Effects of the Invasive Freshwater Mussel Limnoperna fortunei on Sediment Properties and Accumulation Rates [PDF]
Since its introduction into South America around 1990, the freshwater bivalve Limnoperna fortunei (the golden mussel) has spread rapidly and is now a dominant component of the benthic and periphytic fauna in many rivers, lakes, and reservoirs.
Barbosa+79 more
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La labor formativa en las bibliotecas universitarias: evolución y adaptación
La labor formativa de las bibliotecas universitarias ha ido cobrando protagonismo a lo largo del tiempo en detrimento de otros servicios y de otras labores tradicionalmente desempeñadas por sus empleados. La mayor autonomÃa de los usuarios a la hora de relacionarse con la información (búsqueda, evaluación, gestión, uso), la mayor variedad de ...
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The significance of cytogenetics for the study of karyotype evolution and taxonomy of water bugs (Heteroptera, Belostomatidae) native to Argentina [PDF]
Male meiosis behaviour and heterochromatin characterization of three big water bug species were studied. Belostoma dentatum (Mayr, 1863), B. elongatum Montandon, 1908 and B. gestroi Montandon, 1903 possess 2n = 26 + X1X2Y (male).
Bressa, Maria Jose+2 more
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Discrete typing units of Trypanosoma cruzi identified in rural dogs and cats in the humid Argentinean Chaco [PDF]
The discrete typing units (DTUs) of Trypanosoma cruzi that infect domestic dogs and cats have rarely been studied. With this purpose we conducted a cross-sectional xenodiagnostic survey of dog and cat populations residing in 2 infested rural villages in ...
Cardinal, Marta Victoria+5 more
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Phenotypic pattern over centric fusion clinal variation in the water-hyacinth grasshopper, Cornops aquaticum (Orthoptera: Acrididae) [PDF]
The water-hyacinth grasshopper, Cornops aquaticum, occurs in freshwater environments in the New World between latitudes 23°N and 35°S. At the southernmost margin of this distribution the populations are polymorphic for three centric fusions (Robertsonian
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High levels of human infection with Trypanosoma cruzi associated with the domestic density of infected vectors and hosts in a rural area of northeastern Argentina [PDF]
Background: Insecticide spraying campaigns designed to suppress the principal vectors of the Chagas disease usually lack an active surveillance system that copes with house reinvasion.
Cardinal, Marta Victoria+5 more
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Molecular phylogeny and diversification history of Prosopis (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) [PDF]
The genus Prosopis is an important member of arid and semiarid environments around the world. To study Prosopis diversification and evolution, a combined approach including molecular phylogeny, molecular dating, and character optimization analysis was ...
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Factors Affecting Helminth Abundances in Synanthropic Rodents of an Urban Environment [PDF]
Background:Current levels of urbanization cause changes in the ecology of hosts, the pathogens, or both, promoting the proliferation of zoonotic diseases.
Hancke, Diego, Suarez, Olga Virginia
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Effects of the herbicide Roundup on freshwater microbial communities: a mesocosm study [PDF]
The impact of the widely used herbicide glyphosate has been mainly studied in terrestrial weed control, laboratory bioassays, and field studies focusing on invertebrates, amphibians, and fishes.
Allende, Luz+14 more
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Antropocentrismo, antropoceno, evolución [PDF]
En este trabajo relevo algunos conceptos particulares que se desarrollaron en distintos campos disciplinares desde fines del siglo XX y principios del siglo XXI, y los coloco en diálogo con la epistemología, para sostener que se puede tematizar una “epistemología del riesgo” con elementos actuales. Así, una serie de nuevos términos
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