Table of Contents

The Tectonic and Geological Environment of Coastal South America.- 1 The Gulf of Honduras.- 2 The Coastal Lagoon Ciénaga Grande De Santa Marta, Colombia.- 3 The Maracaibo System, Venezuela.- 4 The Orinoco River Delta, Venezuela.- 5 The Itamaracá Estuarine Ecosystem, Brazil.- 6 The Abrolhos Reefs of Brazil.- 7 The Cabo Frio Upwelling System, Brazil.- 8 Baía de Guanabara, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.- 9 The Lagoon Region and Estuary Ecosystem of Cananéia, Brazil.- 10 The Subtropical Estuarine Complex of Paranaguá Bay, Brazil.- 11 The Convergence Ecosystem in the Southwest Atlantic.- 12 The Patos Lagoon Estuary, Brazil.- 13 The Río de la Plata Estuary, Argentina-Uruguay.- 14 The Bahia Blanca Estuary, Argentina.- 15 The Sand Beach Ecosystem of Chile.- 16 The Peruvian Coastal Upwelling System.- 17 The Gulf of Guayaquil and the Guayas River Estuary, Ecuador.- 18 The Estuary Ecosystem of Buenaventura Bay, Colombia.- 19 Eastern Pacific Coral Reef Ecosystems.- 20 The Tropical Pacific Coast of Mexico.- 21 Upwelling and Lagoonal Ecosystems of the Dry Pacific Coast of Baja California.- 22 The Colorado River Estuary and Upper Gulf of California, Baja, Mexico.- A Summary of Natural and Human-Induced Variables in Coastal Marine Ecosystems of Latin America.

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"... I can highly recommend this book to all those who (start to) work in Latin America's coastal environments be it for basic, applied, or conservation research. They will find it a good introduction and overview. It should be present in all university libraries, not only those in Latin America." (Aquatic Ecology)