Fish conservation in South America is a pressing issue. The biodiversity of fishes, just as
with all other groups of plants and animals, is far from fully known. Continuing habitat loss …

Research on estuarine ecology in South America (SA) increased quali-quantitatively since
the early 1980 in search of consistent recommendations for estuarine conservation. The …

The plastic debris contamination, feeding ecology and habitat use of Cynoscion acoupa, an
economically important species, were studied in relation to spatial, seasonal and …

Estuarine fish research in South America began in the early 20th Century, but it is only within
the last 40 years that detailed studies have been undertaken. This review firstly summarizes …

The Río de la Plata (34° 36′ S, 55° 58′ W; Argentina and Uruguay) estuary, one of the
most important South American estuarine environments, is characterized by weak seasonal …

The fish diversity and the main environmental factors affecting the spatial distribution of
species, life history stages and community structure in the Río de la Plata (RdP) and …

Over the last decades the anthropogenic contamination impact has substantially increased
in the Bahía Blanca estuarine area, and scarce information exists regarding metals in the …

The pollution of aquatic environments is a worldwide problem of difficult solution since these
areas are used for the disposal and dilution of anthropogenic wastes. This study evaluated …

This study evaluated-for the first time-the occurrence and distribution of total Hg in abiotic
(dissolved and particulate water fractions) and biotic (gills and muscle tissues of six …

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