The 1500km-long coast of South America between the Amazon and the Orinoco river
mouths is the world's muddiest. This is due to the huge suspended-sediment discharge of …

Marine circulation above the northern Brazilian continental shelf is subject to energetic
forcing factors of various origins: high water buoyancy fluxes induced by the Amazon River …

The mangrove belt along the coast of the three Guianas, South America, forms a unique
ecosystem and acts efficiently as a natural soft coastal defence structure. The general …

The estuarine turbidity maximum (ETM) zone occurs in river estuaries due to the effects of
tidal dynamics, density-driven residual circulation and deposition/erosion of fine sediments …

Power levels available from the kinetic energy of tidal flows can be significant in coastal or
estuarine regions with relatively modest tidal ranges. For example, the central Maine coast …

Podocyte damage plays a central role in the pathogenesis of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome,
as well as in the progression of many chronic glomerular diseases. Targeted therapy in …

Moored current measurements carried out from 6 October 2003 to 18 February 2004 over
the French Guiana continental shelf are presented. Two contrasted situations have been …

Large mudbanks migrate westwards in the nearshore zone from the Cabo Cassipore in the
Amapa state (Brazil) to the Waini River in Guiana. These mudbanks are noticeable by their …

Compared to temperate estuaries, tropical ones are less documented. Among them, the
numerous estuaries along the Guiana shoreline present at least two original features: they …

We report for the first time the presence of self-sustaining populations of Macrobrachium
rosenbergii in French Guiana. Genetic analyses of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I …