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

We reviewed historical data on surface sediment composition/distribution and
hydrodynamics of the Patos-Mirim lagoonal system, the largest coastal shallow limnological …

The southern Brazilian shelf (SBS) is a region influenced by fresh water. The initial
deposition of suspended sediments carried by this fresh water presents important ecological …

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 …

South America is particularly subject to El-Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO)-triggered
phenomena, with above-average precipitation during ENSO warm events (El Niño) and …

Coastal infrastructure alterations, such as jetty expansions, are designed to provide
improvements to natural dredging and safety of marine access and to maximize the …

The Patos-Mirim is the largest coastal limnological system of the world, located in southern
Brazil and eastern Uruguay, which encompass over 500 km of coastline. The economical …

Processes of stratification and destratification in the German Bight region of fresh water
influence (ROFI) are investigated following an extreme river discharge event in June 2013 …

Waves and ocean currents have been widely researched worldwide as possible renewable
energy sources. Recent findings related to viable energy sites with high power output focus …

A numerical study using coupled models was performed to investigate the Tramandaí beach
oil spill. The hydrodynamic three-dimensional TELEMAC3D and the ECOS model, an oil …