Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Overview of the History of Biological Oceanography in the Southwestern Atlantic, with Emphasis on Plankton

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Plankton Ecology of the Southwestern Atlantic

Abstract

The first data on the biological features of the Southwestern Atlantic were the result of European expeditions of the eighteenth to nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Around the 1920s to 1940s, European-born specialists and their local disciples started playing a central role, and locally produced knowledge grew consistently. Early surveys centered on inventorial and distributional aspects of the flora and fauna, in particular mollusks and fishes, followed by community-level investigations including causal relationships with oceanographic settings (water masses, temperature, salinity, nutrients), red-tide outbursts, prospection of fishing grounds, etc. In Argentina, logistical support for the oceanographic cruises was historically associated with the Naval Hydrographic Service and in Brazil with the Brazilian Navy and the Universities of São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul. As of 2017, in both these countries, there are >30 teaching and/or research institutions totally or partly dedicated to marine studies. Presently, knowledge of the taxonomy and biogeography of the plankton of the Southwestern Atlantic varies greatly among taxa, but several aspects (e.g., vertical distribution patterns, seasonal and especially multiannual variations, life histories, and many others) have received very little attention. Despite limited financial support and adequate floating platforms and equipment, lack of coordinated efforts, and political turbulences, the scientific output of Argentina, and especially Brazil, has grown in the last two decades, doubling from ~1.2% of the world total in 1996 to ~2.4% in 2016.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 189.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 249.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 249.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Aiken J, Rees N, Hooker S et al (2000) The Atlantic meridional transect: overview and synthesis of data. Prog Oceanogr 45:257–312

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Angelescu V, Sánchez RP (1995) A century of oceanographic and fisheries exploration on the continental shelf off Argentina. Helgoländer Meeresun 49:467–487

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Angelescu V, Sánchez RP (1997) Exploraciones oceanográficas y pesqueras en el Mar Argentino y la región adyacente del Atlántico Sudoccidental (años 1874–1993). In: Boschi EE (ed) El Mar Argentino y sus recursos pesqueros, INIDEP, Mar del Plata (Argentina), p 11–64

    Google Scholar 

  • Appeltans W, Ahyong ST, Anderson G et al (2012) The magnitude of global marine species diversity. Curr Biol 22:2189–2202

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Balech E (1971) Notas historicas y criticas de la oceanografia biológica argentina. Publicación del Servicio de Hidrografía Naval (Argentina), H1027:1–57

    Google Scholar 

  • Balech E (1976) Historia de la biología marina en la Argentina. In: Alvarez JA (ed) Evolución de las ciencias en la República Argentina 1923–1972. Sociedad Científica Argentina, Buenos Aires, pp 84–94

    Google Scholar 

  • Bjornberg TKS (1954) Nota prévia sobre a ocorrência de tornarias na costa sul do Brasil. Arq Mus Par 10:345–348

    Google Scholar 

  • Bjornberg TKS, Forneris L (1955) Resultados científicos do cruzeiro do “Baependi” e do “Vega” a Ilha da Trindade. Copelata I. Contribuição avulsa do Instituto Oceanográfico 1:1–68

    Google Scholar 

  • Boltovskoy D (1979) Zooplankton of the South–Western Atlantic. S Afr J Sci 75:541–544

    Google Scholar 

  • Boltovskoy D (ed) (1981) Atlas del zooplancton del Atlántico Sudoccidental y métodos de trabajo con el zooplancton marino. Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP), Mar del Plata (Argentina)

    Google Scholar 

  • Boltovskoy D (1999a) Diversidad y biogeografía del zooplancton del Atlántico Sur. Anales de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas. Físicas y Naturales (Argentina) 51:111–136

    Google Scholar 

  • Boltovskoy D (ed) (1999b) South Atlantic zooplankton. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, pp 1–1705

    Google Scholar 

  • Boltovskoy D (ed) (2008) Atlas de sensibilidad ambiental de la costa y el Mar Argentino. Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable, Buenos Aires

    Google Scholar 

  • Boltovskoy D (2015) Capítulo 3. Biología de sistemas. In: Depetris P, Rossi R, Tirao J, Charreau E, Cignoli R, Mariscotti M, Vallés E (eds) Estado y perspectivas de las ciencias exactas, físicas y naturales en la Argentina. Academia Nacional de Ciencias (Córdoba) & Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Buenos Aires

    Google Scholar 

  • Boltovskoy D, Correa N, Boltovskoy A (2003) Marine zooplanktonic diversity: a view from the South Atlantic. Oceanol Acta 25:271–278

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Boltovskoy D, Correa N, Boltovskoy A (2005) Diversity and endemism in cold waters of the South Atlantic: contrasting patterns in the plankton and the benthos. Sci Mar 69:17–26

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bonecker ACT (ed) (2006) Atlas de zooplâncton da região central da Zona Econômica Exclusiva brasileira. Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro

    Google Scholar 

  • Bonecker ACT, de Castro MS (eds) (2006) Atlas de larvas de peixes da região central da Zona Econômica Exclusiva brasileira. Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro

    Google Scholar 

  • Brandini FP, Lopes RM, Gutseit KS, Spach HL, Sassi R (1997) Planctonologia na plataforma continental do Brasil: Diagnose e revisão bibliográfica. MMA–CIRM–FEMAR (Brazil)

    Google Scholar 

  • Budiansky S (1984) Army pall over Argentine science. Nature 311:201–204

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Calliari D, Defeo O, Cervetto G et al (2003) Marine life of Uruguay: critical update and priorities for future research. Gayana 67:341–370

    Google Scholar 

  • Carreto JI, Montoya NG, Carignan MO et al (2016) Environmental and biological factors controlling the spring phytoplankton bloom at the Patagonian shelf–break front – degraded fucoxanthin pigments and the importance of microzooplankton grazing. Prog Oceanogr 146:1–21

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Castro BM, Miranda LB (1998) Physical oceanography of the western Atlantic continental shelf located between 4°N and 34°S. In: Robinson R, Brink KH (eds) The sea. Wiley, pp 209–251

    Google Scholar 

  • Ciocca DR, Delgado G (2017) The reality of scientific research in Latin America; an insider’s perspective. Cell Stress Chaperones 6:1–6

    Google Scholar 

  • Cunha AM, Fonseca O (1918) O microplâncton das costas meridionais do Brasil. Mem Inst O Cruz 10:99–103

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • de Vargas C, Audic S, Henry N et al (2015) Eukaryotic plankton diversity in the sunlit ocean. Science 348:1–11

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Deevey GB (1974) Pelagic ostracods collected on Hudson 70 between the equator and 55°S in the Atlantic. Proc Biol Soc Wash 87:351–380

    Google Scholar 

  • Ehrlich MD, Sánchez RP (1990) Lights and shadows in biological oceanography research in Argentina. A historical review. In: Lenz W, Deacon M (eds) Ocean sciences: their history and relation to man, Deutsche Hydrographische Zeitschrift. Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie, Hamburg, pp 481–498

    Google Scholar 

  • Faria JG (1914) Um ensaio sobre o plâncton, seguido de observações sobre a ocorrência de plâncton monótono, causando mortandade entre peixes na Baía do Rio de Janeiro. Dissertação de Livre Docência, Universidade do Brasil

    Google Scholar 

  • Faria JG, Cunha AM (1917) Estudos sobre o microplâncton da Baía do Rio de Janeiro e suas imediações. Mem Inst O Cruz 9:68–93

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Faria JG, Cunha AM, Pinto C (1922) Estudos sobre os protozoários do mar. Mem Inst O Cruz 15:186–200

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Fernandes LPC, Oliveira LL (eds) (2012) O Brasil e o mar no século XXI: Relatório aos tomadores de decisão do País. CEMBRA (Centro de Excelência para o Mar Brasileiro, Base de Hidrografia da Marinha), Niteroi

    Google Scholar 

  • Franco BC, Muelbert JH, Mata MM (2005) O ictioplâncton da quebra de plataforma da Região Sudeste–Sul do Brasil e sua relação com as condições ambientais. Ministério do Meio Ambiente (Brazil)

    Google Scholar 

  • Gaeta SA, Brandini FP (2006) Produção primária e fitoplâncton na região entre o Cabo de São Tomé (RJ) e o Chuí (RS). In: Rossi–Wongtschowski CLDB, Madureira LSP (eds) O ambiente oceanográfico da plataforma continental e do talude na região sudeste–sul do Brasil. EDUSP, São Paulo, pp 219–265

    Google Scholar 

  • Gibb SW, Barlow RG, Cummings DG et al (2000) Surface phytoplankton pigment distributions in the Atlantic Ocean:an assessment of basin scale variability between 50° N and 50° S. Prog Oceanogr 45:339–368

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gomes EAT, Santos VS, Tenenbaum DR, Villac MC (2007) Protozooplankton characterization of two contrasting sites in a tropical coastal ecosystem (Guanabara Bay, RJ). Braz J Oceanogr. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1679-87592007000100004

  • Greze VN (ed) (1984) Bio–produktzionnaya sistema krupnomashtabnogo okeanicheskogo krugovorota [Bio–productive system of a large scale oceanic gyre]. Naukova Dumka, Kiev (USSR), pp 1–263 In Russian

    Google Scholar 

  • Hazin FHV (2009) Biomassa fitoplantônica, zooplanctônica, macro–zooplancton, Avaliação espacial e temporal do iclioplancton, estrutura da comunidade de larvas e de peixes e distribuição e abundância do ictioneuston. Programa Revizee – Score NE. Martins & Cordeiro, Fortaleza

    Google Scholar 

  • Ishitani Y, Ujiié Y, Takishita K (2014) Uncovering sibling species in Radiolaria: evidence for ecological partitioning in a marine planktonic protist. Mol Phylogenet Evol 78:215–222

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Katsuragawa M, Muelbert JH, Dias JF (2006) O ictioplâncton na Região entre o Cabo de São Tomé (RJ) e o Chuí (RS). In: Rossi–Wongtschowski CLDB, Madureira LSP (eds) O ambiente oceanográfico da plataforma continental e do talude na região sudeste–sul do Brasil. EDUSP, São Paulo, pp 359–446

    Google Scholar 

  • Krug LC (ed) (2012) VIII Plano Setorial para os Recursos do Mar –PSRM. Formação de Recursos Humanos em Ciências do Mar: Estado da arte e Plano Nacional de Trabalho 2012–2015. Editora Textos, Pelotas

    Google Scholar 

  • Kulagin DN, Stupnikova AN, al NTV (2014) Spatial genetic heterogeneity of the cosmopolitan chaetognath Eukrohnia hamata (Möbius, 1875) revealed by mitochondrial DNA. Hydrobiologia 721:197–207

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Lalli CM, Parsons TR (2007) Biological oceanography: an introduction. Elsevier Butterworth–Heinemann, Amsterdam

    Google Scholar 

  • Lopes RM (2007) Marine zooplankton studies in Brazil – a brief evaluation and perspectives. An Acad Bras Cienc. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0001–37652007000300002

  • Lopes RM, Castro BM (2013) Oceanography, ecology and management of Abrolhos Bank. Cont Shelf Res 70:1–2

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lopes RM, Katsuragawa M, Dias JF et al (2006a) Zooplankton and ichthyoplankton distribution on the southern Brazilian shelf: an overview. Sci Mar 70:189–202

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lopes RM, Montú MA, Gorri C et al (2006b) O zooplâncton marinho entre o Cabo de São Tomé (RJ) e o Chuí (RS). In: Rossi–Wongtschowski CLDB, Madureira LSP (eds) O ambiente oceanográfico da plataforma continental e do talude na região sudeste–sul do Brasil. EDUSP, São Paulo, pp 265–358

    Google Scholar 

  • López R (1976) La biología marina. In: Alvarez JA (ed) Evolución de las ciencias en la República Argentina 1923–1972. Sociedad Científica Argentina, Buenos Aires

    Google Scholar 

  • López Ambrosioni N (1976) La oceanografia en la Argentina. In: Alvarez JA (ed) Evolución de las ciencias en la República Argentina 1923–1972. Sociedad Científica Argentina, Buenos Aires

    Google Scholar 

  • Mesquita HSL, Fernandes AJ (1996) Variação de curta escala temporal de bactérias, picofitoplâncton e nanoheterótrofos na região de Ubatuba –SP, Brasil. Rev Bras Oceanogr 44:47–56

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Miloslavich P, Klein E, Diaz JM et al (2011) Marine biodiversity in the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of South America: knowledge and gaps. PLoS One 6:e14631

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Ministério de Meio Ambiente (Brazil) (2006) Programa REVIZEE: avaliação do potencial sustentável de recursos vivos na zona econômica exclusiva. Relatório executivo. In: Ministério de Meio Ambiente. Secretaria da Qualidade Ambiental, Brasília

    Google Scholar 

  • Mora C, Tittensor DP, Adl S (2011) How many species are there on earth and in the ocean? PLoS Biol 9:e1001127

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Morard R, Escarguel G, Weiner AKM et al (2016) Nomenclature for the nameless: a proposal for an integrative molecular taxonomy of cryptic diversity exemplified by planktonic foraminifera. Syst Biol 65:925–940

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Moreira da Silva PC (1971) Upwelling and its biological effects in southern Brazil. In: Costlow JD (ed) Fertility of the sea. Gordon & Breach, New York, pp 469–474

    Google Scholar 

  • Moreira da Silva PC (1973) A ressurgencia em Cabo Frio, vol 78. Publicação do Instituto de Pesquisa da Marinha, Rio de Janeiro, pp 1–56

    Google Scholar 

  • Müller–Melchers FC (1953) New and little known diatoms from Uruguay and the South Atlantic coast. Comunicaciones Botanicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo, 30:1–11

    Google Scholar 

  • Müller–Melchers FC (1957) Plankton diatoms of the Toko–Maru voyage (Brazil coast). Bol Inst Oceanogr 8:111–136

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Odebrecht C, Abreu PC (1995) Raphidophycean in southern Brazil. Harm Alg News 12:4

    Google Scholar 

  • Ogden JC, Podestá G, Zingone A et al (2004) Las ciencias del mar en la Argentina. Ciencia Hoy 13:211–228

    Google Scholar 

  • Oliveira LPH (1946) Estudos sobre o microplâncton capturado durante a viagem do navio oceanográfico Lahmeyer nas baías de Ilha Grande e Sepetiba. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 44:441–488

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Oliveira LPH (1947) Distribuição geográfica da fauna e flora da Baía de Guanabara. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 45:709–734

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Paiva Carvalho J (1945) Copépodos de Caiobá e Baia de Guaratuba. Arq Mus Par 4:83–116

    Google Scholar 

  • Paiva Carvalho J (1952) Sobre uma coleção de copepodos, não parasíticos, da Baía de Santos e suas adjacências. Bol Inst Ocean 8:111–136

    Google Scholar 

  • Penchaszadeh PE (ed) (2012) El Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales. Doscientos años. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

    Google Scholar 

  • Perillo GME (2015) Capítulo 8. Oceanografía. In: Depetris P, Rossi R, Tirao J, Charreau E, Cignoli R, Mariscotti M, Vallés E (eds) Estado y perspectivas de las ciencias exactas, físicas y naturales en la Argentina. Academia Nacional de Ciencias (Córdoba) & Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Buenos Aires, pp 307–348

    Google Scholar 

  • Ringuelet RA (1984) Breve reseña histórica de la ictiología argentina y uruguaya. In: Menni RC, Ringuelet RA, Aramburu RH (eds) Peces marinos de la Argentina y Uruguay. Hemisferio Sur, Buenos Aires, pp 3–8

    Google Scholar 

  • Rossi–Wongtschowski CLDB, Madureira LSP (eds) (2006) O ambiente oceanográfico da plataforma continental e do talude na região sudeste–sul do Brasil. Editora da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo

    Google Scholar 

  • Sánchez RP (1991) Reseña de las investigaciones sobre ictioplancton marino en Argentina y Uruguay. Atlantica 13:215–231

    Google Scholar 

  • Santoferrara L, Alder V (2009) Abundance trends and ecology of planktonic ciliates of the South–Western Atlantic (35–63 S): a comparison between neritic and oceanic environments. J Plankton Res 31:837–851

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Santoferrara LF, Tian M, Alder VA et al (2015) Discrimination of closely related species in tintinnid ciliates: new insights on crypticity and polymorphism in the genus Helicostomella. Protist 166:78–92

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Santos VS, Villac MC, Tenenbaum DR et al (2007) Auto– and heterotrophic nanoplankton and filamentous bacteria of Guanabara Bay (RJ, Brazil): estimates of cell/filament numbers versus carbon contents. Braz J Oceanogr 55:133–143

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Scelzo MA, Penchaszadeh PE, Castello JP (2017) El Instituto de Biología Marina de Mar del Plata, Argentina (1960–1977). Aportes a su historia. ProBiota (Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata), La Plata (Argentina):1–52

    Google Scholar 

  • Seeliger U, Kjerfve B (eds) (2001) Coastal marine ecosystems of Latin America. Springer, Berlin

    Google Scholar 

  • Seeliger U, Odebrecht C, Castello JP (eds) (1997) Subtropical convergence environments. The coast and sea in the Southwestern Atlantic. Springer, Berlin

    Google Scholar 

  • Seguin G (1965) Contribution à la connaissance du plancton des eaux cotières du Brésil (copépodes et amphipodes exceptés) et comparaison avec celui du Sénégal (Campagne de la Calypso, jan–fev 1961). Pelagos (Bulletin de l’Institut Océanographique, Alger) 2:5–44

    Google Scholar 

  • Servicio de Hidrografía Naval (1976) La Oceanografía en la República Argentina (1952–1975). Armada Argentina. Servicio de Hidrografía Naval, Buenos Aires, pp 5–395

    Google Scholar 

  • Sournia A, MJ C–D, Ricard M (1991) Marine phytoplankton: how many species in the world ocean? J Plankton Res 13:1093–1099

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Susini–Ribeiro SMM (1999) Biomass distribution of pico–, nano– and microplankton on the continental shelf of Abrolhos, East Brazil. ArchFish and MarRes 47:271–284

    Google Scholar 

  • Tabarelli M, Rocha CFD, Romanowski HP et al (eds) (2013) PELD–CNPq, Dez anos do Programa de pesquisas ecológicas de longa duração do Brasil: achados, lições e perspectivas. Editora Universitária da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife

    Google Scholar 

  • Teixeira C, Gaeta S (1991) Contribution of picoplankton to primary production in estuarine, coastal and equatorial waters of Brazil. Hydrobiologia 209:117–122

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Teixeira C, Kutner MB (1961) Contribuição para conhecimento das diatomáceas da região de Cananeia. Bol Inst Ocean 3:131–187

    Google Scholar 

  • Tenenbaum DR (2006) Os Dinoflagelados e os Tintinídeos da região central da Zona Econômica Exclusiva brasileira: guia de identificação. Museu Nacional:1–36

    Google Scholar 

  • Valentin JL (1984) Spatial structure of the zooplankton community in the Cabo Frio region (Brazil) influenced by coastal upwelling. Hydrobiologia 113:183–191

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Valentin JL (2001) The Cabo Frio upwelling system, Brazil. In: Seeliger U, Kjerfve BJN (eds) Ecological studies: coastal marine ecosystems of Latin America. Springer, Berlin, pp 97–105

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Valentin JL (ed) (2006) Características hidrobiológicas da região central da Zona Econômica Exclusiva brasileira (Salvador, BA, ao Cabo São Tomé, RJ). IDEAL Gráfica e Editora, Brasilia

    Google Scholar 

  • Valentin JL, Coutinho R (1990) Modelling maximum chlorophyll in the Cabo Frio (Brazil) upwelling: a preliminary approach. Ecol Model 52:1–11

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Valentin JL, Lins DA, Silva NM et al (1985) Les diatomées dans l'upwelling de Cabo Frio (Brésil): liste d’especes et étude écologique. J Plankton Res 7:313–337

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Valentin JL, WM M–R, Mureb MA (1987) Sur quelques zooplanctontes abondants dans l'upwelling de Cabo Frio (Brésil). J Plankton Res 9:1195–1216

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Valentin JL, Gaeta HL, Spach MA et al (1994) Oceanografia biológica – Plâncton. Diagnostico ambiental oceânico e costeiro das regiões sul e sudeste do Brasil., Rio de Janeiro. PETROBRAS. Rio de Janeiro

    Google Scholar 

  • Vannucci M (1949) Hydrozoa do Brasil. Boletim Zoologico da Universidade de São Paulo 99:219–265

    Google Scholar 

  • Vannucci M (1951a) Distribuição dos Hydrozoa até agora conhecidos nas costas do Brasil. Bol Inst Paul Ocean 2:105–124

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Vannucci M (1951b) Resultados científicos do cruzeiro do “Baependi” e do “Vega” a Ilha da Trindade. O gênero Firoloida, Prosobranchia Heteropoda. Bol Inst Paul Ocean 3:5–30

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Vannucci M, Hosoe K (1952) Resultados científicos do cruzeiro do “Baependi” e do “Vega” a Ilha da Trindade. Chaetognatha Bol Inst Paul Ocean 2:73–93

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wood–Walker RS, Kingston KS, Gallienne CP (2001) Using neural networks to predict surface zooplankton biomass along a 50° N to 50° S transect of the Atlantic. J Plankton Res 23:875–888

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wüst G (1964) The major deep–sea expeditions and research vessels 1873–1960. Progr Oceanogr 2:1–52

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zimmermann SJC (1918) Contribuição ao estudo das diatomáceas dos Estados Unidos do Brasil. VIII Contribuição Brotéria 16:113–122

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires (IEGEBA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas–Universidad de Buenos Aires (CONICET – UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Demetrio Boltovskoy

  2. Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Jean L. Valentin

Authors
  1. Demetrio Boltovskoy
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Jean L. Valentin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. CONICET, Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía, Bahía Blanca, Argentina

    Mónica S. Hoffmeyer

  2. CONICET, INIDEP, Mar del Plata, Argentina

    Marina E. Sabatini

  3. Universidade de São Paulo, Oceanographic Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

    Frederico P. Brandini

  4. Universidad de la Republica, Facultad de Ciencias+CURE, Montevideo, Uruguay

    Danilo L. Calliari

  5. Laboratorio de Hidrobiología, Universidad de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco, Trelew, Argentina

    Norma H. Santinelli

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Boltovskoy, D., Valentin, J.L. (2018). Overview of the History of Biological Oceanography in the Southwestern Atlantic, with Emphasis on Plankton. In: Hoffmeyer, M., Sabatini, M., Brandini, F., Calliari, D., Santinelli, N. (eds) Plankton Ecology of the Southwestern Atlantic. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77869-3_1

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation