Natural experiments and long-term monitoring are critical to understand and predict marine host–microbe ecology and evolution

M Leray, LGE Wilkins, A Apprill, HM Bik, F Clever… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Marine multicellular organisms host a diverse collection of bacteria, archaea, microbial
eukaryotes, and viruses that form their microbiome. Such host-associated microbes can …

Using lake sediments to assess the long-term impacts of anthropogenic activity in tropical river deltas

RE Walton, HL Moorhouse, LR Roberts… - The Anthropocene …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Tropical river deltas, and the social-ecological systems they sustain, are changing rapidly
due to anthropogenic activity and climatic change. Baseline data to inform sustainable …

A new wave of marine fish invasions through the Panama and Suez canals

GA Castellanos-Galindo, DR Robertson… - Nature Ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
Recent engineered expansions of the Panama and Suez canals have accelerated the
introduction of non-native marine fishes and other organisms between their adjacent waters …

Causes and consequences of recent degradation of the Magdalena River basin, Colombia

J Salgado, JB Shurin, MI Vélez, A Link… - Limnology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Magdalena River in Colombia is one of the world's largest (discharge= 7100
m3 s− 1) tropical rivers, hosting> 170 aquatic vertebrate species. However, concise …

Aquatic macrophyte fluctuations since the 1900s in the third largest Chinese freshwater lake (Lake Taihu): Evidences, drivers and management implications

Q Zhang, X Dong, X Yang, E Liu, Q Lin, L Cheng, L Liu… - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Diverse aquatic macrophyte communities represent an essential component of healthy
shallow lake ecosystems, and information on changes in macrophytes abundance and …

Mercury pollution history in tropical and subtropical American Lakes: multiple impacts and the possible relationship with climate change

H Yang, L Macario-González, S Cohuo… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Sediment cores obtained from 11 tropical and subtropical American lakes revealed that local
human activities significantly increased mercury (Hg) inputs and pollution levels. Remote …

Triple oxygen isotope variability of precipitation in a tropical mountainous region

LN Arellano, EJ Beverly, NRG Voarintsoa… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
We present one year of δD, δ 18 O, d-excess, and Δʹ 17 O data from monthly precipitation
at a Caribbean coastal site in Panama and from tap waters across the country to constrain …

Methane index and TEX86 values in cold seep sediments: Implications for paleo-environmental reconstructions

SL Ho, YS Lin, PL Wang, TT Chen, PT Lee… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
The isoprenoid glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) derived from archaea are
widely used in the reconstruction of past climate and environment through proxies such as …

Bacterial communities in a neotropical full-scale drinking water system including intermittent piped water supply, from sources to taps

KA Chavarria, CI Gonzalez, A Goodridge… - … : Water Research & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding the microbial ecology of drinking water systems is crucial to delivering safe
water. Intermittent water supply is a substandard water service that is common around the …

Protected land enhances the survival of native aquatic macrophytes and limits invasive species spread in the Panama Canal

J Salgado, MI Vélez… - Aquatic Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study examined whether protected land in a tropical reservoir's catchment can promote
the survival of native aquatic plants (macrophytes) and limit the spread of invasive alien …