The Bahía Blanca Estuary: Ecology and Biodiversity

Book Overview

Preface.- The Bah?a Blanca Estuary in a regional context.- Geography of the Bah?a Blanca Estuary.- Physical Oceanography of the Bah?a Blanca Estuary.- Bah?a Blanca Estuary: a chemical oceanographic approach.- Plankton ecology and biodiversity in the Bah?a Blanca Estuary.- Biology and ecology of the benthic algae.- The intertidal meiobenthos of the Bah?a Blanca Estuary.- The intertidal soft-bottom macrobenthic invertebrates.- Taxonomic and functional approach of subtidal macrobenthic communities in the Bah?a Blanca Estuary (Argentina).- Shrimps and prawns.- Ecology and biology of the fish assemblages.- The Bahia Blanca Estuary and importance of the wetlands for the conservation of see turtles.- Shorebirds and Seabirds' Ecology and Conservation.- Marine mammals: is the Bah?a Blanca Estuary and its area of influence important for their conservation?.- Use of coastal area habitats by land mammals.- Coastal wetlands of the Bah?a Blanca Estuary. Landscape structure and plant associations.- Environmental diagnosis of the protected coastal areas of the Bah?a Blanca Estuary.- Small-scale artisanal fishers and socio-environmental conflicts in estuarine and coastal wetlands.- Estuarine environmental monitoring programs: long term studies.- Environmental education: mud and salt classrooms.- Index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030664880
• ISBN13: 9783030664886
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 581 Pages
• Weight: 1.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"