Plankton Ecology of the Southwestern Atlantic

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This book integrates a variety of issues such as regional settings of productivity and nutrient cycling; plankton of coastal and shelf systems; plankton, climate change and human-induced changes; harmful algae and their impacts; and gelatinous zooplankton. This book explores the intriguing marine plankton communities of the SWA region of South America encompassing low to high latitude environments, framed by a complex hydrographic background and global climate change. This vast and iconic region has been largely under-recognized and under-studied. However, in recent years a strong interest has emerged along with the acknowledgment of its high biological productivity. The book concludes by discussing conservation in the region, highlighting regional biodiversity hotspots where the challenges of climate change, habitat loss, and other threats to biodiversity may be particularly acute. Plankton Ecology of the Southwestern Atlantic is a timely synthesis of the field, setting a new baseline for future research. It will be important reading for both researchers and graduate students, and will also be of interest and use to a professional audience of oceanographers, conservation biologists, stake holders and educated science enthusiasts Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Overview of the History of Biological Oceanography in the Southwestern Atlantic, with Emphasis on Plankton (Demetrio Boltovskoy, Jean L. Valentin)....Pages 3-34 Front Matter ....Pages 35-35 Physical Oceanography of the SW Atlantic Shelf: A Review (Alberto R. Piola, Elbio D. Palma, Alejandro A. Bianchi, Belmiro M. Castro, Marcelo Dottori, Raul A. Guerrero et al.)....Pages 37-56 Nutrient Transport, Cycles, and Fate in Southern Brazil (Southwestern Atlantic Ocean Margin) (Luis F. Niencheski)....Pages 57-69 Surface Macronutrient Dynamics of the Drake Passage and the Argentine Sea (Flavio E. Paparazzo, José L. Esteves)....Pages 71-86 Perspective: Continental Inputs of Matter into Planktonic Ecosystems of the Argentinean Continental Shelf—the Case of Atmospheric Dust (Augusto C. Crespi-Abril, Elena S. Barbieri, Leilén Gracia Villalobos, Gaspar Soria, Flavio E. Paparazzo, Joanna M. Paczkowska et al.)....Pages 87-99 Overview on Primary Production in the Southwestern Atlantic (Vivian Lutz, Valeria Segura, Ana Dogliotti, Virginia Tavano, Frederico P. Brandini, Danilo L. Calliari et al.)....Pages 101-126 Front Matter ....Pages 127-127 Phytoplankton Assemblages of the Subtropical South West Atlantic: Composition and Dynamics in Relation to Physical and Chemical Processes (Frederico P. Brandini)....Pages 129-148 Community Structure and Spatiotemporal Dynamics of the Zooplankton in the South Brazilian Bight: A Review (Miodeli Nogueira Jr., Frederico P. Brandini)....Pages 149-170 Zooplankton Communities of the Argentine Continental Shelf (SW Atlantic, ca. 34°–55°S), An Overview (Georgina D. Cepeda, Brenda Temperoni, Marina E. Sabatini, María D. Viñas, Carla M. Derisio, Betina A. Santos et al.)....Pages 171-199 Ecological Role of Common Appendicularian Species from Shelf Waters Off Argentina (Fabiana L. Capitanio, Mariela L. Spinelli, María L. Presta, Gastón E. Aguirre, Guillermo Cervetto, Marcelo Pájaro et al.)....Pages 201-218 Ichthyoplankton Associated to the Frontal Regions of the Southwestern Atlantic (Eduardo M. Acha, Martin D. Ehrlich, José H. Muelbert, Marcelo Pájaro, Daniel Bruno, Laura Machinandiarena et al.)....Pages 219-246 Front Matter ....Pages 247-247 Flagellates Versus Diatoms: Phytoplankton Trends in Tropical and Subtropical Estuarine-Coastal Ecosystems (Clarisse Odebrecht, Maria C. Villac, Paulo C. Abreu, Lumi Haraguchi, Piter D. F. Gomes, Denise Rivera Tenenbaum)....Pages 249-267 Phytoplankton Patterns and Processes in a Tropical-Subtropical Transition Region: Santa Catarina Coast, Southern Brazil (Leonardo R. Rörig, Marcio da Silva Tamanaha, Graziela da Rosa Persich, Carlos A. França Schettini, Eliane C. Truccolo Schettini)....Pages 269-288 Near-Surface Biogeochemistry and Phytoplankton Carbon Assimilation in the Rio de la Plata Estuary (Danilo L. Calliari, Mónica Gómez-Erache, Denise Vizziano Cantonnet, Cecilia Alonso)....Pages 289-306 Satellite-Measured Phytoplankton and Environmental Factors in North Patagonian Gulfs (Gabriela N. Williams, Miriam E. Solís, José L. Esteves)....Pages 307-325 Mesozooplankton Structure and Seasonal Dynamics in Three Coastal Systems of Argentina: Bahía Blanca Estuary, Pirámide Bay, and Ushuaia Bay (Anabela A. Berasategui, María C. López Abbate, Valeria C. D’Agostino, María L. Presta, Román Uibrig, Tami M. García et al.)....Pages 327-347 Trophic Ecology of the White Croaker (Micropogonias furnieri Desmarest, 1823) and Rough Scad (Trachurus lathami Nichols, 1920) Larvae in the Río de la Plata Estuary (Laura Rodríguez-Graña, Mario Vera, Guillermo Cervetto, Danilo L. Calliari)....Pages 349-371 Front Matter ....Pages 373-373 Diversity, Species Composition and Assemblage Dynamics of Estuarine Gelatinous and Semi-Gelatinous Zooplankton from Brazil (Miodeli Nogueira Jr., Lorena Silva do Nascimento, Pedro Vieira Maciel, Sebastião Tilbert, Lívia Dias Oliveira)....Pages 375-412 An Overview of the Medusozoa from the Southwestern Atlantic (Agustín Schiariti, María S. Dutto, André Carrara Morandini, Renato M. Nagata, Daiana Y. Pereyra, Francisco A. Puente Tapia et al.)....Pages 413-449 Front Matter ....Pages 451-451 Alexandrium tamarense/catenella Blooms in the Southwestern Atlantic: Paralytic Shellfish Toxin Production and Its Trophic Transference (Nora G. Montoya, Mario O. Carignan, José I. Carreto)....Pages 453-476 Harmful Algal Blooms in the Río de la Plata Region (Silvia M. Méndez, José I. Carreto)....Pages 477-493 Harmful Marine Microalgae in Coastal Waters of Chubut (Patagonia, Argentina) (Alicia V. Sastre, Norma H. Santinelli, Miriam E. Solís, Laura B. Pérez, Soledad Díaz Ovejero, Leilén Gracia Villalobos et al.)....Pages 495-515 Front Matter ....Pages 517-517 Composition and Structure of Phytoplankton Communities in Coastal Environments with Anthropogenic Disturbance (Patagonia, Argentina) (Norma H. Santinelli, Alicia V. Sastre, Mónica N. Gil, José L. Esteves)....Pages 519-540 Responses of Subantarctic Marine Phytoplankton to Ozone Decrease and Increased Temperature (Marcelo P. Hernando, Gabriela Malanga, Gastón O. Almandoz, Irene R. Schloss, Gustavo A. Ferreyra)....Pages 541-563 Global Change and Plankton Ecology in the Southwestern Atlantic (Elena S. Barbieri, María A. Marcoval, Rodrigo D. Hernández-Moresino, Mariela L. Spinelli, Rodrigo J. Gonçalves)....Pages 565-574 Back Matter ....Pages 575-586