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  • The LTER HCES site (or PELD-HCES) is a coastal marine protected area on the tropical Eastern Brazil Marine Ecoregion (Spalding et al., 2007), with includes a transition estuarine ecosystem composed of two estuaries, coastal sand beaches, algal reefs and maerl beds distributed along the inner continental shelf to depths og 50-60 meters.