PERSONA A CARGO DE LA UNIDAD:

Dr. Isaac Roitman
Director

INVESTIGADORES	GRADO	ESPECIALIDAD
Jose, Dora Maria Villela	Doctora
Lima, Neuza R. Wille	Doctora
Nascimento, Marcelo T.	Doctor
Ovalle, Alvaro R. Coelho	Doctor
Rezende, Carlos E. de	Doctor
Souza, Cristina M. Magalhães	Doctora

TEMAS DE INVESTIGACION	CODIGO DE AREA	CODIGO DE ECOSISTEMA
Biogeoquímica de materia orgánica y metales pesados en áreas costeras	01-08-14
Biología reproductiva y respuesta al stress	02-06-13
Ciclos nutrientes en selvas tropicales	01-07-08
Especiación de metales pesados	09-15-19
Hidroquímica y uso territorial	10-14	65
Interacción insecto-planta	03-10-12

PUBLICACIONES RELEVANTES RECIENTES

Emmet, B. et. al. 1992. Dahlem Workshop Reports, Environmental Sciences Research, Report 14. Group Report: Can we differentiate bewteen natural and anthropogenic acidification? In: Acidification of Freshwater Ecosystems Implications for the Future (Steinberg, C.E.W. & Wright, R.F. Eds.) John Willey & Sons, 404 pp.

Kjerfve, B. et al. 1994. Hydrological and Hydrochemical Variations in Mangrove Ecosystems, In: Mangrove Ecosystems in Tropical America: Structure, Function and Management, Ed.: Yanes-Aranciba, A. & Lara-Dominguez, A. L. (en prensa).

Lacerda, L.D. et al, 1993, The biogeochemistry and trace metals distribution of mangrove rhizospheres. Biotropica 25(3): 252-257.

Lacerda, L.D. et al. 1993, Mercury in sediments from the Paraíba do Sul river continental shelf, SE Brazil. Marine Pollution, Vol. 26(4) 220-222.

Nascimento, M.T. (1995). Rapid regrowth following fire in juveniles of Metrodorea pubescens St. Hil & Tull. (Rutaceae) in a mesophytic forest in central Brazil. Ciência & Cultura (en prensa)

Nriagu, J.O. et al, 1992. Mercury Pollution in Brazil. Nature, 356(2):389.

Ovalle, A.R.C. & Silva Filho, E.V. 1991. Acid precipitation Research in Brazil: a Short Review. 51-57. In: Acid Deposition Origins, Impacts and Abatement Strategies (Longhurst, J.W. S. ed.), Springer Verlag, 353 p.

Rego, V.S. et al,1993. Heavy metal Transport in the Acari-São João de Meriti River System, Brazil. Environmental Technology, 14:167-174.

Rezende, C.E.; Lacerda, L.D.; Pfeiffer, W.C. Evolution of heavy metal contamination (1980-1989) of Sepetiba Bay using beach sands as monitor. Ciencia & Cultura, Vol I, 43:61-63.

Silva, C.A.R. et al. 1995. The Dynamics of Heavy Metals though Litterfall in a Red mangrove Forest, Biotropica (en prensa).

Vegas-Villarrubia, T. et al. 1994. Small Catchments Studies in Tropical Latin America, In: Biogeochemistry of Small Catchments: A Tool for Environmental Research, Ed. Moldan, B. & Cerny, J., SCOPE Report Vol. 51, John Willey & Sons, Chichester, England, 410 p.

Villela, D.M.; Haridasan, M. 1994. Response of the ground layer community of a cerrado vegetation in Central Brazil to liming and irrigation. Plant and soil. 163: 25-31.

Villela, D.M.; Lacerda, L.D. 1992. Dinâmica de elementos minerais em folhas de duas espécies arbóreas do cerrado. Rev. Bras. Biol. 52(1): 151-160.