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Se presenta por primera vez el hallazgo de oofagia canibalística en Peltocephalus dumerilianus (Schweigger, 1812) (Testudines: Podocnemididae), detectada durante un estudio de dieta en medio natural para esta especie, e...

This article examines how the Partition of Bengal is depicted in the films Kaushik Ganguly's  Bishorjon (2017) and Leena Gangopadhyay’s Mati (2018) as a real and ongoing trauma that continues to influence memory, emot...

Mercury and Lead concentrations obtained by ICP-OAS analysis of human hair from riverside communities along the Orinoco river in the Amazon state (Venezuela) were compared with those from Caracas, Venezuela. Taking into ...

ABSTRACT The anomalies of Sea Surface Temperature (SST) influence rainfall and therefore the regime of the rise and fall in the level of the rivers in the Amazon region. The aim of this study was to investigate the influ...

The growing global demand for meat and particularly in countries such as Brazil is expected to increase intensive animal production. Consequently the main pollutants of interest are nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and green...

Abstract Hydrokinetic turbines are an emerging technology to supply reliable and renewable energy by harnessing kinetic energy from river or tidal flows. They are a potential alternative to current hydropower schemes tha...

The main purpose of this work is to analyze the hydroclimatological effects that El Niño event causes in the Argentinean Province of Mendoza. Secondary objectives of this study are to consider prevailing meteorological ...

The response of South American rivers to ENSO stimuli is studied under three conditions: El Niño (EN), Anti-Niño (AN), and normal years. A regionalization is thus obtained. Rivers in coastal Peru, Ecuador and extreme s...

En este artículo se analiza la presencia de libros en lengua guaraní en las bibliotecas del Paraguay jesuítico y, especialmente, en las reducciones del Paraná y el Uruguay. Con este objetivo, se utilizan en tanto que...

There are different methods to determine particle size, most of them are only applicable in the laboratory. In order to describe the suspended fine sediment sizes where flocs may be part of the suspension, in situ measur...

Regional economic growth drives significant land-use changes, impacting urban development, resource allocation, and ecological networks. Challenges such as climate change, ecological degradation, and land-use-ecology con...

Abstract Atmospheric rivers cause extreme precipitation and sustain water resources in the western United States. Their occurrence has often been attributed to extratropical cyclones. Here, we apply a recently proposed m...

Características morfológicas sugerem que larvas de Synoestropsis sp. (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) são predadoras. Examinamos o conteúdo estomacal de 48 larvas de Synoestropsis sp. coletadas na época de estiagem de ...

The decomposition of Erythrina crista-galli L. (Leguminosa) leaf litter and its colonization by invertebrates were studied in a secondary channel of the Middle Paran´a River. This species is native to and very abundant ...

Leishmaniose visceral (LV) é doença endêmica no Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil, principalmente nas áreas próximas dos rios Paraguai e Paraná. Nos últimos anos vem aumentando o número de casos, especialmente...

El objetivo de este trabajo es mostrar las utilidades del programa informático ModestR, en estudios sobre distribución de especies en ecosistemas marinos y de agua dulce de Colombia. Este programa se encuentra disponib...

Nesta revisão foi quantificada a ocorrência da desnutrição infantil em pré-escolares dos diferentes ecossistemas do Amazonas na última década. Foram incluídos os trabalhos que adotaram como parâmetro diagnóstic...

Climate change, as a defining crisis of the twenty-first century, challenges ecosystems, displaces communities, and unsettles established human-nature hierarchies. Literature has responded through climate fiction, where ...

Bangladesh is highly susceptible to recurrent and devastating floods due to its geographic location. This research investigates the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in developing flood evacuation route...

Notochthamalus scabrosus (Darwin 1854) is commonly attached to littoral rocks and shells, often associated with Notobalanus flosculus (Darwin 1854), and sometimes with Chthamalus cirratus (Darwin 1851). Notochthamalus sc...

The first Argentine area surveyed from an odonatological point was Delta del Paraná (DP), a large wetland area of 14,000 km2 between Buenos Aires and Entre Ríos provinces, close to Buenos Aires city. This area has a ty...

Abstract Jacques Derrida delivered the basis of The Specters of Marx: The State of the Debt, the Work of Mourning, & the New International as a plenary address at the conference ‘Whither Marxism?’ hosted by the Unive...

Abstract Reasonable and efficient inter-basin water resources utilization is critical in alleviating water supply–demand constraints in water-scarce regions, improving rivers and lakes ecological conditions, and promot...

Here we present the first use of calcareous microfossils to examine the late Quaternary paleoecology of the endorheic Pozuelos Basin (Argentina). Modern deposition in the basin centers on Laguna de los Pozuelos (LP),a s...