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Simple Summary The Laguna Negra is a high-altitude hypersaline lake located in the Puna region in Argentina, hosting microbial mats and modern stromatolites, microbially formed rocks found throughout the geological record.
F. J. Boidi+6 more
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Water quality characterization and assessment are key to protecting human health and ecosystems, especially in arid areas such as northern Chile, where water resources are scarce and rich in pollutants.
K. Lizama-Allende+4 more
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Frente a las limitaciones de la dicotomía expeditividad/conservación para entender los conjuntos líticos de los contextos del primer milenio en Antofagasta de la Sierra (Catamarca, Argentina), la propuesta del diseño utilitario (Escola 2000) resultó un ...
Natalia Sentinelli+1 more
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A Multiphysics Approach to Constrain the Dynamics of the Altiplano‐Puna Magmatic System
Continuous Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) monitoring (>25 years) has revealed a concentric surface deformation pattern above the Altiplano‐Puna magma body (APMB) in the central Andes.
A. Spang, T. Baumann, B. Kaus
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Low arbuscular-mycorrhizal (AM) sporulation in arid field soils limits our knowledge of indigenous species when diversity studies are based only on spore morphology. Our aim was to use different approaches (i.e., spore morphological approach and PCR–SSCP
F. Covacevich+5 more
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The Puna Pastoralist System: A Coproduced Landscape in the Central Andes
In mountain socioecological systems, the interaction between nature and people is at the core of planning local long-term sustainable development strategies. Pastoralism is the main traditional socioeconomic livelihood in dryland mountains.
Yanina Arzamendia+6 more
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Mountain wetland soil carbon stocks of Huascarán National Park, Peru
Although wetlands contain a disproportionately high amount of earth’s total soil carbon, many regions are still poorly mapped and with unquantified carbon stocks.
Rodney A. Chimner+6 more
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Vegetation of Andean wetlands (bofedales) in Huascarán National Park, Peru [PDF]
Hybrid terrestrial-aquatic ecosystems in the Andes, commonly known as bofedales, consist of both peatlands and wet meadows and line valley floors at elevations > 3800 m.
M.H. Polk, K.R. Young, A. Cano, B. León
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Harnessing indigenous knowledge in disaster risk management in Aotearoa New Zealand
Purpose. This paper will provide an insight into understanding of risks and cultural heritage by local and indigenous communities, as well as their knowledge, values and practices informing the perception of disaster risk management.
Vesna Zivkovic, Vicki-Anne Heikell
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In Aotearoa New Zealand, teachers have signaled that they would like to further their development as classroom practitioners, as a way of improving their capabilities as professionals.
Cherie Chu-Fuluifaga, Martyn Reynolds
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