Natural and anthropogenic effects on salt marsh over five decades in the patos lagoon (Southern Brazil)

Abstract

and Cesar Serra Bonifacio Costa Instituto de Oceanografia – FURG (Caixa Postal 474, 96201-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brasil) *[e-mail] Salt marshes constitute major coastal ecosystems in the intertidal zones in temperate regions covered with halophytic plants. In southern Brazil, salt marshes occupy 70 km