Coastal regions have important social and economic relevance and are vulnerable to
anthropogenic impacts. Port settlement and development are among the main economic …

Global coastal zones are constantly changing due to the actions of various physical forces.
Recent studies show that the supply of suspended sediment of continental origin plays an …

Abstract Changes in hydrological processes in large watersheds may heavily impact the
dynamics of downstream aquatic ecosystems such as lakes and reservoirs. In general …

The Southern Brazilian Shelf (SBS) is a freshwater-influenced region, but studies on the
dynamics of coastal plumes are sparse and lack in space-time resolution. Studies on the …

In the shallow microtidal Patos Lagoon estuary, southern Brazil (32° 07′ S–52° 06′ W),
chlorophyll a (Chl a) variability was studied at different time scales during the last 25 years …

Extensive mud deposits superimposed on the predominantly sandy inner continental shelf
adjacent to the Patos Lagoon estuary, indicates that the Lagoon is a potential source of fine …

Determining how assembly rules (eg limiting similarity, environmental filtering and neutrality)
shape community structure along environmental gradients and across spatial scales is still …

The Coorong is a choked coastal lagoon in South Australia that forms part of the terminal
lake system at the end of the River Murray, Australia's major river. It is an inverse estuary …

Abstract The Patos Lagoon estuary is a highly significant ecosystem where freshwater from
a vast and densely populated area continuously flows into the Atlantic Ocean by coastal …

In this study it was hypothesised that increasing water retention time promotes
phytoplankton blooms in the shallow microtidal Patos Lagoon estuary (PLE). This …