Open AccessThe Amazon River’s Ecosystem: Where Land Meets the Sea
Author(s) -
Nicholas D. Ward,
Henrique O. Sawakuchi,
Jeffrey E. Richey
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2018eo088573
Subject(s) - amazon rainforest , ecosystem , oceanography , environmental science , geography , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , ecology , biology , geotechnical engineering
What happens to plant matter on its journey down the Amazon River to the Atlantic Ocean? One research group investigated the region where river and ocean meet to fill in this part of the story.