo, NLC dos Santos… - Natureza & …, 2015 - Elsevier
The unrestrained ongoing construction of dams in rivers of high-priority for conservation
represents a common threat to environment and surrounding societies. In Brazil, despite …

Freshwater sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae) indicators of some coastal habitats in South America: redescriptions and key to identification

C Volkmer-Ribeiro, VS Machado - Iheringia. Série Zoologia, 2007 - SciELO Brasil
Surveys for freshwater sponges were performed at several water bodies at sandy
environments along a north-south direction of particularly the Brazilian coastal line. The …

[HTML][HTML] Inventary of the sponge fauna of the Cemitério Paleolake, Catalão, Goiás, Brazil

VS Machado, C Volkmer-Ribeiro… - Anais da Academia …, 2012 - SciELO Brasil
The Cemitério Paleolake, Catalão, Goiás, is a lacustrine deposit that is rich in spicules of
continental sponges. These spicules, which are present in three sections (1-3), were …

[PDF][PDF] Biodiversity of freshwater sponges (Porifera: Spongillina) from northeast Brazil: new species and notes on systematics

G Nicacio, U Pinheiro - Zootaxa, 2015 - researchgate.net
Systematics and distribution of freshwater sponges is still poorly understood worldwide. This
may be due to the scarcity of records, and the limited information about morphological traits …