This is the submitted version of the article: Vieira, P. (2023). Introduction. The Amazon River Basin: Extractivism, Indigenous Perspectives, and a Political Aesthetics of Resistance. Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies, 32(2), 177–183.
Patrícia Vieira, Vieira, Patrícia
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Restoration priorities and benefits within landscapes and catchments and across the Amazon Basin. [PDF]
Restoration can be applied in many different Amazonian contexts but will be most effective at leveraging environmental and social benefits when it is prioritized across the Amazon Basin and within landscapes and catchments.
Lees, Alexander Charles +61 more
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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
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]
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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Biogeochemical cycling of carbon, water, energy, trace gases, and aerosols in Amazonia: The LBA-EUSTACH experiments [PDF]
The biogeochemical cycling of carbon, water, energy, aerosols, and trace gases in the Amazon Basin was investigated in the project European Studies on Trace Gases and Atmospheric Chemistry as a Contribution to the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere ...
von Jouanne, J. +98 more
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Increased floodplain inundation in the Amazon since 1980
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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Perspectives on the impact of microplastics (MPs) on fish of the Amazon that exhibit air-breathing and aquatic surface respiration [PDF]
Fish 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]
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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Genomics and synthetic biology as a viable option to intensify sustainable use of biodiversity [PDF]
The Amazon basin is an area of mega-biodiversity. Different models have been proposed^1-8^ for the establishment of an effective conservation policy, increasing sustainability and adding value for biodiversity. Currently, a broad spectrum of technologies
Elibio Rech +2 more
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