[HTML][HTML] Fjords as aquatic critical zones (ACZs)

TS Bianchi, S Arndt, WEN Austin, DI Benn… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent decades, the land-ocean aquatic continuum, commonly defined as the interface, or
transition zone, between terrestrial ecosystems and the open ocean, has undergone …

Mechanisms and ecological role of carbon transfer within coastal seascapes

GA Hyndes, I Nagelkerken, RJ McLeod… - Biological …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Worldwide, coastal systems provide some of the most productive habitats, which potentially
influence a range of marine and terrestrial ecosystems through the transfer of nutrients and …

Icefield-to-ocean linkages across the northern Pacific coastal temperate rainforest ecosystem

S O'Neel, E Hood, AL Bidlack, SW Fleming… - …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Rates of glacier mass loss in the northern Pacific coastal temperate rainforest (PCTR) are
among the highest on Earth, and changes in glacier volume and extent will affect the flow …

[HTML][HTML] Glacial lake evolution and Atlantic-Pacific drainage reversals during deglaciation of the Patagonian Ice Sheet

VR Thorndycraft, JM Bendle, G Benito… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Modelling experiments of drainage events from proglacial lakes of the Río Baker catchment
(central Patagonia, 46–48 ⁰S) indicate that Atlantic-Pacific drainage reversals may have …

Hypoxia in Chilean patagonian fjords

N Silva, CA Vargas - Progress in Oceanography, 2014 - Elsevier
Chilean Patagonia is one of the largest estuarine systems in the world. It is characterized by
a complex geography of approximately 3300 islands, a total surface area of 240,000 km 2 …

Dominant scales of subtidal variability in coastal hydrography of the Northern Chilean Patagonia

DA Narváez, CA Vargas, LA Cuevas… - Journal of Marine …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Chilean Patagonia, on the southeastern Pacific Ocean, is one of the largest
fjord systems in the world. Its complex topography harbors an aquaculture industry that is …

Temporal and spatial distribution of floating objects in coastal waters of central–southern Chile and Patagonian fjords

IA Hinojosa, MM Rivadeneira, M Thiel - Continental Shelf Research, 2011 - Elsevier
Floating objects are suggested to be the principal vector for the transport and dispersal of
marine invertebrates with direct development as well as catalysts for carbon and nutrient …

Ecological connections across the marine-terrestrial interface in Chilean Patagonia

R Rozzi, S Rosenfeld, JJ Armesto, A Mansilla… - Conservation in Chilean …, 2024 - Springer
Chilean Patagonia encompasses the two southernmost terrestrial ecoregions of the
temperate forest biome of South America (North-Patagonian and Sub-Antarctic Magellanic) …

Land–ocean gradient in haline stratification and its effects on plankton dynamics and trophic carbon fluxes in Chilean Patagonian fjords (47–50 S)

HE González, LR Castro, G Daneri, JL Iriarte… - Progress in …, 2013 - Elsevier
Patagonian fjord systems, and in particular the fjords and channels associated with the
Baker/Pascua Rivers, are currently under conspicuous natural and anthropogenic …

Land–ocean distribution of allochthonous organic matter in surface sediments of the Chiloé and Aysén interior seas (Chilean Northern Patagonia)

N Silva, CA Vargas, R Prego - Continental Shelf Research, 2011 - Elsevier
We investigated the relative distribution of allochthonous (ie, terrigenous) organic matter in
the complex, continuous, river–fjord–sound–channel–gulf system of Chile's North Patagonia …