The Tunicata, despite the relatively low species diversity among the invertebrates, has
always received attention not only due to their ecological importance, especially in fouling …

Mining activities can affect the environment either by the tailings releasing or dams failures.
The impact of the tailings can last decades and cause chronic effects due to their toxicity …

The taxonomic composition of the thaliaceans was analyzed using 86 plankton samples
collected in autumn (expeditions: IV= 04/13 to 05/10 2012; VI= 05/09 to 06/12 2013) and …

This study aimed to investigate the potential effects of iron ore tailings from the Fundão dam
(southeastern Brazil) through suspended particulate matter (SPM) on the copepod …

We describe the species richness, distribution and composition of mesozooplankton over
the continental shelf and slope, and in the water masses in the Campos Basin, southwest …

The first data on the biological features of the Southwestern Atlantic were the result of
European expeditions of the eighteenth to nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Around …

The impacts of the 2019 Brazilian coast oil spill on mesozooplankton community were
investigated using data of before and after spill off the coast of Salvador. The presence of oil …

A study was conducted over eight consecutive days in February 2010 in which daily
variations in the vertical distributions of heterotrophic bacteria, mesozooplankton and …

The present study aimed to analyze the horizontal and vertical distribution (0–2400 m) of
pelagic tunicates and their species in the Santos Basin, south of the Brazilian continental …

The vertical distribution of copepod assemblages, ascertained from the surface down to
1,200 m, was investigated during two sampling periods (rainy and dry seasons), at four …