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The Bahía Blanca Estuary in a regional context
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2021)
The aim of this introductory chapter is to provide the readers some insight into the regional context of the Bahía Blanca Estuary. We begin this chapter with a description of the geological settings along the Atlantic coast ...
Reproductive Parameters of Female Long-finned Pilot Whales (Globicephala melas edwardii) from the Southwestern Atlantic
(Academia Sinica, 2017-12)
Mass strandings represent a valuable source of information, especially when it comes to difficult-to-access pelagic species, such as Globicephala melas edwardii. We collected reproductive organs from 27 female pilot whales ...
Trophic ecology of young-of-the-year elasmobranchs in a critical habitat within the Río de la Plata outer estuarine waters
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2019-04)
Knowledge on the trophic ecology of elasmobranch species in all their size classes is important to determine complex trophic roles and relationships between members of the community, which ultimately promotes the development ...
Exploitation and Recovery of the South American Sea Lion in the Southwestern Atlantic
(Springer, 2021)
The South American sea lion, Otaria flavescens, is one of the most conspicuous marine mammals along the coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It has a long history of exploitation throughout its range. In the southwestern ...
Outbreak of a neurotoxic side-gilled sea slug (Pleurobranchaea sp.) in Argentinian coasts
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-01)
Since 2009 we have been registering the outbreak of an unknown side-gilled sea slug of the genus Pleurobranchaea in coastal waters of Argentina, southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Examination of both external macroscopic features ...
Late Quaternary molluscs from the northern San Matías Gulf (Northern Patagonia, Argentina), southwestern Atlantic: Faunistic changes and paleoenvironmental interpretation
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2014-03)
The Late Quaternary in the coastal area of South America is represented mostly by littoral ridges, cliffs and tidal plains, with associated remains of gastropods and bivalves currently used as paleoclimatic indicators. The ...
Assemblages of certain benthic molluscs along the southwestern Atlantic: From subtidal to deep sea
(BioMed Central, 2019-11)
Background: We analyse the distribution of Gastropods and Chitons from shallow to deep waters along the southwestern Atlantic Ocean off Argentina and discuss possible factors determining the observed biogeographic patterns. ...
Statolith chemistry as a stock tag in the Argentine shortfin squid Illex argentinus
(Elsevier, 2020-07)
With annual catches that have exceeded 1 million tons, the Argentine shortfin squid (Illex argentinus) is among the most important fisheries in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. The objective of this study was to assess the ...
Gap size measurement: the proposal of a new field method
(Elsevier B.V., 2005-08-03)
In the tropical Atlantic Forest, 42 canopy gaps had their areas estimated using four different field methods of measurement: Runkle, Brokaw and Green [Runkle, J.R., 1981. Gap formation in some old-growth forests of the ...
Gap size measurement: the proposal of a new field method
(Elsevier B.V., 2005-08-03)
In the tropical Atlantic Forest, 42 canopy gaps had their areas estimated using four different field methods of measurement: Runkle, Brokaw and Green [Runkle, J.R., 1981. Gap formation in some old-growth forests of the ...