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Galapagos Islands field notes, 1970

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Soils from the Galapagos Islands

2017
The Galapagos Islands were formed by the rise of magma to the surface trough the faults and fractures of the Nazca Plate , lava flowed freely forming large sheet or coiled blankets, which received pyroclastic contributions from the active volcanos. Even at the moment, the Galapagos archipelago is one of the sites with the greatest volcanic activity in ...
Lorena Lasso, José Espinosa
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Multiple anthropogenic stressors in the Galápagos Islands' complex social–ecological system: Interactions of marine pollution, fishing pressure, and climate change with management recommendations

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 2022
For decades, multiple anthropogenic stressors have threatened the Galápagos Islands. Widespread marine pollution such as oil spills, persistent organic pollutants, metals, and ocean plastic pollution has been linked to concerning changes in the ...
J. Alava, Karly McMullen, Jen S. Jones, M. Barragán-Paladines, Catherine A. D. Hobbs, Ana Tirapé, P. Calle, D. Alarcon, J. Muñoz-Pérez, Laia Muñoz‐Abril, Kathy A. Townsend, J. Denkinger, Miguel Uyaguari, Gustavo A. Domínguez, E. Espinoza, H. Reyes, Paolo Piedrahita, P. Fair, T. Galloway, J. Grove, C. Lewis, J. Schofield   +21 more
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The Galápagos Islands: biogeographic patterns and geology

Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society, 2021
In the traditional biogeographic model, the Galápagos Islands appeared a few million years ago in a sea where no other islands existed and were colonized from areas outside the region.
M. Heads, J. Grehan
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Market Segmentation Based on Ecotourism Motivations in Marine Protected Areas and National Parks in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Journal of Coastal Research, 2021
Carvache-Franco, M.; Carvache-Franco, W., and Manner-Baldeon, F., 2021. Market segmentation based on ecotourism motivations in marine protected areas and national parks in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
Mauricio Carvache-Franco, Wilmer Carvache-Franco, Fanny Manner-Baldeon   +2 more
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A comparison of sizing methods for a long-term renewable hybrid system. Case study: Galapagos Islands 2031

, 2021
This research compared different sizing methods to improve the current autonomous hybrid system in the Galapagos Islands in 2031, analyzing the loss of power supply probability (LPSP).
A. Cano, Paul Arévalo, F. Jurado
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Estimating the damage cost of plastic waste in Galapagos Islands: A contingent valuation approach

, 2020
Plastic waste affects various ecosystems in the world. The oceanic islands are one of the most affected places by this type of material. A significant case of plastic pollution occurs in the Galapagos Islands.
Manuel A. Zambrano‐Monserrate, M. A. Ruano   +1 more
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Human activity can influence the gut microbiota of Darwin's finches in the Galapagos Islands

Molecular Ecology, 2019
The gut microbiota of animal hosts can be influenced by environmental factors, such as unnatural food items that are introduced by humans. Over the past 30 years, human presence has grown exponentially in the Galapagos Islands, which are home to endemic ...
Sarah A. Knutie, Jaime A. Chaves, K. Gotanda   +2 more
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Beach litter in Ecuador and the Galapagos islands: A baseline to enhance environmental conservation and sustainable beach tourism.

Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2019
The presence and characterization of beach litter was investigated, according to the EA/NALG (2000) methodology, at 59 sites along four provinces of Ecuador, i.e., three continental and the Galapagos Islands Province.
C. Mestanza, Camilo M. Botero, G. Anfuso, J. A. Chica-Ruiz, E. Pranzini, Alexis Mooser   +5 more
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Effects of tourism growth in a UNESCO World Heritage Site: resource-based livelihood diversification in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

, 2020
In the Galapagos, as elsewhere, tourism is promoted as a means of reconciling biodiversity conservation interests with the economic aspirations of local populations.
D. Burbano, T. Meredith
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