The Bahía Blanca Estuary: Ecology and Biodiversity

Preface.- The Bahía Blanca Estuary in a regional context.- Geography of the Bahía Blanca Estuary.- Physical Oceanography of the Bahía Blanca Estuary.- Bahía Blanca Estuary: a chemical oceanographic approach.- Plankton ecology and biodiversity in the Bahía Blanca Estuary.- Biology and ecology of the benthic algae.- The intertidal meiobenthos of the Bahía Blanca Estuary.- The intertidal soft-bottom macrobenthic invertebrates.- Taxonomic and functional approach of subtidal macrobenthic communities in the Bahía Blanca Estuary (Argentina).- Shrimps and prawns.- Ecology and biology of the fish assemblages.- The Bahia Blanca Estuary and importance of the wetlands for the conservation of see turtles.- Shorebirds and Seabirds' Ecology and Conservation.- Marine mammals: is the Bahía Blanca Estuary and its area of influence important for their conservation?.- Use of coastal area habitats by land mammals.- Coastal wetlands of the Bahía Blanca Estuary. Landscape structure and plant associations.- Environmental diagnosis of the protected coastal areas of the Bahía Blanca Estuary.- Small-scale artisanal fishers and socio-environmental conflicts in estuarine and coastal wetlands.- Estuarine environmental monitoring programs: long term studies.- Environmental education: mud and salt classrooms.- Index.