The Bahía Blanca Estuary
Ecology and Biodiversity
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Exploring substrate associations of the non-native anemone Diadumene lineata on an open ocean coast in the SW Atlantic
Diadumene lineata is one of the most widely distributed sea anemones in the world. It is usually found in estuaries, gulfs and bays over a broad range of substrates such as oysters, rocks, seaweeds and docks. In ...
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The Intertidal Soft-Bottom Macrobenthic Invertebrates
The soft-bottom intertidal areas of the Bahía Blanca Estuary are inhabited by a diverse community of macrobenthic invertebrates. This chapter summarizes the state of our knowledge of this community, addressing...
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The Bahía Blanca Estuary in a Regional Context
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 ...
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Estuarine Environmental Monitoring Programs: Long-Term Studies
Monitoring programs are evaluation procedures designed to assess the state and evolution of a system over time. In particular, environmental monitoring programs are those that are applied to assess the conditi...
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Taxonomic and Functional Assessment of Subtidal Macrobenthic Communities in the Bahía Blanca Estuary (Argentina)
The macrobenthic communities in the soft-bottom subtidal areas of the Bahía Blanca Estuary are dominated by polychaetes, crustaceans, and mollusks. Species richness, abundance, biomass, and taxonomic and funct...
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Dominant Bivalve in an Exposed Sandy Beach Regulates Community Structure Through Spatial Competition
Fluctuations in abundance of dominant species can cause competitive release of resources with consequences on community structure and functioning. In the present study, changes in the intertidal macroinfauna c...
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First records of metal concentrations in the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) from a Southwest Atlantic estuary
The Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) is one of the world’s most widespread bivalves and a suitable species for biomonitoring metals in coastal environments. In the present research, wild individuals were collec...
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Spatially explicit risk assessment for coastal invaders under different management scenarios
Biological invasions are particularly challenging in marine environments, where control strategies are scarce and efforts to reduce the abundance of the invader are costly and difficult, often representing ins...
