Estuaries of South America Their Geomorphology and Dynamics

The original idea of this book started when we were making a residual fluxes study of the Paranagua Coastal Lagoon (Brazil) near the colonial town of Guaraque~aba.Among the beautiful mangroves of this Brazilian National Park, between profile and profile,

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Gerardo M.E. Perillo· Maria Cintia Piccolo . Mario Pino-Quivira (Eds.)

Estuaries of South America Their Geomorphology and Dynamics

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Gerardo M.E. Perillo Instituto Argentino de Oceanografia, CC 107 Bahia Blanca, Argentina

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Maria Cintia Piccolo Instituto Argentino de Oceanografia, CC 107 Bahia Blanca, Argentina

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Mario Pino-Quivira Instituto de Geociencias Universidad Austral de Chile Casilla 567, Valdivia, Chile

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Estuaries of South America: their geomorphology and dynamics / Gerardo M.E. Perillo, Maria Cintia Piccolo, Mario Pino-Quivira (eds.). (Environmental science, ISSN 1431-6250) Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN-13 978-3-642-64269-2 e-ISBN-13 978-3-642-60131-6 001 10.\007/978-3-642-60131-6 1. Estuaries--South America. I. Perillo, G. M. E. (Gerardo M. E.) II. Piccolo, Marfa Cintia. III. Pino-Quivira, Mario IV. Series: Environmental science (Berlin, Germany) GC97.E75 1999 551.46' 46--dc21 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1999 So/'tcover reprint of the hardcover I st edition 1999

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The editors wish to dedicate the present book to the memory of Prof Mohammed El-Sabh, our friend and colleague of many projects and meeting organizations, with whom we shared so many happy moments during the years we knew him. We think that the words of M. Mario Belanger, translated by Dr. Phil Hill (both from UQAR and also friends of Mohammed) represent also our feelings.

Gerardo M.E. Perillo, Maria Cintia Piccolo, Mario Pino-Quivira February, 1999 Professor Mohammed El-Sabh, 59, died at the Centre hospitalier regional de Rimouski on the evening of February 8, 1999, after a heart attack. Universite du Quebec a Rimouski (UQAR) and all of Quebec hve lost a great person who made Rimouski known around the world for its marine sciences. Born in Egypt, Mohammed El-Sabh obtained his Ph.D. from McGill Univer