Physicochemical variables and biological elements to assess climate change impacts within a North Patagonia estuarine ecosystem (South Atlantic): perspectives after 30 years of data.

ANDRES ARIAS; CINTIA PICCOLO,; CARLA SPETTER; HUGO FREIJE,; JORGE MARCOVECCHIO

Figueira da Foz

Congreso; Integrative tools and methods in assessing ecological quality in estuarine and coastal systems worldwide ? ECSA 47; 2010

Estuarine Coastal Sciences Association (ECSA)

Coastal zones are characterized by a rich diversity of ecosystems and a great number of socioeconomic activities. Coastal areas are widely used for a range of overlapping issues such as tourism, coastal development and residential living, commercial and recreational fisheries, aquaculture, navigation, trade, national defense, and mineral resource extraction. Increasing population and therefore a rising in anthropogenic pressure on world?s coastlines is certain to continue. Coastal and marine ecosystems are intrinsically linked to planetary biological and geochemical cycles, therefore being critically important to the health of the planet as a whole