INVESTIGADORES
LARA Ruben Jose
artículos
Título:
Special Edition on Amazonian Mangroves
Autor/es:
LARA, R.J.
Revista:
Wetlands, Ecology and Management
Editorial:
Kluwer
Referencias:
Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2003 vol. 11 p. 217 - 272
ISSN:
0923-4861
Resumen:
The most luxuriant mangrove habitats in Brazil are found on the northern coast, which is part of a ?Large Marine Ecosystem? (LME) extending from the Caribbean Sea boundary, just off of Venezuela, to the Paraiba River estuary. This LME owes its existencelargely to the North Brazil Current, which flows parallel to Brazil?s semi-arid North Coast and is an extension of the South Equatorial Current coming from the East. It is characterized by a wide shelf and features macrotides (4 to 10 m range), and upwellings along the shelf edge. It has mangrove estuaries and the coastline is primarily dominated by massive freshwater areas and sediments inputs from the Amazon and Tocantins rivers, as well as from the smaller rivers of Amapa and western Pará.