Impacts of Cash Transfer Programs on Rural Livelihoods: a Case Study in the Brazilian Amazon Estuary
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DOI: 10.1007/s10745-017-9934-1
Abstract: We conducted a large household survey in a region of the Amazon estuary in Brazil to investigate the dependence of small farming households on government cash transfers and to identify the main factors that lead… read more here.
Keywords: dependence; cash; transfer programs; cash transfer ... See more keywords
A novel facet of the impact of plastic pollution on fish: Silver croaker (Plagioscion squamosissimus) suffocated by a plastic bag in the Amazon estuary, Brazil.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112197
Abstract: On December 23rd, 2020 in the Marajó Bay, Amazon estuary, we found a specimen of Plagioscion squamosissimus floating dead and choked and suffocated by a plastic bag. Here, we presented images of record and discuss… read more here.
Keywords: plagioscion squamosissimus; suffocated plastic; plastic bag; amazon estuary ... See more keywords
The bycatch of piramutaba, Brachyplatystoma vaillantii industrial fishing in a salinity and depth gradient in the Amazon estuary, Brazil
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DOI: 10.1590/1809-4392202200342
Abstract: ABSTRACT The piramutaba, Brachyplatystoma vaillantii is a freshwater catfish that is the most abundant fishery resource in the Amazon estuary. Piramutaba trawling is done on industrial fishing scale and is characterized by the presence of… read more here.
Keywords: bycatch; salinity; amazon estuary; brachyplatystoma vaillantii ... See more keywords
Karyotypes of Manatees: New Insights into Hybrid Formation (Trichechus inunguis × Trichechus m. manatus) in the Amazon Estuary
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DOI: 10.3390/genes13071263
Abstract: Great efforts have been made to preserve manatees. Recently, a hybrid zone was described between Trichechus inunguis (TIN) and the Trichechus manatus manatus (TMM) in the Amazon estuary. Cytogenetic data on these sirenians are limited,… read more here.
Keywords: trichechus manatus; trichechus inunguis; tin; amazon estuary ... See more keywords