WIT Press

Estuarine Management In Northeast Brazil: The Estuarine Complex Of Itamaraca

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

34

Pages

10

Published

1999

Size

884 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/ECO990231

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

E. Eskinazi-Leca, H.M. Barros & S.J. Macedo

Abstract

The estuarine complex of Itamaraca (Northeast, Brazil) has been the subject of a research programme integrating different disciplines. Substantial knowledge base was established concerning natural resources, the socio-economic situation and the interactions among them. A conceptual model was designed in which the ecological features are presented, considering primarily the dynamics caused by the inflow of saline

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