BACKGROUND Several different classifications to characterize estuarine systems have been proposed. In this present paper, one of the most important estuaries in North Africa, the Oued Loukkos (Morocco), forms a case-study for proposing a systematic classification of this particular tidal estuary according to the vertical salinity gradient. FINDINGS This study, conducted using a CTD, shows tha...

under the contemporary scenario of global climate change and increasing coastal eutrophication, baseline studies of phytoplankton diversity and distribution in relation to habitat conditions constitute the first approach to evaluate potential shifts at the base of the food webs. here we present data of phytoplankton species composition and environmental variables in winter 2006 in a temperate e...

under the contemporary scenario of global climate change and increasing coastal eutrophication, baseline studies of phytoplankton diversity and distribution in relation to habitat conditions constitute the first approach to evaluate potential shifts at the base of the food webs. here we present data of phytoplankton species composition and environmental variables in winter 2006 in a temperate ...

Abstract Living benthic foraminifera have been widely used as ecological indicators in coastal ecosystems. There is, however, a lack of studies on their response to trace element pollution tropical estuarine systems. Here we analyze the living assemblages foraminifera, collected 2016, Cachoeira River Estuary (CRE) northeastern Brazil, understand natural and anthropogenic stressors, including po...

To explore the spatial and temporal variations in salinity suspended-sediment concentration Danshuei River estuary of northern Taiwan, two intensive field surveys were conducted July 2016 2019 to assign high- low-flow conditions, respectively. According analysis tidal characteristics, duration during ebb tide was longer than that flood tide, while maximum discharge higher discharge, causing occ...