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Assessing the Quality of Amazon Aquatic Ecosystems with Multiple Lines of Evidence: The Case of the Northeast Andean Foothills of Ecuador

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2021
We assessed the quality of Andes-Amazonia streams in Ecuador impacted by gold mining (GM), discharges from inefficient sewage network in urban areas (UA), wastes from fish farming (FF) and from non-functional landfill (LF) and other few threats (FT). We selected three lines of evidence (LOE) that were used separately and integrated into a index: water ...
Emily Galarza, Marcela Cabrera, Rodrigo Espinosa, Edgar Espitia, Gabriel M. Moulatlet, Mariana V. Capparelli   +5 more
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Characteristics of natural salt licks located in the Colombian Amazon foothills

Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2013
Salt licks are key places for the ecological dynamics of wildlife communities around the world and are locations where animals develop geophagical behaviours. Geophagy is a method for animals to supplement their diets or facilitate their digestive processes and is related to the health of individuals and populations.
Eduardo, Molina, Tomás Enrique, León, Dolors, Armenteras   +2 more
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The Koepcke’s spear-nosed bat, Gardnerycteris koepckeae (Gardner and Patton, 1972) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), is not endemic to Peru: first record from the Amazon foothills of Colombia

Mammalia, 2020
Abstract We report the first record of the rare Koepcke’s spear-nosed bat Gardnerycteris koepckeae collected outside of Peru, based on morphological and cytochrome b data. The species was found at the National Natural Park Alto Fragua Indi-Wasi, Department of Caquetá, Colombia.
Darwin M. Morales-Martínez, Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves, Javier E. Colmenares-Pinzón, Luis G. Gómez   +3 more
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Classification of Family Farming Systems and Food Security in the Colombian Amazon Foothills

2023
Los sistemas agropecuarios familiares en el piedemonte amazónico son un fenómeno predominante en esta zona rural. El objetivo de esta investigación fue tipificar y caracterizar estos sistemas a partir de variables sociales,económicas, ambientales y también a partir de la percepción de la seguridad alimentaria como atributo que fomenta el arraigo en ...
Jurado Mejía, Alejandro Geobanny, Pardo Rozo, Yelly Yamparli, Hernández Londoño, Claudia Estella   +2 more
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Human health risk assessment of metals and metalloids in mining areas of the Northeast Andean foothills of the Ecuadorian Amazon

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 2023
Gabriel M Moulatlet, Andreu Rico, Marcela Cabrera   +2 more
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Microplastic pollution in mountain terrains and foothills: A review on source, extraction, and distribution of microplastics in remote areas

Environmental Research, 2022
Shaveta Padha, Rakesh Kumar, Anjali Dhar   +2 more
exaly  

The Koepcke’s spear-nosed bat, Gardnerycteris koepckeae (Gardner and Patton, 1972) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), is not endemic to Peru: first record from the Amazon foothills of Colombia

Mammalia, 2020
Darwin M Morales-Martínez, Hector E Ramírez-Chaves   +1 more
exaly  

Sediment budget of the Napo River, Amazon basin, Ecuador and Peru

Hydrological Processes, 2009
A Laraque, JOSÉ Darrozes, Jean Loup Guyot   +2 more
exaly  

Characteristics of natural salt licks located in the Colombian Amazon foothills

Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2014
Eduardo Molina, Dolors Armenteras, Armenteras Dolors   +2 more
exaly  

Habitat use by small mammals in the arid Andean foothills of the Monte Desert of Mendoza, Argentina

Journal of Arid Environments, 1998
Ricardo A Ojeda
exaly