This study aims to compare the composition and the density of the meiofauna among three soft-bottom habitats over an emersion gradient during a prolonged tidal exposure period (summer 2000). The selected habitats were (1) ...

This study aimed to predict the biological parameters (species composition, abundance, richness, diversity and evenness) of benthic assemblages in southern Brazil estuaries using models based on environmental data (sediment ...

Main trophic relationships that occur along the exposed sandy shores in southernmost Brazil (,336 S) are established taking into account several biological compartments operating at morphodynamically distinct environments. ...

Stratified samples were seasonally collected to analyze the vertical distribution of the macroinfauna and sedimentological characteristics in a soft bottom estuarine habitat of the Patos Lagoon, southern Brazil. Physical-chemical ...

The aim of this study is to analyze and relate the spatial-temporal variability of macrozoobenthic assemblages to bottom characteristics and salinity fluctuations, in an estuarine shallow water region of Patos Lagoon. ...

The main objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of vegetated beds on macrofauna community structure of the estuarine soft bottoms of the Patos Lagoon, southern Brazil. Comparative analyses were made by faunal ...

The spatial and temporal distribution of Nematoda communities was analysed in three environments :in the Tramandaí lagoon , where there is a constant input of fresh water,in the Armazém lagoon , where saline water ...

The spatial distribution of benthic macrofauna on the beaches of Tramandaí, Jardim do Éden and Harmonia, was investigated over five consecutive days in April, 2003. The distribution pattern was also analyzed along with ...

Seasonal and inter-annual patterns of hydrological variation determine different salinity regimes inside the Patos Lagoon estuarine region, southern Brazil. Throughout two environmentally distinct years (2000 and 2006), ...

The temporal variability of benthic macrofauna on Cassino beach, southernmost Brazil, was studied for a period of one year (June 2004 to May 2005) based on monthly sampling. Three sites were selected distant 50m from each ...

The aim of this work was to study the relationships between temporal variability of Erodona mactroides and abiotic parameters of the water column and the substrate in a shallow embayment of the Patos Lagoon estuarine ...

La variabilidad temporal de la densidad de la macrofauna y su relación con las propiedades del agua y sedimento fue estudiada a través de muestreos mensuales en una ensenada estuarina de la Laguna de los Patos, Brasil, ...

Temporal variations of the macrofauna of sandy beaches have been related to variations in the beach morphodynamics and also to the population dynamics of dominant species. The aim of this article is to describe the temporal ...

The aim of this study is to compare the density and vertical distribution of ghost crab Ocypode quadrata burrows at three beaches with different degrees of anthropic impact. In order to achieve this, 12 1 m2 quadrants were ...

The golden mussel, Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857), has been found in the estuarine regions of South America, including the Patos Lagoon (Brazil), a huge choked lagoon with an estuarine region that is highly unstable ...

O objetivo deste trabalho é verificar a variação diária da zonação da macrofauna bentônica nas praias de Tramandaí,Harmonia e Jardim do Éden, Rio Grande do Sul. As coletas foram feitas ao longo de cinco dias consecutivos, ...

Benthic macrofauna zonation was studied for one year (June 2004 to May 2005) with monthly sampling on Cassino Beach, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Three sites (spaced 50 m apart) were selected. Three transects were anchored ...