Geographies, 2022 The Amazon basin, the world’s largest river basin, is a key global climate regulator. Due to the lack of an extensive network of gauging stations, this basin remains poorly monitored, hindering the management of its water resources.
Paulo Ricardo Rufino +8 more
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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021 The dolphins Inia geoffrensis—boto and Sotalia fluviatilis—tucuxi are threatened cetaceans inhabiting river ecosystems in South America; population numbers are still lacking for many areas.
Mariana Paschoalini +10 more
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At the doors of the Amazonian region: occurrence of Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857) (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mytilidae) in the Tocantins River [PDF]
Check ListThe Tocantins river basin was one of the few regions in Brazil considered free of Golden Mussel, Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857). This is an invasive species that has been dispersing throughout South America since 1990.
Rubens Tomio Honda +2 more
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Modeling surface water dynamics in the Amazon Basin using MOSART-Inundation v1.0: impacts of geomorphological parameters and river flow representation [PDF]
Geoscientific Model Development, 2017 In the Amazon Basin, floodplain inundation is a key component of surface water dynamics and plays an important role in water, energy and carbon cycles. The Model for Scale Adaptive River Transport (MOSART) was extended with a macroscale inundation scheme
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Origin and processing of terrestrial organic carbon in the Amazon system: lignin phenols in river, shelf, and fan sediments [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2017 The Amazon River transports large amounts of terrestrial organic carbon (OCterr) from the Andean and Amazon neotropical forests to the Atlantic Ocean.
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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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Pisces, Perciformes, Cichlidae, Laetacara dorsigera (Heckel, 1840): distribution extension and first record for Uruguay River basin, and state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2010 The present study records for the first time the small cichlidae fish Laetacara dorsigera (Heckel, 1840) at Uruguay River basin and state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil, previously known from Amazon, Paraná and Paraguay River basins.
Luis Lanés +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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Surface freshwater storage and dynamics in the Amazon basin during the 2005 exceptional drought
Environmental Research Letters, 2012 The Amazon river basin has been recently affected by extreme climatic events, such as the exceptional drought of 2005, with significant impacts on human activities and ecosystems.
Frédéric Frappart +6 more
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A new species of river dolphin from Brazil or: how little do we know our biodiversity. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 True river dolphins are some of the rarest and most endangered of all vertebrates. They comprise relict evolutionary lineages of high taxonomic distinctness and conservation value, but are afforded little protection.
Tomas Hrbek +5 more
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