CHAPTER 1 . Geomorphology and Physical Oceanography of South American Estuaries
9
Fig. 1.5. Percentage of articles
published in Estuaries and
ECSS distributed in regions.
Most papers deal with estuaries in USA, Canada and Europe
60 -
40 -
20 -
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by regions. NfG = theoretical paper not applied to any specific estuary
USAf
C. Amer.! Europe Asia
Africa
South
Oceania NfG
Total
Canada Mexico
America
Estuaries 431.0
11
37.5
9.0
5.0
7
10.5
33
544.0
ECSS
186.1
18.0
206.9
50.0
23.0
25.0
46.0
21.0
576.0
Total
617.1
29.0
244.4
59.0
28
33
56.5
54
1120.0
%
55.05
2.59
21.8
5.26
2.5
2.94
5.04
4.82
100
than four times smaller than USA/Canada (Table 1.1) estuaries. In relation with the
number of estuaries existent in Australia and New Zealand (100% of the Oceania papers come from there), the number of papers could be considered at the same level of
the European output.
Clearly, for regions like South America, there is no relation between the number of
estuaries found in their coast and the information published in the international literature. One major reason for this is that researchers tend to publish in regional or
national journals favoured by their own native language rather that confronting with
the extra task to write his findings in English. Many of them may not be proficient
enough or they may need much longer time to produce a good quality English presentation. Even though in many cases editors of international journals are very helpful
in trying to cross this barrier, the authors may not be successful enough to adequately
9
Fig. 1.5. Percentage of articles
published in Estuaries and
ECSS distributed in regions.
Most papers deal with estuaries in USA, Canada and Europe
60 -
40 -
20 -
0
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Table 1.1. Number of papers published in the period 1988-1997 in Estuaries and ECSS discriminated
by regions. NfG = theoretical paper not applied to any specific estuary
USAf
C. Amer.! Europe Asia
Africa
South
Oceania NfG
Total
Canada Mexico
America
Estuaries 431.0
11
37.5
9.0
5.0
7
10.5
33
544.0
ECSS
186.1
18.0
206.9
50.0
23.0
25.0
46.0
21.0
576.0
Total
617.1
29.0
244.4
59.0
28
33
56.5
54
1120.0
%
55.05
2.59
21.8
5.26
2.5
2.94
5.04
4.82
100
than four times smaller than USA/Canada (Table 1.1) estuaries. In relation with the
number of estuaries existent in Australia and New Zealand (100% of the Oceania papers come from there), the number of papers could be considered at the same level of
the European output.
Clearly, for regions like South America, there is no relation between the number of
estuaries found in their coast and the information published in the international literature. One major reason for this is that researchers tend to publish in regional or
national journals favoured by their own native language rather that confronting with
the extra task to write his findings in English. Many of them may not be proficient
enough or they may need much longer time to produce a good quality English presentation. Even though in many cases editors of international journals are very helpful
in trying to cross this barrier, the authors may not be successful enough to adequately