Trace elements in sediments and fish from Atrato River: an ecosystem with legal rights impacted by gold mining at the Colombian Pacific

Y Palacios-Torres, JD de la Rosa… - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
The Atrato watershed is a rainforest that supports exceptional wildlife species and is
considered one of the most biodiversity-rich areas on the planet, currently threatened by …

Comparison of spatial interpolation methods for annual and seasonal rainfall in two hotspots of biodiversity in South America

WL Ceron, RV Andreoli, MT Kayano… - Anais da Academia …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
Abstract The Colombian Biogeographic Choco (CBC) and the La Plata Basin (LPB) are
regions with high biodiversity. However, these areas are characterized by scarce …

[HTML][HTML] Vulnerabilidad de los bosques naturales en el Chocó biogeográfico colombiano: actividad minera y conservación de la biodiversidad

H Valois-Cuesta, C Martínez-Ruiz - Bosque (Valdivia), 2016 - SciELO Chile
El Chocó es una región con alta biodiversidad e impactada por la minería de oro y platino.
En este trabajo se determinó la vulnerabilidad potencial de los bosques del Chocó para la …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of dissolved mercury by diffusive gradients in thin films devices in abandoned ponds impacted by small scale gold mining

S Marrugo-Madrid, M Salas-Moreno… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to fulfil the Minamata Convention on Mercury, it is necessary to monitor the Hg
contamination in freshwater ecosystems nearby artisanal and small scale gold mining …

[HTML][HTML] Precipitation effects on soil characteristics in tropical rain forests of the Chocó biogeographical region

H Quinto-Mosquera, F Moreno-Hurtado - Revista Facultad Nacional de …, 2016 - scielo.org.co
Average annual precipitation (AAP) is one of the principal environmental factors that
regulates processes in terrestrial ecosystems. The effect of AAP on the availability of …

Potential current and future distribution for Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in Colombia: important disease vectors

E Mejía-Jurado, E Echeverry-Cárdenas… - Biological …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Invasive mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti (African) and Aedes albopictus (Asian), serve
as global vectors for diseases such as dengue, Zika, and chikungunya, and they are …

[HTML][HTML] Natural revegetation of areas impacted by gold mining in the tropical rain forest of Chocó, Colombia

H Valois-Cuesta, C Martínez-Ruiz… - Revista de Biología …, 2022 - scielo.sa.cr
Objetivo: Evaluar el efecto del tiempo sucesional y la distancia al bosque de referencia
sobre la estructura biológica y composición de especies en minas de oro revegetadas …

Techniques for monthly rainfall regionalization in southwestern Colombia

T Canchala, C Ocampo-Marulanda… - Anais da Academia …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
The knowledge of rainfall regimes is a relevant requirement for many activities such as water
resources planning, risk management, agriculture activities management, and other …

[HTML][HTML] Biomasa de raíces finas y fertilidad del suelo en bosques pluviales tropicales del pacífico colombiano

H Quinto Mosquera, F Moreno Hurtado… - Colombia …, 2016 - scielo.org.co
Las raíces finas juegan un papel importante en la ecología y dinámica de los bosques
tropicales. La biomasa de raíces finas (BRF) está determinada principalmente por las …

[PDF][PDF] Uso de alimentos silvestres de origen animal en comunidades rurales asociadas con bosque húmedo tropical al noroeste de Colombia

J Asprilla-Perea, JM Díaz-Puente - Interciencia, 2020 - redalyc.org
El bosque tropical situado al noroeste de Colombia es parte del ecosistema del Chocó
Biogeográfico, que alberga aproximadamente 175 especies de mamíferos, 999 de aves …