The marine areas of South America (SA) include almost 30,000 km of coastline and
encompass three different oceanic domains—the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the Atlantic …

The literature on commons has established the validity and significance of Elinor Ostrom's
design principles for collective action. Can these principles be used to guide policies and …

The present study combines esophageal lavage (n= 74), stomach content (n= 52) and stable
isotope analysis (n= 126) to understand the ontogenetic dietary shift of green turtles …

We present the first study conducted in a wide spatio-temporal scale on marine turtles
strandings (N= 1,107) over a 12-year period (1999–2010) in Uruguay. Five species were …

Marine ecosystems are under the increasing stress of natural and anthropogenic climate
variability and change. Knowledge of the patterns of distribution of chlorophyll …

Individual specialisation is increasingly recognised to be an ecological and evolutionary
process having important consequences for population dynamics of vertebrates. The South …

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 …

Stable isotope analyses have become an important tool in reconstructing diets, analysing
resource use patterns, elucidating trophic relations among predators and understanding the …

Estuaries vary considerably in geomorphology, hydrology and in the properties of
sediments. Structure of benthic communities may respond to the interaction of these …

Small-scale fisheries (SSFs) constitute a critical socioeconomic sector by providing a source
of income and animal protein for fishing communities worldwide. In Uruguay this sector has …