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Braga, Rafael Benzi, Ferreira-Jr, Nelson (2010): Four new species of Desmopachria Babington (Insecta, Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) from the Amazon river floodplain.
Braga, Rafael Benzi, Ferreira-Jr, Nelson
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Based on material collected on streams and lakes from the Amazon River floodplain, Brazil, Microvelia urucara sp. nov. is described, illustrated and compared with similar species.
Felipe F. F Moreira +2 more
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Participatory mapping and Nature's Contributions to People: Insights from the Amazon Delta
Abstract Understanding how traditional and coastal communities perceive and interact with nature is key to promoting inclusive conservation. This article examines human–nature interaction in the fishing village of Jubim, located in the Marajó Archipelago, delta of the Amazon River, Brazil.
Lara Sartorio Gonçalves +5 more
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Automatic Extraction of Oxbow Lakes from Landsat Imagery Using Deep Learning Across the Amazon Basin
Oxbow lakes are key geomorphic and ecological components of river floodplains, but basin-scale inventories remain limited because these features are narrow, fragmented, and spectrally similar to active channels and other floodplain water bodies.
Chenyang Yuan +6 more
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Impacts of hydroelectric dams on alluvial riparian plant communities in eastern Brazilian Amazonian
The major rivers of the Amazon River basin and their biota are threatened by the planned construction of large hydroelectric dams that are expected to have strong impacts on floodplain plant communities. The present study presents forest inventories from
LEANDRO VALLE FERREIRA +4 more
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Microbial metabolic activity in Amazon floodplain forest and agricultural soils. [PDF]
Barros DJ +9 more
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Satellite data provide the only viable means for extensive monitoring of remote and large freshwater systems, such as the Amazon floodplain lakes. However, an accurate atmospheric correction is required to retrieve water constituents based on surface ...
Vitor Souza Martins +5 more
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A traditional floodplain fishery of the lower Amazon River, Brazil [PDF]
This paper describes fishing activities of households in four communities located in a floodplain lake system of the lower Amazon river. An average of 42 households were interviewed about their fishing activity on a monthly basis. The fishery is a typical multi-gear, multi-specific artisanal fishery. Approximately ten types of fishing gear are utilized,
McGrath, D.G. +2 more
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Food resource partitioning in a fish community of the central Amazon floodplain
Fig. 2. Relative importance of food categories in supporting the community's biomass of fish species inhabiting a floodplain lake (lago do Rei) in Central Amazonia in the two seasons.Published as part of Mérona, Bernard de & Rankin-de-Mérona, Judy, 2004,
Rankin-de-Mérona, Judy +4 more
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Monitoring flood extent in the lower Amazon River floodplain using ALOS/PALSAR ScanSAR images
The Amazon River floodplain is subject to large seasonal variations in water level and flood extent, due to the large size and low relief of the basin, and the large amount of precipitation in the region.
Chapman, Bruce D +6 more
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