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Preface
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Fig. I. 1 Gulf of Honduras, 2 Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta, 3 Maracaibo system, 4 Orinoco River Delta, 5 ltamaraca estuary ecosystem, 6 Abrolhos reefs, 7 Cabo Frio upwelling, 8 Bafa de Guanabara, 9 Cananeia lagunar and estuary ecosystem, 10 Paranagua Bay,
11 Southwest Atlantic Convergence ecosystem, 12 Patos Lagoon estuary, 13 Rio de la
Plata estuary, 14 Bahia Blanca, 15 Chilean sand beach ecosystem, 16 Peruvian coastal
upwelling system, 17 Gulf of Guayaquil and Guayas River estuary, 18 Buenaventura Bay,
19 Eastern Pacific coral reefs, 20 tropical Pacific coast of Mexico, 21 upwelling and lagoonal ecosystems of Baja California, 22 Upper Gulf of California and Colorado River
estuary
ecosystems in Latin America is still lagging behind and, without the pertinent knowledge, sustainable management of ecosystem resources is in
jeopardy. Perhaps as a first step, a competent revision of the existing, albeit
sparse information based on individual and isolated studies often dispersed in local sources outside the international mainstream is now timely and important.
Preface
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Fig. I. 1 Gulf of Honduras, 2 Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta, 3 Maracaibo system, 4 Orinoco River Delta, 5 ltamaraca estuary ecosystem, 6 Abrolhos reefs, 7 Cabo Frio upwelling, 8 Bafa de Guanabara, 9 Cananeia lagunar and estuary ecosystem, 10 Paranagua Bay,
11 Southwest Atlantic Convergence ecosystem, 12 Patos Lagoon estuary, 13 Rio de la
Plata estuary, 14 Bahia Blanca, 15 Chilean sand beach ecosystem, 16 Peruvian coastal
upwelling system, 17 Gulf of Guayaquil and Guayas River estuary, 18 Buenaventura Bay,
19 Eastern Pacific coral reefs, 20 tropical Pacific coast of Mexico, 21 upwelling and lagoonal ecosystems of Baja California, 22 Upper Gulf of California and Colorado River
estuary
ecosystems in Latin America is still lagging behind and, without the pertinent knowledge, sustainable management of ecosystem resources is in
jeopardy. Perhaps as a first step, a competent revision of the existing, albeit
sparse information based on individual and isolated studies often dispersed in local sources outside the international mainstream is now timely and important.