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From Indicator to Prediction: Five Decades of Biochemical Oxygen Demand Research in Tropical Freshwaters

open access: yesWorld Water Policy, Volume 12, Issue 4, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) remains a core indicator of organic pollution in freshwater monitoring, but its role in water policy and practice is changing as water‐quality assessment moves toward predictive, integrative, and decision‐support approaches.
Isadora Favero Roque Cenci   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Abundance drives broad patterns of generalisation in plant–hummingbird pollination networks

open access: yesOikos, Volume 128, Issue 9, Page 1287-1295, September 2019., 2019
Abundant pollinators are often more generalised than rare pollinators. This could be because abundant species have more chance encounters with potential interaction partners. On the other hand, generalised species could have a competitive advantage over specialists, leading to higher abundance.
Benno I. Simmons   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

The ecclesiastical fight against storm‐makers in the Latin west

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 275-298, May 2026.
This paper studies the strategies used by the Church to fight against the storm‐makers. These figures were said to cause the storms that ruined crops, and during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages in the Visigothic and Frankish kingdoms were subject to punishment and constraints.
Juan Antonio Jiménez Sánchez
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnóstico de la situación ambiental de la Cuenca del Río Jaya : zona urbana y semi-urbana [PDF]

open access: yesCiencia y Sociedad, 2006
El Diagnóstico de la Situación Ambiental de la Cuencia del río Jaya, zona urbana y semi-urbana, tiene como objetivo general, contribuir al mejoramiento de su condición ambiental actual. El ámbito del estudio abarca desde la comunidad de Las Guázumas hasta Genimillo, San Francisco de Macorís. Y en la zona recorrida, se realizaron entrevistas a todos los
openaire   +2 more sources

Expert perceptions regarding the effectiveness and feasibility of nature‐based solutions for climate change adaptation in a large Mediterranean Basin

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 10, Page 2511-2531, October 2025.
Abstract Floods and droughts are becoming increasingly frequent and intense in the Mediterranean region. Nature‐based solutions (NBS) are being put forward as cost‐effective solutions for climate change adaptation to reduce the impacts of floods and droughts and provide multiple other benefits and ecosystem services.
Raquel Luján Soto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gentrification in Latin America: Overview and Critical Analysis

open access: yesUrban Studies Research, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014
This paper offers a critical review and interpretation of gentrification in Latin American cities. Applying a flexible methodology, it examines enabling conditions associated with societal regime change and local contingencies to determine its presence, nature, extent, and possibilities.
John J. Betancur, Jianfa Shen
wiley   +1 more source

Shifting perceptions of green and blue spaces during the COVID‐19 pandemic in gentrifying neighbourhoods: Experiences of inclusion and exclusion by women and non‐binary residents

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 6, Issue 6, Page 2494-2513, December 2024.
Abstract The COVID‐19 outbreak triggered a combined health, social and economic crisis, imposing multiple restrictions that altered the use and perception of public green and blue spaces (PGBS). In this article, we explored how the different stages of the COVID‐19 pandemic restrictions affected the use and perceptions of public greenspaces and seafront
Amalia Calderón‐Argelich   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Potential of Hydrogeodesy to Address Water‐Related and Sustainability Challenges

open access: yesWater Resources Research, Volume 60, Issue 11, November 2024.
Abstract Increasing climatic and human pressures are changing the world's water resources and hydrological processes at unprecedented rates. Understanding these changes requires comprehensive monitoring of water resources. Hydrogeodesy, the science that measures the Earth's solid and aquatic surfaces, gravity field, and their changes over time ...
Fernando Jaramillo   +56 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aplicación de tres índices de calidad del agua en un río tropical de Costa Rica: el caso del Río Durazno

open access: yesCuadernos de investigación UNED
Introducción: En Costa Rica, las aguas superficiales enfrentan crecientes amenazas por expansión urbana, ganadería y tratamiento inadecuado de aguas residuales, y la microcuenca del río Durazno —representativa de usos de suelo mixtos— es un modelo ideal
Jose Rolando Montiel-Mora   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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