First record of Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Laridae, Charadriiformes), from São Paulo state, Brazil [PDF]
Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus 1766), is a rare species along the Brazilian coast due to oceanic habits. We report the first documented record of this species from São Paulo state, southeastern Brazil.
Juarez de Castro Cabral +9 more
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Anthropogenic actions have affected marine species for a long time, through overexploitation of natural stocks and habitat degradation, influencing the life strategies of several taxa, especially rays and sharks, which have suffered significant ...
Vanessa P. Cruz +8 more
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Nine new species of Bugula Oken (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata) in Brazilian shallow waters. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Bugula is a speciose genus of marine bryozoans, represented by both endemic and cosmopolitan species distributed in tropical and temperate waters and important to marine biologists because of the occurrence of many species in harbor and ...
Leandro M Vieira +2 more
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The Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus (Linnaeus, 1758), is distributed along the Eastern Pacific coast and along the Western Atlantic coast, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Southwestern Atlantic.
Thais Peixoto Macedo +3 more
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Seaweed cultivation on the Southern and Southeastern Brazilian Coast [PDF]
Seaweeds are used directly as food or applied indirectly as texturing agents with gelling and thickening properties (carrageenan, agar and alginates) in many industries. They can also be used as fertilizers, animal feed, biomass for fuel, cosmetics and a source of pharmaceuticals, among other applications.
Pellizzari, Franciane +1 more
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Reservoir Effect of the Southern and Southeastern Brazilian Coast [PDF]
A regional marine reservoir correction (ΔR) of 33±24 14C yr for southern Brazil was obtained from 6 marine shell samples collected in the states of Santa Catarina and Paraná. This work also presents a ΔR estimation of 8±17 14C yr for the southern and southeastern Brazilian coast from the states of Rio de Janeiro to Santa Catarina, obtained by including
Angulo, R.J. +3 more
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Protodrilus (Protodrilidae, Annelida) from the southern and southeastern Brazilian coasts [PDF]
Protodrilus corderoi, Protodrilus ovarium n. sp. and Protodrilus pythonius n. sp. are reported from beaches in southern and southeastern Brazil and described combining live observations with light and electron scanning microscopy studies. Protodrilus corderoi is redescribed from new collections at the type locality, and a neotype for the species is ...
Di Domenico, Maikon +3 more
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Soft-bottom polychaetes from the Brazilian harbors of Mucuripe and Pecém (state of Ceará) and Santos (state of São Paulo) [PDF]
The analysis of polychaete fauna from 20 soft-bottom samples collected in different shallow sectors of Mucuripe, Pecém and Santos harbors provided a list of 34 different taxa, totaling 366 individuals. A comparison with recent published data revealed the
Lucas Buruaem +2 more
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AMS dating of early shellmounds of the southeastern Brazilian coast [PDF]
This paper discusses the chronology of prehistoric settlements of the central-south Brazilian coast. A charcoal sample from a coastal shellmound of Rio de Janeiro State was dated by 14C-AMS to 7; 860§ 80 years BP as part of an interdisciplinary project between physicists and archaeologists.
Lima, T. A. +5 more
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Pericelis cata Marcus and Marcus, 1968 (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida): first record from northeast of Brazil [PDF]
The polyclad Pericelis cata has been reported in two distinct localities along the North Atlantic: Curaçao and the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Recently identified from the Southwestern Atlantic, the species was first described from the Cabo Frio region (
Vinicius Queiroz +3 more
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