The Middle Paraná River

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. The Physical and Chemical Environment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 6-6

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   2. Physical Geography of the Basin

      • Martina H. Iriondo, Aldo R. Paira

      Pages 7-31

   3. Geomorphology

      • Martina H. Iriondo

      Pages 33-52

   4. Origin, Evolution, and Types of Floodplain Water Bodies

      • Aldo R. Paira, Edmundo C. Drago

      Pages 53-81

   5. The Physical Dynamics of the River–Lake Floodplain System

      • Edmundo C. Drago

      Pages 83-122

   6. Fluvial Sediments: Main Channel and Floodplain Interrelationships

      • Mario L. Amsler, Edmundo C. Drago, Aldo R. Paira

      Pages 123-142

   7. The Geochemistry of the Paranamp;#x00E1; River: An Overview

      • Pedro J. Depetris, Andrea I. Pasquini

      Pages 143-174

3. Plant Life

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175

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   2. Phytoplankton

      • Yolanda Zalocar de Domitrovic, M. Devercelli, M. O. Gracia de Emiliani

      Pages 177-203

   3. Aquatic Macrophytes

      • Rafael A. Sabattini, Victor H. Lallana

      Pages 205-226

4. Invertebrate Animal Life

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 227-227

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   2. Zooplankton

      • Susana José de Paggi, Juan César Paggi

      Pages 229-249

   3. Benthic Invertebrates

      • Ines Ezcurra de Drago, Mercedes Marchese, Luciana Montalto

      Pages 251-275

   4. Littoral Communities. Macrocrustaceans

      • Pablo Collins, Veronica Williner, Federico Giri

      Pages 277-301

5. Vertebrate Animal Life

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 303-303

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   2. Fishes

      • Liliana Rossi, Elly Cordiviola, Maria Julieta Parma

      Pages 305-325

   3. Amphibians

      • Paola M. Peltzer, Rafael C. Lajmanovich

      Pages 327-340

   4. Reptiles

      • Alejandro R. Giraudo, Vanesa Arzamendia, Soledad M. López

      Pages 341-362

   5. Birds

      • Adolfo H. Beltzer, Martin A. Quiroga

      Pages 363-377

1 2 2,3 MARTÍN H. IRIONDO , JUAN CÉSAR PAGGI , AND MARÍA JULIETA PARMA 2 The great Paraná basin (2,600,000 km) covers a large portion of the Neotropical Realm, extending from the Andes to the Atlantic coast and c- necting the central regions of South America along 2,200 km in a north–south direction. Most of the basin is under subtropical climates, which range from desertic in the west to humid in the east. The Middle Paraná is a broad, complex floodplain extending 600 km in the heart of the interior lowlands of the continent. This system of river channels, shallow lakes, islands, and wetlands remains unoccupied by man and basically unaltered. From a systemic point of view, this area can be considered to be the most important link and collector of the fluvial chain that conveys huge volumes of nutrients, sediments, and salts from the continent to the South Atlantic Ocean. The influence of the Paraná upon the Atlantic is very important. It has been 2 calculated that a sediment deposit 400 m thick and 1 million km in area ac- mulated in the platform and nearby oceanic bottom over the last 2 million years, with a similar amount of dissolved salts contributed by the river to the ocean. This book details the recent advances in the knowledge of the most important segment of the Parana River, organized according to the scientific structure of the National Institute of Limnology of Argentina (INALI-CONICET-UNL).

• Aue
• Fauna
• Flora
• Limnologie
• Paraná (Fluss)
• Paraná River
• ecology
• ecosystem
• environment
• floodplain
• limnology
• phytoplankton
• plankton
• wetland
• Ökologie
• water quality and water pollution

From the reviews:

"The authors have counted 216 different fish species inhabiting the different parts of the river, lakes, and floodplains in the river drainage. … Each chapter is followed by a literature index; a general subject index … . The data are relevant for all people dealing with the flora or fauna of this habitat type." (Solingen Haro Hieronimus, Bulletin of fish Biology, Vol. 9 (1/2), 2008)

"Here is an approachable text that is a fascinating read for both specialists in the field and general naturalists. This is an important and fascinating glimpse into one of the world’s most undisturbed ecosystems. … All the key aspects of the Middle Paraná’s fluvial limnology and ecology are fully explored. … This brilliant book covers all the key aspects of the Paraná’s fluvial limnology and ecology, arranged in discrete and easily navigable sections." (Pecescriollos, December, 2008)

• CONICET-UNL, Paraná, EntreRíos, Argentina

  Martín H. Iriondo

• CONICET-UNL, Santo Tomé, Santa Fe, Argentina

  Juan César Paggi, María Julieta Parma

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