The impact of cumulative stressor effects on uncertainty and ecological risk

V Rullens, F Stephenson, JE Hewitt, DE Clark… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
To enable environmental management actions to be more effectively prioritized, cumulative
effects between multiple stressors need to be accounted for in risk-assessment frameworks …

Ecosystem health of Montevideo coastal zone: A multi approach using some different benthic indicators to improve a ten-year-ago assessment

P Muniz, N Venturini, M Hutton, N Kandratavicius… - Journal of sea …, 2011 - Elsevier
A study on the benthic ecosystem health was performed to assess the environmental quality
of Montevideo coastal zone, in view of the construction of a new sanitation system. Data …

Trophic mass-balance model of a subtropical coastal lagoon, including a comparison with a stable isotope analysis of the food-web

AC Milessi, C Danilo, RG Laura, C Daniel, S Javier… - Ecological …, 2010 - Elsevier
Stable isotopes and mass-balance trophic models (eg, ECOPATH) are well-known and
widely used approximations to describe food-web structure, but their consistency is not …

Oxygen and nutrient dynamics of the upside down jellyfish (Cassiopea sp.) and its influence on benthic nutrient exchanges and primary production

DT Welsh, RJK Dunn, T Meziane - Hydrobiologia, 2009 - Springer
The oxygen and nutrient dynamics of the zooxanthellate, upside down jellyfish (Cassiopea
sp.), were determined both in situ and during laboratory incubations under controlled light …

Sea-level rise effects on macrozoobenthos distribution within an estuarine gradient using Species Distribution Modeling

Y Costa, I Martins, GC Carvalho, F Barros - Ecological Informatics, 2022 - Elsevier
The sea-level rise induced by climate change has caused impacts (eg, floods and saline
intrusion) in estuaries. In this work, we used monitoring data (salinity, sediment and taxa …

Fish assemblage in a temperate estuary on the uruguayan coast: seasonal variation and environmental influence

AA Plavan, C Passadore, L Gimenez - Brazilian Journal of …, 2010 - SciELO Brasil
The seasonal dynamics of the fish community in the Pando estuary on the Uruguayan coast
were studied in relation to environmental sampled monthly between May 2002 and June …

The effect of urban sewage on benthic macrofauna: a multiple spatial scale approach

FM Souza, KM Brauko, PC Lana, P Muniz… - Marine pollution …, 2013 - Elsevier
We investigated the spatial scales of variation of macrofauna in intertidal flats subjected to
different levels of contamination from urban effluents in two areas sampled in the Paranaguá …

Macrofaunal patterns and animal–sediment relationships in Uruguayan estuaries and coastal lagoons (Atlantic coast of South America)

L Giménez, N Venturini, N Kandratavicius… - Journal of Sea …, 2014 - Elsevier
Estuaries vary considerably in geomorphology, hydrology and in the properties of
sediments. Structure of benthic communities may respond to the interaction of these …

Heavy metals and As in surface sediments of the north coast of the Río de la Plata estuary: spatial variations in pollution status and adverse biological risk

P Muniz, A Marrero, E Brugnoli… - Regional Studies in …, 2019 - Elsevier
The concentration and pollution level of heavy metals and As in surface sediments from
Montevideo coastal zone (Río de la Plata estuary) were measured in 18 sites in March 2015 …

Effects of artificial breaching of a temporarily open/closed estuary on benthic macroinvertebrates (Camacho Lagoon, Southern Brazil)

SA Netto, AM Domingos, MN Kurtz - Estuaries and Coasts, 2012 - Springer
The mouth dynamics of temporarily open/closed estuaries (TOCEs) play a key role in their
overall functioning. In this study, the effect of the inlet state (closed vs. artificially breached) …