Limnogeology in Brazil's "forgotten wilderness": A synthesis from the large floodplain lakes of the Pantanal

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 273-289

  McGlue, Michael M ^a   Silva, Aguinaldo ^b   Corradini, Fabrício A ^c   Zani, Hiran ^d   Trees, Mark A ^a   Ellis, Geoffrey S ^e   Parolin, Mauro ^f   Swarzenski, Peter W ^g   Cohen, Andrew S ^a   Assine, Mario L ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^e DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Faculdade Estadual de Ciências e Letras de Campo Mourão   (Brazil)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^h SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Floodplain lakes; Freshwater sponges; Limnogeology; Pantanal; Sedimentary organic matter; Tropical wetlands

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CARBON; DEEP WATER; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; GLOBAL CHANGE; MICROFOSSIL; MORPHOMETRY; NITROGEN; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; RADIONUCLIDE; SAVANNA; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TIMESCALE; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPICAL REGION; WETLAND;

PANTANAL; PARAGUAY RIVER;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; SPONGILLIDAE;

EID: 79960725042     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-011-9538-5     Document Type: Article

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