Table 1 Terms used by crustacean and mollusc gatherers for classifying the tides associated with the lunar cycle.
*Term used | Meanings |
|---|---|
'Maré de sizígia' or 'maré de lua' | 'spring tide' (the greatest amplitude variations between high and low tide) |
'Maré de quebramento' | 'breaking tide' (the amplitude variation between the tides starts to decrease) |
'Maré de quarto' or 'maré de quadratura' | 'neap tide' (a small difference between high and low tides occurs, preceding the next situation) |
'Maré morta' | 'dead tide' (the minimum amplitude variation between the tides occurs in the days when the sun and the moon pull at right angles to the earth) |
'Cabeça de água morta' | 'head of dead water' (the last days of the 'dead tide' as the moon starts changing to waning crescent phase) |
'Primeiro lançamento' | first 'flushing' (the amplitude variation between the tides starts to increase; it is the beginning of the 'flushing'). |