The Middle Paraná River Limnology of a Subtropical Wetland /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Iriondo, Martín H. (Editor), Paggi, Juan César (Editor), Parma, María Julieta (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Physical geography.; Biodiversity.; Ecosystems.; Aquatic ecology.; Water pollution.; Life Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Life Sciences, general.; Physical Geography.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.

1 2 2,3 MARTÍN H. IRIONDO , JUAN CÉSAR PAGGI , AND MARÍA JULIETA PARMA 2 The great Paraná basin (2,600,000 km) covers a large portion of the Neotropical Realm, extending from the Andes to the Atlantic coast and c- necting the central regions of South America along 2,200 km in a north–south direction...

Table of Contents:

• The Physical and Chemical Environment
• Physical Geography of the Basin
• Geomorphology
• Origin, Evolution, and Types of Floodplain Water Bodies
• The Physical Dynamics of the River–Lake Floodplain System
• Fluvial Sediments: Main Channel and Floodplain Interrelationships
• The Geochemistry of the Paranamp;#x00E1; River: An Overview
• Plant Life
• Phytoplankton
• Aquatic Macrophytes
• Invertebrate Animal Life
• Zooplankton
• Benthic Invertebrates
• Littoral Communities. Macrocrustaceans
• Vertebrate Animal Life
• Fishes
• Amphibians
• Reptiles
• Birds.