[PDF] Top 20 Braz. j. oceanogr. vol.54 número1

... In order to determine the dynamics of the lagoon flow response to wind forcing and river inflow, the term balances in the depth-averaged momentum equations are examined, both in the c[r] ... See full document

... Even though the time period covered by this research project was insufficient to evaluate the degree of dependence of the fish on this oyster reef, more than 3,000 specimens, belongin[r] ... See full document

... evenness (Pielou´s J). Test for differences in the fauna univariate measures and microphytobenthos (chlorophyll a and phaeopigment biomass) between lagoons (Mirim, Imaruí and Santo Antonio) and periods (winter and ... See full document

... The same set of environmental variables (median sediment grain size, skewness, kurtosis, sorting, fine and medium sand fractions and depth) were selected as controlling these assemblag[r] ... See full document

... In this study we focus on the calibration of two different oxygen isotopic equilibrium equations using western South Atlantic core-tops and water column data to determine oxygen isoto[r] ... See full document

... (2002 and 2005), consists of the verification of the level of imposex development in each individual sampled. These levels were classified according to the following stages: 1) begin[r] ... See full document

... Average values of chlorophyll- a concentration (µg/cm 2 ) for midlittoral and sublittoral stations in the Botafogo (A) and Siri (B) estuaries (bars represent Standard Deviation), ( F=[r] ... See full document

... Cervigón, F.; Cipriani, R.; Fischer, W.; Garibaldi, L.; Hendrick, M.; Lemus, A. J.; Márquez, R.; Poutiers, J. M.; Robaina, G. & Rodriguez, B. 1992. Fichas FAO de identificación de especies para los ... See full document

... Comparing the data of the BP:PP ratio in the mixtures with bottom water influence to the primary production development stages, we noticed that the pattern is similar to that suggeste[r] ... See full document

... Percentage contribution (%) of the most abundant and constant species in the tidal flat, for the similarity inside group A (August, September and October), group B (November, December, [r] ... See full document

... The density was positively correlated with sand (coarse, medium and fine sand), sedimentary organic matter, dissolved oxygen and mean grain size and was negatively related to salini[r] ... See full document

... The behavior of beating the tips of the palps on the sediment surface may be interpreted in two ways: to collect the particles directly, bringing them to the mouth and to suspend the [r] ... See full document

... In spite of the small number of larvae analyzed in the west area, due to the high number of dead larvae collected, the application of biochemical indicators tryptic enzyme activ[r] ... See full document

... Distribution: Western Atlantic: U.S.A., Bermudas, Bahamas, Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro). Eastern Atlantic: Azores, Madeira and Canary Archipelagos, Senegal, Trist[r] ... See full document

... We thank Instituto Ecomama and Tempo de Fundo Atividades Subaquáticas, for an effective cooperation that provided access to the islands. A. Aguiar, S. Marques, J. P. Mendonça-Neto, and W. Fortes, for helping in ... See full document

... The proposed method was applied to a successional study involving manipulative experiments. An example of results obtained in this study was used to illustrate the data collection and[r] ... See full document

... All of the categories (ciliates, dinoflagellates and flagellates) with lower densities, compared with total nanoplankton, were positioned at the negative side, with best representat[r] ... See full document

... Epiphytes on unidentified coralline alga had a significantly lower growth on live crusts (Fig.. Dead crusts usually bore as many epiphytes as epoxy replicas, showing that the later w[r] ... See full document

... The aim of this work is to assess the concentrations of metals in two main fouling algal species, Ulva flexuosa and Ulva fasciata , and one isopod species Sphaeroma serratum (Sph[r] ... See full document

... In general, the cells were wider than long, with variable size and smaller than those described in the literature (Table 1) as more elongated (Balech, 1995; MacKenzie et al., 2004).[r] ... See full document