Abstract
ABSTRACT Mascarenhas, A.C.C.; Gomes, G.S.; Lima, A.P.Y.; Silva, H.K.N.; Santana, L.S.; Rosario, R.P., and Rollnic, M., 2016. Seasonal variations of the Amazon River plume with focus on the eastern sector. In: Vila-Concejo, A.; Bruce, E.; Kennedy, D.M., and McCarroll, R.J. (eds.), Proceedings of the 14th International Coastal Symposium (Sydney, Australia). Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue, No. 75, pp. 532–536. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. The Amazon Continental Shelf (ACS) is a highly dynamic environment as a result of physical processes (tidal, current and wind) and the large river discharge from Amazon and Para Rivers. This research aims to determine seasonal variations of the plume of the Amazon River in the eastern sector, near the Para River mouth. Five oceanographic campaigns were conducted on the ACS: April and October 2013; May, July and October 2014. The sampling line followed the shape of the Cabo Maguari (Marajo Island) to 260 km in the shelf break. Nine vertical profiles o...
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