Land, 2021 This paper presents a heterarchical model for the regional occupation of the sambaqui (shellmound) societies settled in the southern coast of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Paulo DeBlasis +2 more
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The puzzling occurrence of the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) along the Brazilian coast: a result of several invasion events? [PDF]
Zoologia (Curitiba), 2020 The massive occurrence of jellyfish in several areas of the world is reported annually, but most of the data come from the northern hemisphere and often refer to a restricted group of species that are not in the genus Cassiopea.
Sergio N. Stampar +6 more
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Management of estuarine beaches on the Amazon coast though the application of recreational carrying capacity indices [PDF]
, 2017 The purpose of this paper is to determine the Recreational Carrying Capacity of three estuarine beaches (Colares, Marudá and Murubira) on the Amazon coast of Brazil, based on the combined assessment of natural conditions and visitor facilities.
da Costa, Rauquírio Marinho +3 more
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Morphometric study of Phragmatopoma caudata (Polychaeta: Sabellida: Sabellariidae)
Zoologia (Curitiba), 2009 The sabellariid Phragmatopoma caudata (Kroyer, 1856), Morch, 1863 is widely distributed in the Americas and constructs large reef agglomerates that provide substrates for other benthic species.
Gisele E. Occhioni +2 more
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Ernest Mouchez, Theodoro Sampaio e o litoral da Bahia
Terra Brasilis, 2023 This work discusses the study about the coast of Bahia by the engineer-geographer Theodoro Fernandes Sampaio who is from Bahia, Brazil. This study focuses on the elaboration of the Hydrographic Chart of Baía de Todos os Santos and its surroundings that ...
Mateus Barbosa Santos da Silva
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Low genetic but high morphological variation over more than 1000 km coastline refutes omnipresence of cryptic diversity in marine nematodes [PDF]
, 2017 Background: The resilience of ecosystems to negative impacts is generally higher when high gene flow, species diversity and genetic diversity are present.
Apolonio Silva de Oliveira, Daniel +4 more
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Two new species of the spider genus Alpaida (Araneae: Araneidae) from restinga areas in Brazil
Zoologia (Curitiba), 2013 Two new species of Alpaida O.P.-Cambridge, 1889 are described based on male and female specimens from seven restinga areas from northeastern to southern Brazil. Alpaida teresinha sp.
Gracielle F. Braga-Pereira +1 more
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The Guianese paradox: How can the freshwater outflow from the Amazon increase the salinity of the Guianan shore? [PDF]
, 2007 French Guiana is notable for the extent of its rain forests, which occupy 97% of the country, and the influence of the Amazon along its shores. In fact, the shores and estuaries support a mangrove forest typical of saline conditions.
Fromard, François +2 more
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PERSPECTIVE FOR ENERGY EXPLOITATION ALONG THE BRAZILIAN COAST
Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 2023 The constant need to supply the growing global energy demand, leads to an increase in the generation of greenhouse gases. To circumvent this problem, more and more alternative means of energy generation have been used to compose the energy grid. One of the alternatives, which in recent decades has received great attention from researchers, is the ...
Ricardo Cardoso Guimarães +2 more
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Distribution of Oikopleura Dioica (Tunicata, Appendicularia) associated with a coastal frontal system (39°- 41°s) of the SW Atlantic ocean in the spawning area of Engraulis Anchoita anchovy [PDF]
, 2013 Among tunicates, the small planktonic appendicularians generally comprise a significant fraction of the mesozooplankton in frontal systems. The summer 2011 distribution (vertical and spatial) of Oikopleura dioica was studied in terms of abundance ...
Capitanio, Fabiana Lia +3 more
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