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, 1991 The Amazon Basin is by far the greatest river basin in the world. It drains an area of about 7 million square kilometers (2.73 million square miles), twice the area of the world’s second largest basin, that of the river Zaire (Congo) in Africa. Sloping down eastward from the foot of the Andes in the west, the enormous plains that make up most of the ...
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Ocean-Land-Atmosphere ResearchIn the boreal spring of 2022, a record-breaking rainfall event occurred in the northern Amazon basin, causing major economic and property damage. Using observational datasets and sensitivity tests from the linear baroclinic model, this study shows that ...
Yashi Lian +4 more
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First records of the family Scoloplacidae (Siluriformes, Loricarioidei) in Colombia, including a range expansion of Scoloplax baileyi Rocha, Lazzarotto & Py-Daniel, 2012 [PDF]
Check List, 2018 The Neotropical family Scoloplacidae is a monogeneric group of miniature freshwater catfishes that includes 6 species. Scoloplax dicra has the widest distribution across the Amazon basin, except in the western upper portions.
Juan G. Albornoz-Garzón +6 more
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Analysis of ecosystem services provision in the Colombian Amazon using participatory research and mapping techniques [PDF]
, 2014 Over the last two decades indigenous peoples in the lower Caquetá River basin in Colombia have experienced detrimental changes in the provision of important ecosystem services in ways that have significant implications for the maintenance of their ...
Torres-Vitolas, Carlos A. +32 more
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Amazon Plume Salinity Response to Ocean Teleconnections
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017 Pacific and Atlantic sea surface temperature (SST) variability strongly influences rainfall changes in the Amazon River basin, which impacts on the river discharge and consequently the sea surface salinity (SSS) in the Amazon plume.
Pedro Tyaquiçã +13 more
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First record of the driftwood catfish Spinipterus acsi Akama & Ferraris, 2011 (Siluriformes, Auchenipteridae) for Brazil, Juruá River, Amazon basin [PDF]
Check List, 2018 Spinipterus Akama & Ferraris, 2011 is a monotypic genus known only by the holotype of its single species S. acsi, described from a creek tributary to the Nanay River, in the Peruvian portion of the Amazon basin.
Bárbara B. Calegari +2 more
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A baseline for assessing the ecological integrity of Western Amazon rivers
Communications Earth & EnvironmentAmazon freshwater systems influence global hydroclimatic patterns, host unparalleled biological diversity, and support unique social-ecological systems.
Elizabeth P. Anderson +20 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Low latency carbon budget estimates for July 2024–June 2025 combine atmospheric CO2 growth rates, fossil emissions, ocean uptake, DGVM land fluxes, and OCO‐2 inversions. The budget shows that late‐2024 land carbon losses dominate the annual anomaly, while early‐2025 recovery differs between bottom‐up models and top‐down inversions, especially in ...
Piyu Ke +32 more
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Epidemiology of malaria in the Amazon basin of Ecuador [PDF]
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2000 Malaria is reemerging in most endemic countries of South America. In Ecuador, malaria is endemic on the Pacific coast, in the inter-Andean valleys, and in the Amazon River basin. In the Lower-Napo region of northeastern Ecuador, malaria was considered eliminated in the 1970s, but the disease has reemerged in recent years.
M, San Sebastián +2 more
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Ecological IndicatorsProtected Areas (PAs) have been widely recognized as a crucial strategy to conserve biodiversity and maintain ecosystem services and functions, especially for the Amazon basin, the world’s largest tropical rainforest.
Chaohui Zhong +6 more
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