Coastal Marine Ecosystems of Latin America

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Review on the structure, processes and function of 20 important Latin American coastal marine ecosystems.

Contents

From the contents: The tectonic and geological environment of coastal South America.- The Gulf of Honduras.- The coastal lagoon Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia.- The Maracaibo System,Venezuela.- The Orinoco River Delta, Venezuela.- The Itamataca estuarine ecosystem, Brazil.- the Abrolhos Reefs of Brazil.- The Cabo Frio upwelling system, Brazil.- Baja de Guanabara, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- The Lagunar region and estuary ecosystem of Cananeia, Brazil.- The subtropical estuarine complex of Paranagua Bay, Brazil.- The convergence ecosystem in the southwest Atlantic.- The Patos Lagoon Estuary, Brazil.- The Rio de la Plata Estuary, Argentina-Uruguay.- The Bahia Blanca Estuary, Argentina.- The sand beach ecosystem of Chile.- The Peruvian coastal upwelling system. The Gulf of Guayaquil and the Guayas River estuary, Ecuador.- The estuary ecosystem of Buenaventura Bay, Colombia.- Eastern Pacific coral reef ecosystems.- The tropical Pacific coast of Mexico.- And much more ...

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