the study diagnóstico das restingas no brasil (diagnostic of brazilian sandbanks) by sandro menezes silva, of the botanical and biological sciences of the universidade federal do paraná gives a wealth of information on the types of flora and faunafound in sandbanks (restingas), typical of rio de janeiro's state lagoons.   

the paper diversity and floristic composition of the vascular plants in the forest fragment in southeastern rio de janeiro, brazil ( diversity and floristic composition of the vascular plants in the forest fragment southeastern in rio de janeiro, brazil) by regina h. p. andreata, haroldo c. de lima, angela s. fonseca vaz, josé fernando a. baumgratz, and sheila r. profice  examines the diversity and floristic composition of the vascular plants of the morro alto mourão, within the serra da tiririca state parka-  the study area includes an important fragment of montane forest within the atlantic coastal forest biome.