Unmasking continental natal homing in goliath catfish from the upper Amazon
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DOI: 10.1111/fwb.13427
Abstract: Amazonian goliath catfishes are widespread in the Amazon Basin. Recently, otolith ⁸⁷Sr:⁸⁶Sr analyses using laser ablation–multi‐collector–inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA‐MC‐ICPMS) revealed a >8,000 km trans‐Amazonian natal homing in Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii among fish caught and hatched… read more here.
Keywords: amazon; river; upper amazon; goliath ... See more keywords
Two thousand years of garden urbanism in the Upper Amazon
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DOI: 10.1126/science.adi6317
Abstract: A dense system of pre-Hispanic urban centers has been found in the Upano Valley of Amazonian Ecuador, in the eastern foothills of the Andes. Fieldwork and light detection and ranging (LIDAR) analysis have revealed an… read more here.
Keywords: upper amazon; thousand years; culture; urbanism ... See more keywords