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Relationships Among Subaquatic Environment and Leaf/Palinomorph Assemblages of the Quaternary Mogi-Guaçú River Alluvial Plain, SP, Brazil

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Environmental features of the Mogi-Guaçú River fluvial plain located in the northeast portion of the São Paulo State, Brazil as characterized by the dynamics of subaquatic environment, the current pollen rain and climatic analysis of leaf morphologies in selected meander bends. As the area forms a transition between the Cerrado (Wood Savanna) and Mata Atlântica (Atlantic Forest), located in the Ecological Station of Mogi-Guaçú (EEcMG), in the municipality of Mogi-Guaçú, district of Martinho Prado Jr. (between 22° 10′S and 22° 18′S and 47° 08′W and 47° 11′W), the present environmental study involves helped improving the knowledge about the origin and evolution of the Cerrado and Mata Atlântica, and the dynamics of the Quaternary plains that sustain this river ecosystem.

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The authors acknowledge the grant 2010/20379-6, from São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), and the collaboration of the Forestry Institute of Sao Paulo State, National Council of Scientific and Technology Development (CNPq), and the Coordination of Personal Improvement for Graduation (CAPES) for the grants given to students and the researchers.

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  1. Department of Geology and Natural Resources, Institute of Geosciences, University of Campinas, 51 J. Pandiá Calógeras Street, Campinas, SP, 13083-870, Brazil

    Fresia Ricardi-Branco, Sueli Yoshinaga Pereira, Melina Mara Souza, Francisco Santiago, Victor Ribeiro & Karen Molina

  2. Forestry Institute, São Paulo State Environmental Secretariat, 874, 7 de Setembro Street, Mogi Mirim, SP, 13801-350, Brazil

    Paulo Ricardo Brum Pereira

  3. Environmentality, 177 Michigan Street, São Paulo, SP, 04566-000, Brazil

    Fabio C. Branco

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Ricardi-Branco, F. et al. (2015). Relationships Among Subaquatic Environment and Leaf/Palinomorph Assemblages of the Quaternary Mogi-Guaçú River Alluvial Plain, SP, Brazil. In: Ramkumar, M., Kumaraswamy, K., Mohanraj, R. (eds) Environmental Management of River Basin Ecosystems. Springer Earth System Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13425-3_30

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