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The Pantanal: Land of the Great Heartbeat |
| Section: NATURAL SCIENCE / PANTANAL FEVER |
| Author: Frederick A. Swarts |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2000 |
| Size: 3,221 Words, 21,541 Characters |
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In the center of the South American continent, south of the Amazon Basin and east of the Andes, lies an immense landlocked river delta where annual floodwaters regularly rise several meters then take months to recede. For the abundant and diverse plants and animals living there, the flood pulse is normal and life giving.
Fish reproduce as the waters rise, thus providing their offspring with the greatest survival options. Yet when the waters recede, stranding great numbers of fish in backwater ponds that slowly dry up, these fish provide a bounteous feast for birds that have flown into the Pantanal to enjoy the season of plenty. While the permanently rooted trees are adapted for both wet and dry land, plant species are wonderfully diverse in their responses, with some rooted plants clai...
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Additional Reading:V. Banks, The Pantanal: Brazil's Forgotten Wilderness, Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, 1991.
C.K. Eckstrom, "A Wilderness of Water: The Pantanal," Audubon 98:2 (1996):54--65.
M. Margolis, "Treasuring the Pantanal," International Wildlife 25:6 (1995): 12--21. On the Internet www.pantanal.org/Main.htm www.ramsar.org/mtg_pantanal1.htm www.alanet.com.br/ms/pantanal/
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