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Genetic Diversity, Population Structure and Evidence of Genetic Bottleneck in <i>Geoffroea decorticans</i> (Fabaceae): Implications for Conservation. [PDF]

open access: yesEcol Evol
We documented genetic variation, population structure, and bottleneck signals in Geoffroea decorticans (Fabaceae) populations across the Atacama Desert and emphasize the urgency of genetic monitoring. Conservation plans should prioritize populations based on genetic information including those with low diversity, strong bottleneck signals and high ...
Contreras R, Arias-Aburto M, Bessega C.
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Urban and Wild Kelp Gulls: Tracking Seasonal Shifts in Habitat Use and Movement Patterns. [PDF]

open access: yesEcol Evol
Kelp gull (Larus dominicanus) nesting on a rooftop in Coquimbo. Photo by C. E. Fernández. ABSTRACT Humans impact the environment through a myriad of activities, including urbanisation. While some wildlife species struggle to cope with urban development, others might benefit from it.
Lerma M   +4 more
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An Economic Evaluation of the Health and Agricultural Damages Caused by Copper Mining in Chile

open access: yesLatin American Research Review, 2023
This study assesses the environmental damage caused by copper mining on surface water bodies in Chile. The few official records on the discharges and concentrations of arsenic and copper only allow for identifying the impacts of some mining operations in
Levi Campos, Cristian Mardones
doaj   +1 more source

Iron and copper on Botrytis cinerea: new inputs in the cellular characterization of their inhibitory effect [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2023
Certain metals play key roles in infection by the gray mold fungus, Botrytis cinerea. Among them, copper and iron are necessary for redox and catalytic activity of enzymes and metalloproteins, but at high concentrations they are toxic.
Fátima Rodríguez-Ramos   +3 more
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Communication strategies in an international school citizen science program investigating marine litter

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2023
Communication is an essential element of science, and while it is important in all scientific endeavors, it gains substantial strategic relevance in citizen science projects.
Martin Thiel   +16 more
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Contribución al conocimiento de los Crisópidos de Coquimbo, Patagonia y Tierra del Fuego (Argentina, Chile) (Insecta, Neuroptera, Chrysopidae

open access: yesGraellsia, 2005
Se anotan nuevos datos sobre la morfología, distribución y biología de cinco especies de crisópidos (Insecta, Neuroptera, Chrysopidae) capturadas durante los muestreos realizados en Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego y Coquimbo (Argentina, Chile).
V. J. Monserrat, S. de Freitas
doaj   +1 more source

Entrevista a Guillermo Ulriksen Becker sobre el Plan Constructivo La Serena – Coquimbo. / Interview with Guillermo Becker Ulriksen on the Plan La Serena - Coquimbo

open access: yesRevista de Urbanismo, 2008
Entrevista a Guillermo Ulriksen Becker sobre el Plan Constructivo La Serena – Coquimbo, en 1952./ Interview with Gulliermo B. Ulriksen on the Development Plan of La Serena/Coquimbo (Chile), in 1952.
Torres Valencia, J. (1952)
doaj   +1 more source

Size matters: Physiological sensitivity of the scallop Argopecten purpuratus to seasonal cooling and deoxygenation upwelling-driven events

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Environment imposes physiological constraints which are life-stage specific as growth-maintenance and/or growth-reproduction energetic requirements are size and volume-dependent.
Laura Ramajo   +8 more
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Preference of medical specialties among medical students in a Chilean university

open access: yesMedwave, 2023
This study describes medical specialty preferences expressed by medical students at a regional university in northern Chile. This descriptive study is based on primary information with a sample of 266 valid responses and a response rate of 58.7%.
Joaquin Zuñiga-Soria   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sea-Surface Slicks and Their Effect on the Concentration of Plastics and Zooplankton in the Coastal Waters of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2021
The abundance and distribution of plastic debris at the sea surface shows considerable variability over different spatial scales. Some of the oceanographic processes at small (<1 km) and submeso (1–10 km) scales manifest themselves as slicks at the ...
Camila Gallardo   +15 more
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