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Acoustic propagation in the Brazil current system off the Southeastern coast

, 2011
The Brazil Current (BC) is perhaps the less studied subtropical boundary current of the world ocean. Within this region, the BC develops vigorous meanders and rings.
Hermand, J.-P., Carrière, O., Ren, Q., da Silveira, I.C.A., Ponsoni, L.   +4 more
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Zooplankton temporal variation and growth of in the north coast of São Paulo, with emphasis on copepod immature stages

, 2013
O objetivo desta tese foi o estudo da variabilidade temporal, crescimento e produção do zooplâncton metazoário, com ênfase sobre estágios imaturos de copépodes, na região costeira de Ubatuba (SP, Brasil).
Martinelli Filho, José Eduardo, José Eduardo Martinelli Filho   +1 more
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Assessment of Oxidative Stress, Vitellogenin, and Human Health Risks Derived From Nile Tilapia Exposed to Metals and Metalloids in Southeastern Brazil

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Urban coastal lagoons are highly vulnerable ecosystems increasingly affected by metal contamination, as well as multiple anthropogenic stressors. This study evaluated ecotoxicological and human health risks associated with chronic metal exposure in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from an anthropogenically impacted lagoon in southeastern ...
Julia Araújo Alves, Priscila M. O. Muniz Cunha, Shênia Patrícia Corrêa Novo, Lorena Oliveira Souza Soares, Tatiana Dillenburg Saint‐Pierre, Fábio Veríssimo Correia, André Luís de Sá Salomão, Rachel Ann Hauser‐Davis, Enrico Mendes Saggioro   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The ethnoecology of Caiçara metapopulations (Atlantic Forest, Brazil): ecological concepts and questions

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2006
The Atlantic Forest is represented on the coast of Brazil by approximately 7,5% of remnants, much of these concentrated on the country's SE coast. Within these southeastern remnants, we still find the coastal Caiçaras who descend from Native Indians and ...
Begossi Alpina
doaj   +1 more source

Morphological and molecular studies of filamentous brown algae (Phaeophyceae) in the brazilian southeast coast

, 2017
As algas pardas filamentosas (Phaeophyceae) constituem um grupo essencialmente marinho com morfologia extremamente simples. A identificação taxonômica dessas algas é bastante difícil quando empregados apenas caracteres morfológicos devido à grande ...
Mungioli, Mariana
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Presence of Nationally Banned Carbamates and Organophosphate Pesticides in Wild Carnivores, Southeastern Brazil

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As top predators, terrestrial carnivores face great risk of pesticide exposure and serve as sentinels of environmental contamination. Additionally, terrestrial carnivores are frequently threatened by intentional or secondary poisoning with highly toxic compounds, such as carbamates and organophosphates.
Marina Pellegrino da Silva, Vagner Gonçalves‐Junior, Mauricio Candido da Silva, André Rinaldi Fukushima, Rose Lilian Gasparini‐Morato, Helenice de Souza Spinosa, Ana Carolina Ewbank, Carlos Sacristán, Ana de la Torre, José Luiz Catão‐Dias, Pedro Enrique Navas‐Suárez   +10 more
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Hunting and use of terrestrial fauna used by Caiçaras from the Atlantic Forest coast (Brazil)

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2009
Background The Brazilian Atlantic Forest is considered one of the hotspots for conservation, comprising remnants of rain forest along the eastern Brazilian coast.
Alves Rômulo RN, Hanazaki Natalia, Begossi Alpina   +2 more
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Biodiesel Production from Hevea brasiliensis Seeds: A Systematic Review

Vietnam Journal of Chemistry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Hevea brasiliensis (HB) species, also called the rubber tree, is currently cultivated worldwide for the extraction of latex, an input for rubber production. In addition, its seeds currently have few productive applications, despite their high oil content.
Sara Lüneburger, Giovano Tochetto, Letiére Cabreira Soares, André Lazarin Gallina   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing into the morphology of female differentiation in the seabob shrimps Xiphopenaeus dincao and X. kroyeri: Insights into the taxonomy

Xiphopenaeus shrimps species are among the main marine organisms exploited in commercial fishing in the Americas. Recent investigations have unveiled a species complex formerly identified as X. kroyeri.
França, Nielson F.C., Nogueira, Caio S. [UNESP], Costa, Rogerio C. [UNESP], Mantelatto, Fernando L., Miazaki, Lizandra F. [UNESP]   +4 more
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Yoruba Histories of Marriage and Belonging: Gender, Power and Innovation in Eighteenth‐Century West Africa

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article argues that marriage was central to historical change in the Yoruba‐speaking region of West Africa during the eighteenth century. It draws on ìtàn, a distinct oral source, to show that conjugality shaped Yoruba processes of urbanisation and political centralisation, gendered divisions of labour and social innovation and creativity.
Insa Nolte
wiley   +1 more source