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 a reserva da biosfera da mata atlântica no estado do rio de janeiro (the reserve of the biosphere of the atlantic rainforest in rio de janeiro), by denise marçal rambaldi - associação mico-leão-dourado, alceo magnanini - ief, andré ilha - apedem, eduardo lardosa - ief, patrícia figueiredo - semads, and ronaldo fernandes de oliveira - feema, part of the conselho nacional da reserva da biosfera da mata atlântica rua do horto 931 - instituto florestal são paulo, presents a complete and particularly interesting study on the atlantic rainforest (mata atlântica).