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Cryptobenthic reef fishes may not be safe from invasive lionfish (Pterois spp. Oken, 1817)

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Lionfish (Pterois spp.) are hypothesized to negatively influence cryptobenthic reef fish assemblages through predation. We evaluated these potential effects on Caribbean reefs in Costa Rica and tropical reefs in Brazil. Brazil provided a reference condition for cryptobenthic assemblages prior to lionfish invasion, while the Costa Rica sites ...
Liana F. Mendes, Ariston P. Santos, Thaisa A. Souza, Lorena S. Agostinho, Ana B. A. Bennemann, Jorge Cortés, Maria S. Toro, Juliana S. S. Luz, Clara B. P. E. Silva, Carlos. E. R. D. Alencar, Priscila F. M. Lopes   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

A coral among stars: A new octocoral family (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Malacalcyonacea) from seamounts in the tropical eastern Pacific. [PDF]

Zookeys
Breedy O, McFadden CS, Murillo-Cruz C, Yánez-Suárez AB, Robert K, Quattrini AM.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Dependent Articulation in the Global Pesticide Complex: Argentina's Agrochemical Industry After the Generics Market Revolution

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the late 1990s, the pesticide industry has undergone a ‘generics revolution’ as the centre of production, and trade has shifted to the global South. China and India have become major producers, capturing Latin American markets from Northern multinationals. As a major pesticide user and a key node in global supply chains, Argentina offers
Christian Berndt, Tomás Palmisano, Marion Werner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A step toward inclusion: A transparent dataset for automatic text simplification for screen reader users. [PDF]

Data Brief
Pérez-Rojas N, Solís M, Calderón-Ramírez S, Arias-Monge M, Saggion H, Xie-Li D.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Embedded Pesticide Use: Exploring the Pesticide‐Land Nexus

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the turn of the century, global land grabs, farmland financialization and land‐based food sovereignty movements have returned the land question to the heart of agrarian studies. Meanwhile, abiding interest in pesticides has been reanimated in the face of changes in production, regulation and knowledge of toxicity.
Julie Guthman, Marion Werner
wiley   +1 more source

Anatomical Basis of a Posterior Intralamellar Plane in Breast Tissue-Preservation Surgery. [PDF]

Aesthet Surg J
Lhuaire M, Chacon-Quiros M, Rehnke RD, Graf RM, Pittman TA, Stan C, Villalobos-Alpizar J, Clausen-Oreamuno C, Atlan M, Lantieri L, Noel G.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Remaking State Power Through a Paraquat Ban in Malaysia

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the role of the state in its ability to enact environmental regulations. Specifically, this study investigates how Malaysian state actors changed, shifted and betrayed various, oftentimes competing interests to ban paraquat, an acutely toxic herbicide.
Caitlyn Sears
wiley   +1 more source

Small vertebrate consumption by capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus): Insights into the human predatory pattern. [PDF]

PLoS One
Carvalho S, Spagnoletti N, d'Oliveira Coelho J, Beardmore-Herd M, Mendonça-Furtado O, Verderane M, Prieto J, Cavallaro DI, Izar P, Visalberghi E.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Kichwa of Sarayaku Case at the Inter‐American Court of Human Rights: Legal Pluralism, Identity and Citizenship in a Context of Extractivism

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the tension between a universal approach to law and the recognition of indigenous peoples' rights at the Inter‐American Court of Human Rights. The struggle for citizenship in a situation of extractivism and land dispossession demonstrates how identity is mobilized to obtain and attribute rights. The focus of this study is
Elisabeth Cunin
wiley   +1 more source

Detection and phylogenetic characterization of Jingmen tick virus in <i>Amblyomma mixtum</i> ticks from Costa Rica. [PDF]

Microbiol Spectr
Murillo T, Chaves-González LE, Temmam S, Bermúdez S, Corrales-Aguilar E, Montenegro VM, Dheilly N, Troyo A.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source