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Análisis y evaluación de riesgos de arsénico en las fuentes de agua de las ciudades de Cuenca y Azogues, Ecuador

open access: yesMaskana, 2021
El arsénico (As) es un elemento tóxico presente en el medio ambiente que representa una amenaza para la salud de los consumidores. Para identificar el contenido de arsénico en ríos, páramos y pozos de la ciudad de Cuenca, y en ríos de la ciudad de ...
Guillermina Pauta-Calle   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determining the stellar masses of submillimetre galaxies: the critical importance of star formation histories [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Submillimetre (submm) galaxies are among the most rapidly star-forming and most massive high-redshift galaxies; thus, their properties provide important constraints on galaxy evolution models.
Bruce, Victoria A.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Optimization of Parsimonious and Synchronized Discharge and Dissolved Organic Carbon Models Across Catchment Scales

open access: yesWater Resources Research, Volume 62, Issue 5, May 2026.
Abstract The production, transport, loss, and export of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) are closely connected with hydrometeorological drivers. While terrestrial production depends on biogeochemical variables like soil moisture, air temperature, and the contact area between water and organic matter sources, export is determined by water availability and
Juan Pesántez   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comunidad de la localidad de Sumapaz: una experiencia comunitaria en la preservación del páramo como recurso de uso común en el corregimiento de San Juan de Sumapaz

open access: yesRevista Salud Bosque, 2018
Objetivo. Presentar las acciones comunitarias que se han implementado en la preservación del Páramo de Sumapaz y los recursos que se obtienen de él: el agua, la flora, la fauna.
Claudia Esther Rivera Valderrama   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A contribution to the moss flora of Ecuador [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
An annotated list of new records or otherwise interesting species from Ecuador is presented. The occurrence of rhizoidal tubers is reported for the first time in Anoectangium aestivum, Brachymenium chilense and Bryoerythrophyllum ...
Arts, Theo, Sollman, Philip
core  

Agrarian counterpoint

open access: yesAmerican Ethnologist, Volume 53, Issue 2, Page 171-182, May 2026.
Abstract In Colombia's northeastern borderlands, agrarian economies shape how disease risk and stigma are understood and managed. As shown in ethnographic fieldwork in and around the Catatumbo region, cutaneous leishmaniasis—a sandfly‐transmitted disease that produces chronic skin lesions—appears in two radically different guises across adjacent ...
Javier Lezaun, Lina Pinto‐García
wiley   +1 more source

The Impacts of Payments for Watershed Services in Ecuador: Emerging Lessons from Pimampiro and Cuenca [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The project set out to engage stakeholders in the evaluation of this emerging "market" for watershed services and its social impact. The study consists of two documents that are separate but also complement each other.
Fernando Meneses   +3 more
core  

The catch of the day: The shortcomings of promoting sustainable seafood consumption in Peru

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 5, May 2026.
This study investigates the meaning and application of “catch of the day” in Peru by analyzing 233 news articles and genetically testing 43 fish samples from restaurants. Results show that media frequently use the term as a vague marketing phrase, while genetic testing reveals a 60% mislabeling rate. These findings suggest that “catch of the day” lacks
Daniella Biffi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cuantificación del carbono en los páramos del parque nacional Yacuri, provincias de Loja y Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador

open access: yesCedamaz, 2017
Se determinó los tipos de cobertura vegetal del Parque Nacional Yacuri y, para los páramos arbustivo y herbáceo se determinó respectivamente su composición y estructura, incluyendo el carbono jado en la biomasa, necromasa y suelo y, la in uencia de la ...
Leonardo Ayala   +3 more
doaj  

On the Use of “Alpine” for High-Elevation Tropical Environments

open access: yesMountain Research and Development, 2023
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Esteban Suárez   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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