Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Richard E. Ernst +8 more
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When There's No November Rain: Developing a Parametric Insurance for Hydroelectric Energy Generators in Brazil. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Hydrological risk is a growing challenge for renewable power systems, as droughts reduce generation, increase costs, and expose gaps in risk‐transfer mechanisms. We examine this problem in Brazil, home to the world's sixth‐largest electricity system and highly dependent on hydroelectricity, which accounted for 43% of installed generation ...
Fonseca NC +3 more
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Fish, Characiformes, Characidae, Astyanax turmalinensis Triques, Vono and Caiafa, 2003: distribution extension [PDF]
Astyanax turmalinensis was described from upper Jequitinhonha River basin and this note extends the species distribution to two adjacent drainages, the São Francisco and the Doce River basins, in the Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipó.
Mauro Triques, Frederico Queiroz
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Metynnis lippincottianus is a freshwater native fish to the Guiana basin and Amazon basin and was recently introduced into the São Francisco River in Brazil. This study aimed to determine the helminths parasites of M. lippincottianus from the Três Marias
Maria de Fátima Cancella de Almeida-Berto +2 more
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First record of genus Imparfinis from a northeastern coastal Brazilian river basin: I. borodini Mees & Cala, 1989 in Rio de Contas, Bahia [PDF]
Imparfinis borodini Mees & Cala, 1989 is recorded in low population abundance in the upper Paraná, Tocantins and São Francisco river drainages according to the scientific literature and available collection data, but it has not been previously ...
Luisa Sarmento-Soares +5 more
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Pluviometric patterns in the São Francisco River basin in Minas Gerais, Brazil
This work aimed to evaluate the spatial-temporal variability of precipitation in the Minas Gerais section of the São Francisco River basin, an area of substantial socio-environmental relevance for the country and which has presented recent events of ...
Dawber Batista Ferreira +5 more
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THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VETERINARY MEDICAL IN THE INTEGRATED PREVENTIVE MONITORING
The Integrated Preventive Monitoring began in 2002 with the initiative of the Public Ministry of the State of Bahia, and the Hydrographic Basin Committee of the São Francisco River.
José Andreey Almeida Teles +6 more
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Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774): northeastern dispersal in the São Francisco basin, Brazil [PDF]
Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) is the exotic species with the widest distribution among the freshwater macrobenthos in Brazil. The snail is a threat to native species and has medical and economical importance. In this study
Laís Lima +2 more
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Integrated River Basin Management: A Case for Collaboration. [PDF]
Integrated river basin management (IRBM) is an approach that has been interpreted in a number of different ways during the last 100 years. Current support for IRBM is based on a ‘myth’ of inter-agency co-ordination.
Watson, Nigel
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A construção de um Programa de Revitalização da bacia do Rio São Francisco está em curso. Um decreto presidencial de 2001 e os Planos de Recursos Hídricos das bacias dos rios São Francisco e Velhas introduziram critérios e conceitos inovadores na ...
Antonio Thomaz da Mata Machado
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