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Applying Fishers' ecological knowledge to construct past and future lobster stocks in the Juan Fernández Archipelago, Chile. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One, 2010
Over-exploited fisheries are a common feature of the modern world and a range of solutions including area closures (marine reserves; MRs), effort reduction, gear changes, ecosystem-based management, incentives and co-management have been suggested as ...
Eddy TD, Gardner JP, Pérez-Matus A.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Hydrodynamic and Particle Drift Modeling as a Support System for Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) Emergencies: Application to the C-212 Aircraft Accident on 2 September, 2011, in the Juan Fernández Archipelago, Chile

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022
Search and rescue (SAR) refers to every operation aiming to find someone presumed lost, sick, or injured in remote or hard-to-access areas. This study presents the design of an operational system that supports maritime SAR emergencies by combining ...
Pablo Córdova, R. P. Flores
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A new species of the endemic genus Centaurodendron Johow (Asteraceae, Centaureinae) from Alejandro Selkirk Island, Juan Fernández Archipelago, Chile

open access: yesGayana. Botanica, 2022
A new endemic species, Centaurodendron schilleri , is described from the Juan Fernández Archipelago, Chile. This is the third species of the endemic genus, Centaurodendron , which is closely related to Plectocephalus of the Chilean mainland.
Diego N. Penneckamp   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Leocrates ernstehlersi n. sp. (Polychaeta: Hesionidae), a new species from Juan Fernández Archipelago, Chile

open access: yesLatin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 2022
The genus Leocrates is currently made up of 11 nominal species, of which Leocrates chinensis Kinberg, 1866 is the type species. Kinberg's original description is brief, and the diagnostic morphological characters are poorly defined.
Oscar Díaz-Díaz   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pittosporum undulatum Vent. is an invasive tree on Robinson Crusoe Island (Juan Fernández Archipelago), Chile

open access: yesGayana. Botanica, 2021
Se documenta la infestacion del arbol invasor Pittosporum undulatum en la Isla Robinson Crusoe (Mas a Tierra). Se proporciona una comparacion morfologica con otras especies de Pittosporum reportadas de la isla. Debido a que P.
M. Rejmánek
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Genetic diversity among native varieties and commercial cultivars of Solanum tuberosum ssp. tuberosum L. present in Chile [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: The object of this work was to determine the genetic and allelic diversity of Solanum species present in Chile, assessing allelic distribution among native varieties and commercial cultivars of Solanum tuberosum ssp.

core   +1 more source

Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria from Juan Fernández archipelago improve germination rate of endangered plant Solanum fernandezianum Phil.

open access: yesChilean Journal of Agricultural Research, 2020
Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile, has one of the highest densities of endemic plants in the world, however many of its native and endemic species, such as Solanum fernandezianum Phil., are currently declared endangered.
J. Carrasco-Fernández   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Anti-Crusoes, Alternative Crusoes: Revisions of the Island Story in the Twentieth Century [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In lieu of an abstract, here are the chapter\u27s first two paragraphs: Everyone thinks they know the plot of Robinson Crusoe. The story of the man who is shipwrecked on an island alone is ubiquitous and feels deeply familiar, even for those who have not
Adams   +59 more
core   +2 more sources

First record of Polyprion oxygeneios (Perciformes: Polyprionidae) for the southwest Atlantic Ocean and a northernmost range extension. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Copyright © 2004 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.The hapuka Polyprion oxygeneios (Schneider & Foster) (Fig. 1) is an important deep-water commercial fish species, caught mainly off Australia, New Zealand, Juan Fernandez Archipelago off Chile ...
Barreiros, João P.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Contradiction in conservation of island ecosystems: Plants, introduced herbivores and avian scavengers in the Canary Islands [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Introduction of alien herbivores in sensitive island systems has resulted in massive effects on vegetation cover, floristic richness and composition of communities; some species can be even totally extirpated by grazing pressure.
Donázar, José A.   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

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