CHAPTER 5 . Hydrographical Characteristics of the Estuarine Area of Patos Lagoon
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge: the Interministerial Cornission for Marine Resources - CIRM - and the Rio Grande do SuI State Research Supporting Foundation -
FAPERGS - (contract 90.1220.0) for the financial support given during the PLP and PLATES
projects; the Marine Office of Hydrography and Navigation -DHN - and the National
Department of Waters and Electrical Energy - D NAEE - for providing part of the data used
in this study; to Drs. Frederico Isla, Peter Zavialov and one anonymous reviewer for criticising and improving the manuscript. This paper is part of a DSc. Thesis carried out by O.
Moller at the University of Bordeaux I sponsored by the Brazilian National Council of
Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq - under contract N° 200331-92.2.
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Bonnefille R (1978) Residual phenomena in estuaries, application to the Gironde Estuary. In: Nihoul JCJ (ed)
Hydrodynamics of estuaries and fjords. Elsevier Oceanographic Series 23, Amsterdam pp 439-482
Bordas MP, Casalas A, Silveira A, Gon~alves M (1984) Circula~ao e dispersao em sistemas costeiros e
oceanicos, Caso da Lagoa dos Patos. Tech Report IPH/UFRGS, Brazil
Calliari Lj, Gomes MEV, Griep GH, Moller Jr 00 (1980) Caracteristicas sedimentologicas e fatores
ambientais da regiao estuarial da Lagoa dos Patos. Proceedings XXXI Congresso Brasileiro de
Geologia 2:862-875
Castello JP (Coord) (1976a) Projeto Lagoa, Relatorio 1° Cruzeiro, Rio Grande. FURG, BOA, Serie
Relatorios 1:1-23
Castello JP (Coord) (1976b) Projeto Lagoa, Relatorio 2°/3° Cruzeiros, Rio Grande. FURG, BOA, Serie
Relatorios 2:1-47
Castello JP (Coord) (1976c) Projeto Lagoa, Relatorio 4°/5° Cruzeiros, Rio Grande. FURG, BOA, Serie
Relatorios P-48
Castello JP (Coord) (1976d) Projeto Lagoa. Relatorio 6°/7° Cruzeiros, Rio Grande. FURG, BOA, Serie
Relatorios 4:1-75
Castello JP (Coord) (1977a) Projeto Lagoa, Relatorio 8°/9° Cruzeiros, Rio Grande. FURG, BOA, Serie
Relatorios P-56
Castello JP (Coord) (1977b) Projeto Lagoa, Relatorio 10°/11° Cruzeiros, Rio Grande. FURG, BOA, Serie
Relatorios 6:1-68
Castello JP (Coord) (1978a) Projeto Lagoa, II Transversal de Bentos e Relatorio 12°/13° Cruzeiros, Rio
Grande. FURG, BOA, Serie Relatorios 8:1-72
Castello JP (Coord) (1978b) Projeto Lagoa, Relatorio 13°/14° Cruzeiros, Rio Grande. FURG, BOA, Serie
Relatorios 9:1-72
Castello JP (1985) La ecologia de los consumidores del estuario de la Lagoa dos Patos, Brasil. In: Yanez
Arancibia A (ed) Fish Community ecology in estuaries and coastal lagoons, towards an ecosystem integration. DR (N) UNAM Press, Mexico, pp 386-406
Castello JP, Moller Jr 00 (1978) On the relationship between rainfall and shrimp production in the
estuary of Patos Lagoon (Rio Grande do Sui, Brasil). Atlantica 3:67-742
Closs D (1962) Fora miniferos e tecamebas da Lagoa dos Patos. Bol Escola de Geologia, UFRGS 11:1-51
Closs D, Madeira LM (1968) Seasonal variations of brackish foraminifera in the Patos Lagoon, Southern Brazil. Publ Esp Escola de Geologia de Porto Alegre, UFRGS 15:1-51
Costa C, Seeliger U, Kinas P (1988) The effect of wind velocity and direction on the salinity regime in
the Lower Patos Lagoon Estuary. Ciencia e Cultura 40:909-912
Delaney P (1965) Fisiografia e geologia de superficie da planicie costeira do Rio Grande do SuI. Publ
Especial Escola de Geologia, UFRGS 6:1-105
Dyer KR (1973) Estuaries: A physical introduction. J Wiley & Sons, London
Dyer KR (1974) The salt balance in stratified estuaries. Estuarine Coastal Mar Sci 2:273-281
Dyer KR (1988) The balance of suspended sediment in the Gironde and Thames estuaries. In: Kjerfve
B Estuarine transport process. Univ of South Carolina Press, pp 135-145
Fischer HB, List EJ, Koh RCY, Imberger J, Brooks NH (1979) Mixing in inland and coastal waters. Academic Press, New York
Garvine RW, McCarthy RK, Wong KC (1992) The axial salinity distribution in the Delaware Estuary
and its weak response to river discharge. Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci 35:157-162
99
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge: the Interministerial Cornission for Marine Resources - CIRM - and the Rio Grande do SuI State Research Supporting Foundation -
FAPERGS - (contract 90.1220.0) for the financial support given during the PLP and PLATES
projects; the Marine Office of Hydrography and Navigation -DHN - and the National
Department of Waters and Electrical Energy - D NAEE - for providing part of the data used
in this study; to Drs. Frederico Isla, Peter Zavialov and one anonymous reviewer for criticising and improving the manuscript. This paper is part of a DSc. Thesis carried out by O.
Moller at the University of Bordeaux I sponsored by the Brazilian National Council of
Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq - under contract N° 200331-92.2.
References
Bonnefille R (1978) Residual phenomena in estuaries, application to the Gironde Estuary. In: Nihoul JCJ (ed)
Hydrodynamics of estuaries and fjords. Elsevier Oceanographic Series 23, Amsterdam pp 439-482
Bordas MP, Casalas A, Silveira A, Gon~alves M (1984) Circula~ao e dispersao em sistemas costeiros e
oceanicos, Caso da Lagoa dos Patos. Tech Report IPH/UFRGS, Brazil
Calliari Lj, Gomes MEV, Griep GH, Moller Jr 00 (1980) Caracteristicas sedimentologicas e fatores
ambientais da regiao estuarial da Lagoa dos Patos. Proceedings XXXI Congresso Brasileiro de
Geologia 2:862-875
Castello JP (Coord) (1976a) Projeto Lagoa, Relatorio 1° Cruzeiro, Rio Grande. FURG, BOA, Serie
Relatorios 1:1-23
Castello JP (Coord) (1976b) Projeto Lagoa, Relatorio 2°/3° Cruzeiros, Rio Grande. FURG, BOA, Serie
Relatorios 2:1-47
Castello JP (Coord) (1976c) Projeto Lagoa, Relatorio 4°/5° Cruzeiros, Rio Grande. FURG, BOA, Serie
Relatorios P-48
Castello JP (Coord) (1976d) Projeto Lagoa. Relatorio 6°/7° Cruzeiros, Rio Grande. FURG, BOA, Serie
Relatorios 4:1-75
Castello JP (Coord) (1977a) Projeto Lagoa, Relatorio 8°/9° Cruzeiros, Rio Grande. FURG, BOA, Serie
Relatorios P-56
Castello JP (Coord) (1977b) Projeto Lagoa, Relatorio 10°/11° Cruzeiros, Rio Grande. FURG, BOA, Serie
Relatorios 6:1-68
Castello JP (Coord) (1978a) Projeto Lagoa, II Transversal de Bentos e Relatorio 12°/13° Cruzeiros, Rio
Grande. FURG, BOA, Serie Relatorios 8:1-72
Castello JP (Coord) (1978b) Projeto Lagoa, Relatorio 13°/14° Cruzeiros, Rio Grande. FURG, BOA, Serie
Relatorios 9:1-72
Castello JP (1985) La ecologia de los consumidores del estuario de la Lagoa dos Patos, Brasil. In: Yanez
Arancibia A (ed) Fish Community ecology in estuaries and coastal lagoons, towards an ecosystem integration. DR (N) UNAM Press, Mexico, pp 386-406
Castello JP, Moller Jr 00 (1978) On the relationship between rainfall and shrimp production in the
estuary of Patos Lagoon (Rio Grande do Sui, Brasil). Atlantica 3:67-742
Closs D (1962) Fora miniferos e tecamebas da Lagoa dos Patos. Bol Escola de Geologia, UFRGS 11:1-51
Closs D, Madeira LM (1968) Seasonal variations of brackish foraminifera in the Patos Lagoon, Southern Brazil. Publ Esp Escola de Geologia de Porto Alegre, UFRGS 15:1-51
Costa C, Seeliger U, Kinas P (1988) The effect of wind velocity and direction on the salinity regime in
the Lower Patos Lagoon Estuary. Ciencia e Cultura 40:909-912
Delaney P (1965) Fisiografia e geologia de superficie da planicie costeira do Rio Grande do SuI. Publ
Especial Escola de Geologia, UFRGS 6:1-105
Dyer KR (1973) Estuaries: A physical introduction. J Wiley & Sons, London
Dyer KR (1974) The salt balance in stratified estuaries. Estuarine Coastal Mar Sci 2:273-281
Dyer KR (1988) The balance of suspended sediment in the Gironde and Thames estuaries. In: Kjerfve
B Estuarine transport process. Univ of South Carolina Press, pp 135-145
Fischer HB, List EJ, Koh RCY, Imberger J, Brooks NH (1979) Mixing in inland and coastal waters. Academic Press, New York
Garvine RW, McCarthy RK, Wong KC (1992) The axial salinity distribution in the Delaware Estuary
and its weak response to river discharge. Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci 35:157-162