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SUBMITTER: Moura RL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4846441 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Moura Rodrigo L RL Amado-Filho Gilberto M GM Moraes Fernando C FC Brasileiro Poliana S PS Salomon Paulo S PS Mahiques Michel M MM Bastos Alex C AC Almeida Marcelo G MG Silva Jomar M JM Araujo Beatriz F BF Brito Frederico P FP Rangel Thiago P TP Oliveira Braulio C V BC Bahia Ricardo G RG Paranhos Rodolfo P RP Dias Rodolfo J S RJ Siegle Eduardo E Figueiredo Alberto G AG Pereira Renato C RC Leal Camille V CV Hajdu Eduardo E Asp Nils E NE Gregoracci Gustavo B GB Neumann-Leitão Sigrid S Yager Patricia L PL Francini-Filho Ronaldo B RB Fróes Adriana A Campeão Mariana M Silva Bruno S BS Moreira Ana P B AP Oliveira Louisi L Soares Ana C AC Araujo Lais L Oliveira Nara L NL Teixeira João B JB Valle Rogerio A B RA Thompson Cristiane C CC Rezende Carlos E CE Thompson Fabiano L FL
Science advances 20160422 4
Large rivers create major gaps in reef distribution along tropical shelves. The Amazon River represents 20% of the global riverine discharge to the ocean, generating up to a 1.3 × 10(6)-km(2) plume, and extensive muddy bottoms in the equatorial margin of South America. As a result, a wide area of the tropical North Atlantic is heavily affected in terms of salinity, pH, light penetration, and sedimentation. Such unfavorable conditions were thought to imprint a major gap in Western Atlantic reefs. ...[more]