Mangrove expansion and salt marsh decline at mangrove poleward limits

N Saintilan, NC Wilson, K Rogers… - Global change …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Mangroves are species of halophytic intertidal trees and shrubs derived from tropical genera
and are likely delimited in latitudinal range by varying sensitivity to cold. There is now …

Brazilian offshore wave climate based on NWW3 reanalysis

C Pianca, PLF Mazzini, E Siegle - Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 2010 - SciELO Brasil
This paper provides a description of the wave climate off the Brazilian coast based on an
eleven-year time series (Jan/1997-Dec/2007) obtained from the NWW3 operational model …

Santa Catarina beach systems

AHF Klein, AD Short, J Bonetti - Brazilian beach systems, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The Santa Catarina coast is located in southern Brazil between 26° and 29.3° S.
The coast trends south then southwest for about 430 km, and contains 922 km of open coast …

Southern limit of the Western South Atlantic mangroves: Assessment of the potential effects of global warming from a biogeographical perspective

MLG Soares, GCD Estrada, V Fernandez… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2012 - Elsevier
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; …

Coastal vulnerability to wave impacts using a multi-criteria index: Santa Catarina (Brazil)

MB Serafim, E Siegle, AC Corsi, J Bonetti - Journal of Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
The damage of coastal infrastructure due to wave action has stimulated the need for
vulnerability assessments for integrated coastal management. Vulnerability is described as …

Evidence for a transgressive barrier within a regressive strandplain system: Implications for complex coastal response to environmental change

CJ Hein, DM Fitzgerald, WJ Cleary… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Clastic, depositional strandplain systems have the potential to record changes in the primary
drivers of coastal evolution: climate, sea‐level, and the frequency of major meteorological …

Late Quaternary stratigraphic evolution of the inner continental shelf in response to sea-level change, Santa Catarina, Brazil

JAG Cooper, RP Meireles, AN Green, AHF Klein… - Marine Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The inner continental shelf (0–50 m water depth) off Santa Catarina, southern Brazil
was investigated using seismic stratigraphic methods to identify and interpret the major …

An overview of longshore sediment transport on the Brazilian coast

TB Trombetta, WC Marques, RC Guimarães… - Regional Studies in …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study investigates the wave behavior and the longshore sediment transport rate
on the Brazilian continental shelf, using a computational model and four different …

Headland sand bypassing—Quantification of net sediment transport in embayed beaches, Santa Catarina Island North Shore, Southern Brazil

GV da Silva, EE Toldo Jr, AHF Klein, AD Short… - Marine Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents a comprehensive study of headland bypassing around seven
headlands with different orientations and degrees of wave and tide-induced current …

Geoindicator-based assessment of Santa Catarina (Brazil) sandy beaches susceptibility to erosion

J Bonetti, F de Moraes Rudorff, AV Campos… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the actual scenario of progressive coastal occupation man-made infrastructure is
increasingly threatened by natural hazards. As a consequence, in the last two decades …