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Neotropical IchthyologyThe arowanas, fishes of Gondwanan origin, are represented in South America by the genus Osteoglossum. All species were initially reported as being exclusive to the Amazon region, with O. ferreirai restricted to the Negro River basin and O. bicirrhosum to
Maria Doris Escobar L. +4 more
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Caravelle, 2011 Archaeology in the Amazon basin has known a remarkable development for the last twenty years, after a late start in the middle of the 20th century, and a long period of seclusion because of the yoke of ecologic determinism.
Stéphen Rostain
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Uncovering the genomic potential of the Amazon River microbiome to degrade rainforest organic matter
Microbiome, 2020 Background The Amazon River is one of the largest in the world and receives huge amounts of terrestrial organic matter (TeOM) from the surrounding rainforest. Despite this TeOM is typically recalcitrant (i.e.
Célio Dias Santos-Júnior +4 more
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Policy Brief: Brazil's open ecosystems—Carbon stocks overlooked by climate finance
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.The equitable recognition of the world's open ecosystems is critical for climate justice and societal well‐being. These ecosystems provide essential services, like carbon storage, water security, and biodiversity protection, that strengthen resilience to climate change. Yet, they remain overlooked in climate finance and policy frameworks that privilege
Franciele Parreira Peixoto +13 more
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, 1981 This document is the final report and environmental impact statement of the Delaware River Basin Commission's Level B Study. The objective of the study was to identify and resolve water resource problems.
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Vulnerability to Dams of the Last Undammed Large Rivers of Southeast Asia
River Research and Applications, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The vast majority of large Eurasian rivers are regulated by hydropower dams, but some have survived as free‐flowing rivers so far in the Arctic and along stretches of the Myanmar coast. There, the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) and Salween Rivers, two of the largest rivers of Southeast Asia, provide a huge amount of sediment, nurturing floodplains and
Gruel Charles‐Robin +1 more
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Water Resources Program FY 2008-2013
, 2008 The Water Resources Program (WRP) covers fiscal years (FY) 2008 through 2013 and is a strategic plan for DRBC program direction over the next six years.
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Neotropical Ichthyology, 2021 The Hoplias malabaricus group encompasses six valid species and still is believed to harbors cryptic diversity. In this work, an integrative approach including morphological, DNA barcoding, and cytogenetic considerations was conducted to characterize a ...
Karen L. A. Guimarães +4 more
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OCCURRENCE OF SERRASSALMIDAE HYBRID FISH IN THE AMAZON RIVER BASIN, BRAZIL
Oecologia Australis, 2019 This study reports a case of occurrence of hybrid fish in the Amazon River basin, Brazil and attentive on to possible risks promoted with from crossbreeding between two species on local biodiversity. The specimen was collected in February/2016, and was evaluated showing dubious characteristics indicating the possibility of the occurrence of ...
de Lima, Felipe Pontieri +6 more
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Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.Brazil's Cerrado valley wetlands—swamp savanna and gallery forest—are highly important for the biome's water cycle and carbon storage and are susceptible to degradation from the impacts of land use expansion and the climate crisis. In support of their detailed monitoring and assessment, we developed and tested a transferable mapping approach that ...
Felix Beer +6 more
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