First documented record of the Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813 (Aves: Sternidae) in southeast Brazil [PDF]
We report the first record of Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813 on the southeastern Brazilian coast. During monthly bird surveys in the northern Rio de Janeiro State, on January 2012 we recovered a tern banded in Massachusetts, USA.
Davi Tavares +2 more
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An extended geographical distribution of Donax gemmula Morrison, 1971 (Bivalvia: Donacidae): new record from the Brazilian Northeastern coast [PDF]
This study provides the first record of Donax gemmula Morrison, 1971 (Bivalvia: Donacidae) from the Ceará State, Northeast Brazil; up to now it was only known from the Southeastern and Southern Brazilian coast.
Cristiane Barroso +3 more
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Charcoal analysis of seven sambaquis from the southeastern Brazilian coast allowed palaeoenvironment reconstruction as well as various palaeoethnological considerations on wood use and on the fishers-gatherershunters’ diet. Restinga, dry forest, mangrove
Rita Scheel-Ybert
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New insights from low-temperature thermochronology into the tectonic and geomorphologic evolution of the south-eastern Brazilian highlands and passive margin [PDF]
The South Atlantic passive margin along the south-eastern Brazilian highlands exhibits a complex landscape, including a northern inselberg area and a southern elevated plateau, separated by the Doce River valley.
De Grave, Johan +4 more
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Possible changes in the Holocene wind pattern recorded on southeastern Brazilian coast
The Pacific oceanographic phenomenon "EL Nino" is responsible, during some months, for very significant atmospheric circulation disturbances in the coasts of southern Equador and Northern Peru. Consequently, derangements of some natural mechanisms, directly or indirectly related to wind patterns, are produced along northeastern, southeastern or ...
Martin, Louis, Flexor, J.M., Suguio, K.
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Decapod crustacean associations with scyphozoan jellyfish (Rhizostomeae: Pelagiidae) in the Southeastern Brazilian coast [PDF]
In southeastern Brazil, decapod crustaceans were found living in association with the scyphozoan jellyfish. In total, 2002 specimens of the Scyphozoa Lychnorhiza lucerna were collected of which 511 were associated decapods that were identified as three species of the crab Libinia ferreirae, Libinia spinosa, and one Grapsoidea sp.
Lemos Goncalves, Geslaine Rafaela +3 more
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A comparative study of populations of Ectopleura crocea and Ectopleura ralphi (Hydrozoa, Tubulariidae) from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean [PDF]
Ectopleura crocea (L. Agassiz, 1862) and Ectopleura ralphi (Bale, 1884) are two of the nominal tubulariid species re-corded for the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (SWAO), presumably with wide but disjunct geographical ranges and similar morphologies.
Ale, Ezequiel +2 more
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What we must do – An exotic invasive species in paradise [PDF]
The soft coral Chromonephthea brazilensis was first recorded at Arraial do Cabo, on the southeastern Brazilian coast. Following studies showed that the presence of C. braziliensis may be a real threat to regional biodiversity, especially to endemic coral
Marcelo Semeraro Medeiros +1 more
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Patterns of distribution and abundance of larval phosichthyidae (actinopterygii, stomiiformes) in southeastern Brazilian waters [PDF]
Horizontal and vertical distribution patterns and abundance of larval phosichthyids were investigated from oblique and depth-stratified towns off Southeastern brazilian waters, from São Tomé cape (41ºW.; 22ºS.) to São Sebastião island (45ºW.; 24ºS.). The
GOÇALO, Cássia Gôngora +2 more
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The Southern Brazilian shelf: general characteristics, quaternary evolution and sediment distribution [PDF]
Extending from latitude 34ºS to 22ºS the Southern Brazilian shelf constitutes the only part of the Brazilian shelf with a subtropical to temperate environment.
ALVES, Daniel Pavani Vicente +9 more
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