Damming the rivers of the Amazon basin [PDF]
Nature, 2017 More than a hundred hydropower dams have already been built in the Amazon basin and numerous proposals for further dam constructions are under consideration. The accumulated negative environmental effects of existing dams and proposed dams, if constructed, will trigger massive hydrophysical and biotic disturbances that will affect the Amazon basin's ...
Latrubesse, E. M. +15 more
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Geometry of River Networks II: Distributions of Component Size and Number [PDF]
, 2000 The structure of a river network may be seen as a discrete set of nested sub-networks built out of individual stream segments. These network components are assigned an integral stream order via a hierarchical and discrete ordering method.
A. D. Abrahams +42 more
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At the doors of the Amazonian region: occurrence of Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857) (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mytilidae) in the Tocantins River [PDF]
Check ListThe Tocantins river basin was one of the few regions in Brazil considered free of Golden Mussel, Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857). This is an invasive species that has been dispersing throughout South America since 1990.
Rubens Tomio Honda +2 more
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Avifauna of the upper Purus River: relevant records for an area lacking ornithological surveys [PDF]
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2021 Birds are the best-known vertebrate group, although many localities in the world are considered to be knowledge gaps. This is the case of many little-known environments in the Amazon biome, the world’s largest tropical forest.
Fernando Igor de Godoy +3 more
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Higher absorbed solar radiation partly offset the negative effects of water stress on the photosynthesis of Amazon forests during the 2015 drought [PDF]
, 2018 Amazon forests play an important role in the global carbon cycle and Earth\u27s climate. The vulnerability of Amazon forests to drought remains highly controversial.
He, Binbin, Li, Xing, Xiao, Jingfeng
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Carbon Dioxide Emissions along the Lower Amazon River
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017 A large fraction of the organic carbon derived from land that is transported through inland waters is decomposed along river systems and emitted to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide (CO2).
Henrique O. Sawakuchi +13 more
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Validation and analysis of MOPITT CO observations of the Amazon Basin [PDF]
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2016 We analyze satellite retrievals of carbon monoxide from the MOPITT (Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere) instrument over the Amazon Basin, focusing on the MOPITT Version 6 "multispectral" retrieval product (exploiting both thermal ...
M. N. Deeter +6 more
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Terrestrial and fluvial carbon fluxes in a tropical watershed: Nyong basin, Cameroon [PDF]
, 2009 The Nyong watershed, with an area of 27 800 km2 and a mean annual discharge of 390 m3 s−1, is the second largest river in Cameroon. The Nyong watershed serves as an outstanding study area for the examination of carbon fluxes in humid tropical ...
Boeglin, Jean-Loup +6 more
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Caravelle, 2011 Archaeology in the Amazon basin has known a remarkable development for the last twenty years, after a late start in the middle of the 20th century, and a long period of seclusion because of the yoke of ecologic determinism.
Stéphen Rostain
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Notes on the frog fauna of the Amazon Basin [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 1976 The natural history of the frog fauna of the Amazon Basin is considered, based on data obtained from four major collections. Population structures in both forest and open environments are compared.
W. Ronald Heyer
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