The marine areas of South America (SA) include almost 30,000 km of coastline and
encompass three different oceanic domains—the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the Atlantic …

The present study is a compilation of the literature about vegetation of mangrove forest of the
north coast of Brazil. It synthesizes the knowledge about this important ecosystem and lists …

Protection of the environment has nowadays become a major challenge and a condi tion for
survival of future human generations and life on Earth in general. Yet it is still far too much of …

South America possesses a variety of estuaries along both tropical and temperate coastal
regions, with most of these systems facing uncontrolled urban settlement and industrial …

Activity patterns, feeding and burrowing behaviour of the economically important semi-
terrestrial mangrove crab Ucides cordatus (Ucididae, L. 1763) was studied in a high …

Wetland dynamic in the northern Brazilian Amazon region during the Holocene was
reviewed using palynological, carbon and nitrogen isotopes records, and C/N ratio …

Traditional human communities have a wide knowledge of their environment. Collection of
animals in estuarine and coastal areas are directly influenced by tidal cycles. The aim of this …

There is a lack of basic information about the distribution and abundance of molluscs along
the northern coast of Brazil. Many coastal habitats are under threat from development and …

The temporal and spatial variability of dissolved inorganic nutrients (NO 3−, NO 2−, NH 4+,
PO 4 3− and DSi), total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), nutrient ratios, suspended …

The conversion of mangrove areas into shrimp farming ponds has been indicated as the
main activity responsible for the reduction in the area of this ecosystem along the …