Genetic diversity and structuring in the arapaima (Osteoglossiformes, Osteoglossidae) population reveal differences between the Amazon and the Tocantins-Araguaia basins [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2020 Arapaima is a widely-distributed fish of enormous economic importance in the Amazon region. In the present study, a total of 232 specimens were sampled, 121 from five sites in the Amazon basin and 111 from five sites in the Tocantins-Araguaia basin.
Fabrícia Nogueira +7 more
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Malaria Journal, 2020 Background The high incidence of Plasmodium vivax infections associated with clinical severity and the emergence of chloroquine (CQ) resistance has posed a challenge to control efforts aimed at eliminating this disease.
Fredy E. Villena +8 more
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Isopods Cymothoidae ectoparasites of fish from the Amazon
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2020 Most freshwater species of Cymothoidae are distributed in South America. They have mainly been recorded in the eastern and western regions of the Amazon River basin.
Lucena Rocha Virgilio +5 more
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Spatial-temporal variation of dissolved inorganic material in the Amazon basin [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2015 The Amazon River basin is important in the contribution of dissolved material to oceans (4% worldwide). The aim of this work was to study the spatial and the temporal variability of dissolved inorganic materials in the main rivers of the Amazon basin ...
Liz Stefanny Hidalgo SÁNCHEZ +4 more
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Increased floodplain inundation in the Amazon since 1980
Environmental Research Letters, 2023 Extensive floodplains throughout the Amazon basin support important ecosystem services and influence global water and carbon cycles. A recent change in the hydroclimatic regime of the region, with increased rainfall in the northern portions of the basin,
Ayan S Fleischmann +16 more
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Comparison Link Function from Summer Rainfall Network in Amazon Basin
Meteorology, 2023 The Amazon Basin is the largest rainforest in the world, and studying the rainfall in this region is crucial for understanding the functioning of the entire rainforest ecosystem and its role in regulating the regional and global climate.
C. Arturo Sánchez P. +3 more
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Perspectives on the impact of microplastics (MPs) on fish of the Amazon that exhibit air-breathing and aquatic surface respiration [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiênciasFish in the Amazon basin have adapted to bouts of low water O2 and high CO2, with many species evolving air-breathing or aquatic surface respiration mechanisms to supplement respiratory gas exchange.
LAUREN ZINK +2 more
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Statistical prediction of terrestrial water storage changes in the Amazon Basin using tropical Pacific and North Atlantic sea surface temperature anomalies [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2014 Floods and droughts frequently affect the Amazon River basin, impacting transportation, agriculture, and ecosystem processes within several South American countries.
C. de Linage +2 more
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Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2020 Study region: The study region is the Amazon River Basin, which controls globally important water and energy fluxes. Study focus: In the face of a changing climate and landscape, it is critical that we understand how, where, and why surface water ...
Brent Porter Heerspink +3 more
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On the importance of cascading moisture recycling in South America [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2014 Continental moisture recycling is a crucial process of the South American climate system. In particular, evapotranspiration from the Amazon basin contributes substantially to precipitation regionally as well as over other remote regions such as the La ...
D. C. Zemp +7 more
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