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, 1997 1. Echinochloa polystachya forms extensive monotypic stands on the lower levels of the Amazon floodplains. During its annual growth cycle c. 100t (dry mass) ha-1 of biomass is formed as the floodplain is being submerged (December-September) and a phase ...
Long, Stephen Patrick +2 more
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Hydrodynamic Response of Channel Flow Confluence to the Tributary Floodplain Topography
Water Resources ResearchRiver confluences with a compound‐channel tributary are common in large river networks, for example, the Yangtze River basin and the Amazon basin. They affect the confluence hydrodynamics, nutrient depletion and fish migration in the network, due to the ...
Guanghui Yan +6 more
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Nitrate attenuation in a restored river floodplain system: River Cole (Oxfordshire - UK) [PDF]
, 2010 PhDRestoring river-floodplain connectivity has been proposed as an alternative management measure for natural flood defence through the temporary storage of floodwaters and the attenuation of flood peaks downstream.
Sgouridis, Fotis
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Spatial and temporal variability of macrophyte growth and productivity in the Amazon floodplain [PDF]
, 2009 The main objective of the present thesis was to investigate the spatial and temporal variability of macrophyte growth and productivity in the Amazon floodplain, and the possible effects of this variability on the carbon budget of the floodplain.
Silva, Thiago Sanna Freire
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Brazilian Journal of BiologyAssurance of water quality for human consumption is essential for public health policies. In the Amazon floodplain, the seasonal water level variation causes periodic flooding of marginal areas that are usually used for settlements, agriculture and ...
AG Affonso, C. Barbosa, EMLM. Novo
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Free-living Platyhelminthes of the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, a Peruvian Amazon floodplain
, 2006 FIGURE 2. Microphotographs of Temnocephala lutzi. a: whole mount, scale bar 400 µm, b: detail of the stylet, scale bar 100 µm.Published as part of Noreña, Carolina, Damborenea, Cristina, Brusa, Francisco & Escobedo, Mario, 2006, Free-living ...
Brusa, Francisco +3 more
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International Journal of Plant BiologyThis study evaluated the suitability of three floodplain environments near Iquitos for cowpea cultivar recommendations and estimated the adaptability and phenotypic stability of 12 cowpea lines evaluated in 2004. Climatic conditions between 2004 and 2020–
Rodrigo Gonzales +4 more
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Amphibian diversity in Amazonian flooded forests of Peru [PDF]
, 2015 Global biodiversity is currently facing the sixth mass extinction, with extinction rates at least 100 times higher than background levels. The Amazon Basin has the richest amphibian fauna in South America, but there remain significant gaps in our ...
Upton, Kathleen Anne
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Probabilidade de emigração dos pescadores de bagre da amazônia: implicações para o manejo
Boletim do Instituto de Pesca, 2018 Este estudo objetivou determinar a probabilidade de emigração entre os pescadores de bagres amazônicos. Foram entrevistados 2.105 pescadores de agosto-2002 a maio-2003.
Adriana Rosa CARVALHO +1 more
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Revista ÁrvoreThe areas of Amazonian floodplains have added ecological value to their multiple ecosystem services, including water supply, local climate regulation, biodiversity with a marked number of endemic species, and diversity of micro-habitat.
Diulio Andrew Torres de Souza +9 more
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