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Amplified response of Amazon floodplain flows to rising river levels
Environmental Research LettersThe dynamics of Amazon floodplains is tightly connected to the adjacent river flood pulse, yet its hydrological functioning differs from that of the main channel.
Alice Fassoni-Andrade +9 more
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Hidden diversity in Prochilodus nigricans: A new genetic lineage within the Tapajós River basin.
PLoS ONE, 2020 Highly spread through the Amazon River basin, Prochilodus nigricans have had its taxonomic validity recently questioned, when genetic differences between Western and Eastern Amazon populations from the Brazilian shield were detected.
Ueslei Lopes +2 more
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Capture of a Specimen of “Lepidosiren” in the River Amazons [PDF]
Nature, 1896 I HAVE just received a letter from Dr. Emil Goeldi, Director of the rising Museum at Para, in which he informs me of the interesting discovery of Lepidosiren at the mouth of the river Amazons (or rather of the river Tocantins). I had better give the part of his letter which refers to this capture. The letter is dated Para, June 9.
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Spreading of the Amazon River Plume
Russian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2023 Results of a joint Russian-Brazilian expedition to study the dynamics of continental river runoff in the ocean associated with the Amazon plume are presented. The stations of the study region covered the seaward part of the Amazon plume. The work was carried out in the dry season (November). The data of in situ measurements and satellite data show that
Eugene Morozov +13 more
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Neotropical IchthyologyThe Neotropical auchenipterid catfish genus Auchenipterichthys is reviewed and found to include four species. Auchenipterichthys thoracatus, formerly considered to be widely distributed throughout the Amazon River basin, is found to be restricted to the ...
Carl J. Ferraris Jr. +2 more
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A systematic revision of Tatia (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae)
Neotropical IchthyologyThe auchenipterid catfish genus Tatia is revised. Twelve species are recognized including three described as new. Tatia is diagnosed by the hyomandibula elongated anterodorsally, the anal-fin base of adult males reduced in length, and the caudal peduncle
Luisa Maria Sarmento-Soares +1 more
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Journal of Ecology and EnvironmentBackground: Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) are critical pollinators in the Peruvian Amazon, sustaining biodiversity, crop productivity, and indigenous livelihoods.
Richar Demetrio +8 more
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Registro de hifomicetos acuáticos para la región andinoamazónica colombiana
Biota Colombiana, 2013 Studies concerning the aquatic hyphomycetes are rare in Colombia and non-existent in the Andean region Amazon, which is characterized as a transition between the Andes and the Amazon plain, with abundant river ecosystems, as in the case of the Hacha ...
Gustavo A. Ruiz-Chala +1 more
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Increased floodplain inundation in the Amazon since 1980
Environmental Research Letters, 2023 Extensive floodplains throughout the Amazon basin support important ecosystem services and influence global water and carbon cycles. A recent change in the hydroclimatic regime of the region, with increased rainfall in the northern portions of the basin,
Ayan S Fleischmann +16 more
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