Browsing by Subject "Marine Ecosystems and Plastic Waste Management"
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A new artificial wetland in the central coast of Perú: First characterization of its avifauna
(Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, 2023)Artificial wetlands are considered an alternative to wastewater treatment and a habitat opportunity for resident and migratory species in the face of the deterioration of natural wetlands. Based on this, we present the ... -
ALTA DIVERSIDAD DE AVES EN HUMEDALES COSTEROS PEQUEÑOS: EL CASO DE UN HOTS-POT DEL NEOTRÓPICO
(Neotropical Ornithological Society, 2022)Wetlands in the developing world are disappearing due to bad management and urban growth, threatening the birdlife that inhabits them. The Huacho-Hualmay-Carquin wetland is located on Peru’s central coast, it has recently ... -
At-sea surveys reveal new insights of fine-scale distribution and foraging behaviour of Chatham albatrosses (Thalassarche eremita) in central southern Peru
(Ornithological Society of New Zealand, 2022)The Chatham albatross (Thalassarche eremita) is a highly migratory species, breeding exclusively on The Pyramid, a small rocky islet, in the southern outskirts of the Chatham Islands (44°26’S, 176°14’W), located ~900 km ... -
Caracterización de la diversidad de aves en un humedal altamente intervenido del Pacífico suramericano
(Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, 2022)Wetlands are ecosystems that have been affected by various human processes which have transformed them and their communities. In the present study, we determined the diversity and spatial-temporal variation of the avian ... -
¿Cómo proteger los humedales costeros peruanos? Una respuesta a partir de un modelo conceptual de sus impulsores de cambio
(INVEMAR, 2023)The present work consisted of determining and analyzing the Drivers of Change (DCh) of 24 wetlands of the Peruvian coast from a review of the scientific articles published between 2000 and 2020, with the use of the platforms ... -
Distribución espacio-temporal de aves acuáticas de la familia Laridae en un humedal costero sudamericano
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2023)Introduction: The coastal wetland Poza de La Arenilla (HCPA), located in Callao (Peru), is an important resting and roosting habitat for aquatic birds, including the family Laridae. However, the wetland is suffering critical ... -
Effect of fires on vegetation cover, carbon storage and plant biomass in a coastal wetland
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2022)Introduction: Wetlands are among the most productive ecosystems, but currently are being degraded or eliminated at accelerated rates by multiple anthropic activities. In the central coast of Peru, wetlands suffer recurring ... -
A geostatistical method in GIS to estimate the amount of seabird guano accumulated on islands and headlands of Perú
(Asociación Argentina de Ecología, 2020)The ‘guano of the islands’ in Perú is the excrement of cormorants, boobies and pelicans (guano birds), accumulated in large deposits on islands and headlands. This guano is harvested and marketed by the governmental agency ... -
Guanay cormorant (Leucocarbo bougainvilliorum) pellets as an indicator of marine plastic pollution along the Peruvian coast
(Elsevier, 2023)Plastic pollution affects many taxa worldwide, and monitoring is crucial for understanding its impacts, particularly where plastic reaches threatened species or those destined for human consumption. This study evaluates ... -
Habitat preferences and seasonality of bird species of Pantanos de Villa in Lima, Peru
(Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2020)In the wildlife refuge Pantanos de Villa, habitat preferences of resident and migratory birds were analyzed according to the seasonality of 211 species of birds, of which 97 were residents, 82 migratories and 32 occasional ... -
Hábitats prioritarios en un humedal costero del Pacífico: propuesta de un índice basado en servicios ecosistémicos
(Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, 2022)One way to value wetlands is to identify their ecosystem services (ES) and use this information for their conservation. Here we proposed an index based on potential ES to prioritize the conservation of habitats and apply ... -
INFLUENCIA DE LA SALINIDAD Y AIREACIÓN EN EL CRECIMIENTO DE Limnobium laevigatum (HUMB. & BONPL. EX WILLD.) HEINE
(Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, 2020)Limnobium laevigatum (Hydrocharitales Order, Hydrocharitaceae family) is a floating aquatic plant known to possess a high nutritional value, to be efficient for phytoremediation and as a carbon captor. In order to achieve ... -
The intentional harvest of waved albatrosses Phoebastria irrorata by small-scale offshore fishermen from Salaverry port, Peru
(Instituto de Oceanografía, 2016)The waved albatross Phoebastria irrorata is classified by the IUCN as "critically endangered" because of its geographically restricted breeding range and evidence of a substantial decline in adult survival during the 1990s ... -
PARÁMETROS HEMATOLÓGICOS DEL “GUACAMAYO CABEZA AZUL” Primolius couloni L. (PSITTACIDAE) EN CAUTIVERIO
(Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2011)The Blue-headed macaw (Primolius couloni) is considered a New World endangered parrot. Blood samples were collected from 13 captive blue-headed macaws (7 male, 6 female) housed in the Las Leyendas Zoological Park in Lima, ... -
Por qué los Humedales de Puerto Viejo perdieron su protección legal: analizando los motivos
(Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2018)Puerto Viejo wetlands is a coastal marine ecosystem southern of Lima. Since 2008, this wetlands was protected by the Peruvian State and declared a Wetland Reserved Zone of Puerto Viejo, a transitory category provided by ... -
Radar reveals the nocturnal flights of breeding Grey Gulls Leucophaeus modestus in the Atacama Desert, Chile
(Taylor and Francis, 2021)Capsule: Grey Gulls Leucophaeus modestus breed in the Atacama Desert, Chile, and perform nocturnal commuting flights between their inland nesting sites and the coast in order to forage. Some aspects of the gullś flight ... -
Rajids ovipositing on marine litter: A potential threat to their survival
(Elsevier, 2023)Marine litter is a complex environmental issue threatening the well-being of multiple organisms. In the present study, we present an overlooked pathway by which marine litter interaction with certain ovigerous skates ... -
¿Se están reduciendo los humedales de la costa del Pacífico suramericano? El caso de los humedales de Lima
(Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, 2022)Coastal wetlands are threatened by anthropogenic activities that cause changes in the area. The present study evaluated the potential changes in the total areas and the vegetation cover of six coastal wetlands of Lima from ... -
Unexpected population fragmentation in an endangered seabird: the case of the Peruvian diving-petrel
(Nature Publishing Group, 2019)In less than one century, the once-abundant Peruvian diving petrel has become the first endangered seabird of the Humboldt Current System (HCS). This small endemic petrel of the South American Pacific coast is now an ... -
Wetlands of the South American pacific coast: a bibliometric analysis
(Springer Science and Business Media, 2022)Wetlands are ecosystems susceptible to anthropogenic impacts; analysis of the scientific publications on these ecosystems can be used as a reference to inform research and conservation measures. This bibliometric analysis ...
