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Puerto Galván (Fig. 1) is one of the five harbors that form the BahÍa Blanca Harbor System, the largest and deepest of Argentina. The harbors are all located along the Canal Principal of the BahÍa Blanca Estuary, a mesotidal, coastal plain environment (Perillo, 1995) formed by a series of major NW-SE trending channels separating extensive tidal flats, low salt marshes and islands. The geomorphology and physical characteristics of the estuary are described in detail elsewhere (Perillo and Piccolo, 1999) including a recent review of its major environmental features (Perillo et al., 2000).
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Perillo, G.M.E., Pierini, J.O., Pérez, D.E., Cintia Piccolo, M. (2005). Suspended Sediment Fluxes in the Middle Reach of the Bahia Blanca Estuary, Argentina. In: FitzGerald, D.M., Knight, J. (eds) High Resolution Morphodynamics and Sedimentary Evolution of Estuaries. Coastal Systems and Continental Margins, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3296-X_6
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