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The Bahía Blanca Estuary is one of the largest coastal systems in Atlantic South America. This mesotidal estuary, situated in a sharp transition between humid subtropical and semiarid climates, has a unique combination of large interannual climatic variations. The estuarine area encompasses roughly 2300 square kilometers and is composed of wide expanses of intertidal flats, salt marshes, and emerged islands, which create intricate landscape patterns. Natural environments in the estuary sustain a high concentration of marine and terrestrial species, including endemic, threatened, and endangered fish and shorebirds. Puerto Cuatreros, in the inner zone of the estuary, hosts a permanent marine research station, whose records span more than 30 years of biophysical variables, and represent one of the largest time series of ecological data in South America. Beyond its ecological relevance, the Bahía Blanca Estuary is under increasing anthropogenic pressure from large urban settlements, industrial developments and harbors, raising the question of how to balance conservation and development. The Bahía Blanca Estuary: Ecology and Biodiversity offers a comprehensive review of life in the ecosystems of the estuary. The book is divided into five major sections, the first of which provides a description of the regional setting and covers key aspects of estuarine dynamics. The three following sections are dedicated to different habitat types and, within each section, the chapters are organized around major functional groups from pelagic and benthic environments. The fifth and final section covers issues related to management and conservation. Overall, the book provides essential and up-to-date reference material on the biodiversity and ecosystem processes of the Bahía Blanca Estuary, and will appeal to a broad international audience.

Aquatic ecology . --- Wildlife. --- Fish. --- Plant systematics. --- Plant taxonomy. --- Conservation biology. --- Ecology . --- Biodiversity. --- Freshwater & Marine Ecology. --- Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management. --- Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. --- Conservation Biology/Ecology. --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Ecology --- Nature conservation --- Botanical classification --- Botanical systematics --- Botanical taxonomy --- Botany --- Classification --- Plant biosystematics --- Plant classification --- Plant systematics --- Plant taxonomy --- Systematic botany --- Systematics (Botany) --- Taxonomy, Plant --- Plant taxonomists --- Fish --- Pisces --- Aquatic animals --- Vertebrates --- Fisheries --- Fishing --- Ichthyology --- Aquatic biology --- Plants --- Natural history --- Estuarine ecology --- Biodiversity --- Bahía Blanca Estuary (Argentina) --- Estuaries --- Brackish water ecology --- Bahía Blanca (Argentina : Bay) --- Blanca Bay (Argentina) --- Estuario de la Bahía Blanca (Argentina) --- Ría Bahía Blanca (Argentina) --- Ecosistemes --- Biodiversitat --- Diversitat biològica --- Diversitat d'ecosistemes --- Diversitat d'espècies --- Diversitat genètica --- Biologia --- Ecologia --- Recursos genètics --- Biogeocenosi --- Comunitats biològiques --- Comunitats biòtiques --- Ecosistemes naturals --- Sistemes ecològics --- Biocenosis

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Nature protection --- General ecology and biosociology --- Animal ethology and ecology. Sociobiology --- biodiversiteit --- ecologie --- natuurbescherming --- zeeën

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Loin d’être un simple support des rapports sociaux, l’espace en constitue une dimension transversale majeure, à travers sa structuration matérielle et symbolique et les actions et interactions qui s’y rapportent et le reconfigurent constamment. À ce titre, il concerne l’ensemble des disciplines des sciences humaines et sociales, qu’elles l’aient de longue date constitué en objet scientifique privilégié, comme la géographie, ou qu’elles s’y intéressent aujourd’hui de façon plus soutenue que par le passé, comme la sociologie. Fruit d’un colloque qui s’est tenu en 2014, cet ouvrage vise à mettre en partage la thématique de l’espace entre ces disciplines, en confrontant, à la faveur d’objets d’étude, de catégories d’espaces et de terrains d’enquête variés, leurs questionnements épistémologiques, leurs cadres théoriques et conceptuels, leurs grilles d’analyse et d’interprétation, leurs démarches méthodologiques. Il espère constituer une étape dans le renforcement de ce dialogue interdisciplinaire, qui paraît indispensable pour appréhender cette dimension dans toute sa complexité.

Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary --- Sociology --- espace --- espace public --- géographie sociale