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Economic assessment of hatchery production of Argopecten nucleus spat to support the development of scallop aquaculture in the wider Caribbean

Aquaculture Reports, 2016
Many communities of fishermen throughout the Caribbean are facing economic difficulties due to the decline of marine resources following decades of overexploitation and poor governance of fish stocks.
Diego Valderrama, Luz A. Velasco, Niver Quiroz   +2 more
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Reassessing sixteenth and seventeenth century written accounts of hurricanes in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea

Weather, EarlyView.
Abstract While the North Atlantic’s five‐century hurricane history is among the most complete globally, the earliest centuries are poorly documented in the written record. This study reassesses a subset of sixteenth to seventeenth‐century tropical cyclones (TCs) through a systematic review of archival evidence, mainly from Spain’s colonial archive, the
William Gomez Pretel, Michael Chenoweth
wiley   +1 more source

Interannual variations in PM10 and PM2.5 due to wildfires in four air quality monitoring networks in the Colombian caribbean

Environmental Challenges
Particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) significantly impacts air quality and public health, particularly in regions with meteorological and topographical characteristics prone to wildfires.
Roberto E. Rojano, Heli A. Arregoces, Gloria Restrepo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

DYNAMICS OF A MACROALGAL ROCKY INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY IN THE COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN

Bulletin of Marine and Coastal Research, 2016
The macroalgal intertidal community at a tropical location (Punta de la Loma, Colombian Caribbean) was monitored at irregular intervals from 1992 to 1995. The highly diverse macroalgal community was relatively invariant in cover, taxa and biomass from small spatial scales (square centimeters).
García, CB, Díaz-Pulido, G
openaire   +3 more sources

Entrepreneurial Orientation Under Female Family Leadership: Zooming in on Only‐child CEOs and Generational Dynamics in Family Firms

British Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper revisits the entrepreneurial orientation–performance relationship in family firms by examining why entrepreneurial orientation yields uneven performance returns. Drawing on entrepreneurial orientation research, upper echelons theory and gender role theory, we argue that the effectiveness of entrepreneurial orientation depends on the
Carl Åberg, Andrea Calabrò, Mariateresa Torchia, Alfredo Valentino   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Catholic Values and Gender Politics in the Colombian Mass Media: Acción Cultural Popular (ACPO) in the 1970s

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The 1970s were a decade of huge change for women in Colombia, from the legalisation of divorce to increased access to education, labour market participation and contraception. This article examines how the Catholic non‐governmental organisation Acción Cultural Popular (Popular Cultural Action, ACPO) responded to women's changing roles and ...
Anna Cant
wiley   +1 more source

URBAN CLIMATE GOVERNANCE AND THE UNEVENNESS OF CITY NETWORKS: The Trajectory and Perspectives of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy in Chile

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Scholars have widely discussed integrating local administrations into climate governance networks, focusing on networks such as the Global Covenant of Mayors or C40, whose members are mostly in the European Union or countries of the global North and premium cities managed by engaged administrations. Relatively little is known about urban‐scale
Alejandra Irigoyen Rios, Rosa Lehmann
wiley   +1 more source

Does Inequality Blur Class Lines? Meritocratic Attitudes in Comparative Perspective

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scholars of inequality generally find that lower‐class individuals are more skeptical of meritocratic narratives that link economic success to individual work effort. However, past research has yielded inconclusive findings about how economic inequality affects meritocratic attitudes across different class groups.
Roshan K. Pandian, Ronald Kwon
wiley   +1 more source

Analysts' Cultural Long‐Term Orientation and Their Information Production Orientation culturelle à long terme des analystes et production d'information

Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study how analysts' inherited cultural attitudes to time orientation affect their production of long‐term information and the profitability of their stock recommendations. We find that analysts from long‐term‐oriented cultures exhibit a longer forecast horizon and issue more long‐term forecasts.
Shuping Chen, Jay Heon Jung, Sonya S. Lim, Yong Yu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lichen diversity in colombian caribbean dry forest remnants

Caldasia, 2019
We present a first study of the diversity and community composition of lichens in seasonally dry tropical forest (DTF) remnants in the Atlántico department, Colombia. Lichens were sampled in two of the three protected areas of the department: Distrito de Manejo Integrado (DMI) Luriza and Reserva Forestal Protectora (RFP) El Palomar.
Lücking, Robert, Moncada, Bibiana, Martínez-Habibe, María Cristina, Salgado-Negret, Beatriz E., Celis, Marcela, Rojas-Zamora, Oscar, Rodríguez-M, Gina M., Brokamp, Grischa, Borsch, Thomas   +8 more
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