Large rivers create major gaps in reef distribution along tropical shelves. The Amazon River represents 20% of the global riverine discharge to the ocean, generating up to a 1.3 × 106–km2 plume, and extensive muddy bottoms in the equatorial margin of South America. As a result, a wide area of the tropical North Atlantic is heavily affected in terms of salinity, pH, light penetration, and sedimentation. Such unfavorable conditions were thought to imprint a major gap in Western Atlantic reefs. We present an extensive carbonate system off the Amazon mouth, underneath the river plume.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/extensive-reef-system-amazon-river-mouth
[2] http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/4/e1501252.full
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rodrigo-l-moura
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/gilberto-m-amado-filho
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/fernando-c-moraes-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/science-advances
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/amazon
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rivers
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-atlantic-ocean
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/corals
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/brazil
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/french-guiana
