Freshwater crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae, Trichodactylidae) from the state of Roraima, Brazil: species composition, distribution and new records by Francinéia Zanetti, Patrícia Macedo de Castro, Célio Magalhães

“…Comments are made on the diversity of the Branco River crab fauna in comparision with diversity in other sub-basins of the Amazon River.…”
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A contribution to the chemical characterization of rivers in the Rio Negro Basin, Brazil by Küchler Ivo L., Miekeley Norbert, Forsberg Bruce R.

“…Water samples were collected in Middle Amazonia from the Amazon River, Rio Negro and 17 tributaries of Rio Negro. …”
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Neotropical Monogenoidea. 3. Five new species from South America with the proposal of Tereancistrum gen. n. and Trinibaculum gen. n. (Dactylogyridae: Ancyrocephalinae) by Delane C. Kritsky, Vernon E. Thatcher, Robert J. Kayton

“…(all) from Brycon melanopterus (Cope), Januacá Lake near Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil; Tereancistrum ornatus sp. n. from Prochilodus reticulatus Steindachner, Rio Cauca, Juanchito, Cali, Valle, Colombia; and T. parvus sp. n. from Leporinus fasciatus (Bloch), Amazon River Basin. Two new genera are proposed. Tereancistrum gen. n. is characterized by having spathulate acessory anchor sclerites associated with the ventral anchors. …”
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STRUCTURE AND GEOECOLOGICAL FRAGMENTATION OF THE RIVER LANDSCAPE IN THE LOWER XINGU RIVER - CENTRAL-EASTERN AMAZON by Eder Mileno Silva de, Edson Vicente da

“…The transgression of the Atlantic Ocean over the Amazon River makes it possible to increase and reduce daily, and may increase or decrease seasonally the Xingu River.…”
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Productividad y biomasa fitoperifítica en los Lagos Tarapoto y Yahuarcaca, Amazonas, Colombia by Carlos Tomás Castillo León, Santiago R. Duque Escobar

“…In the littoral zone, near of the matrix the macrophytes, main for Paspalum spp the lake Yahuarcaca and Tarapoto; the floodplain of the Amazon River-Colombia, through were designed system of artificial substratum, using slips and rods we quantify the productivity primary phytoperiphyton for clorophyl a, through method espectrophotometric and the biomass for ash free dry weight; in three periods hidrology low water, filling water and high water; for two, four and eigh day the colonization; four deep levels and radial position the substratum. …”
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Disentangling the origins of virophages and polintons by Campbell, S, Aswad, A, Katzourakis, A

“…Virophages are cosmopolitan, being found in environments ranging from the Amazon River to Antarctic hypersaline lakes, while polintons are found in many single celled and multicellular eukaryotes. …”

Origem e dinâmica da deposição dos sedimentos superficiais na Várzea do Lago Grande de Curuai, Pará, Brasil Source and deposition dynamics of superficial sediments in the "Várzea d... by Marcelo Andrade Amorim, Patrícia Florio Moreira-Turcq, Bruno Jean Turcq, Renato Campello Cordeiro

“…The main sources of these sediments are the Amazon River followed by "Alter do Chão" formation. The presence of sand was extremely located and near the inflow areas of "terra firme" igarapés that are the main source. …”
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El origen del río Amazonas by Zaniel I. Novoa Goicochea

“…The Multinational Expedition to the "Origin of the Amazon River" presents this scientific report with information related to the study made on purpose to establish the right origin of this important river. …”
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Contribution to the marine propeller hydrodynamic design for small boats in the Amazon region by Breno Inglis FAVACHO, Jerson Rogério Pinheiro VAZ, André Luiz Amarante MESQUITA, Fábio LOPES, Antonio Luciano Seabra MOREIRA, Newton Sure SOEIRO, Otávio Fernandes Lima da ROCHA

“…ABSTRACTIn the Amazon, river navigation is very important due to the length of navigable rivers and the lack of alternative road networks. …”
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IMPLEMENTING THE RULE OF LAW IN BRAZIL’S AMAZON FRONTIER by Markus Zimmer

“…That municipality serves as the capitol of Amapá state, and its residents include those residing in remote communities in the hinterlands accessible only via dirt roads and trails as well as those the Balique archipelago, part of the enormous Amazon River Delta, whose communities are only accessible by water-based transportation. …”
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Salicilatos isolados de folhas e talos de Salix martiana Leyb. (Salicaceae) Salicylates isolated from leaves and stems of Salix martiana Leyb. (Salicaceae) by Carromberth Carioca Fernandes, Lorena Mayara de Carvalho Cursino, Jussival de Abreu Pinheiro Novaes, Camilla Avelino Demetrio, Orlando Libório Pereira Júnior, Cecília Verônica Nunez, Iêda Leão do Amaral

“…<abstract language="eng">Salix martiana Leyb. is an endemic species from the Amazon river floodplain areas (varzeas), of the State of Amazonas. …”
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Pachamama in Vatican: Act of Tolerance or Revision of Course? by Veronica Yazkova

“…The author supposes that this event evidences the intention of the Catholic Church and Pope Francis personally to renounce a rigid Eurocentrism, to pay more attention to the national churches on the periphery, the autochthonous culture of the peoples of the Amazon river basin equally. In the same time, the Pontiff invited all the European Christians reflect on possible ways and permissible limits of Evangelization, on inculturation of the faith, on the role and mission of the Church in the modern world. …”
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L’embouchure de l'Amazone, macro-frontière géomorphologique : enseignements de 30 années de recherches franco-brésiliennes sur les systèmes côtiers amazoniens by M. T. R. C. Prost, J-F. Faure, C. Charron, H.V. Vargas, V. F. Santos, A.C. Mendes, A. Gardel

“…The Mouth of the Amazon River, considered to be the largest river on Earth, is a geomorphological macro-frontier between two coastal blocks : the Guiana Shield coastal fringe (from Amapa to Venezuela) and the Para/Maranhao block (North Brazil). …”
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Hypoxic environments as refuge against predatory fish in the Amazonian floodplains by MB. Anjos, RR. De Oliveira, J. Zuanon

“…We tested this hypothesis in an area of the Amazon River floodplain through gill net fishing in normoxic and hypoxic habitats. …”
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A new species of the armored catfish Parotocinclus (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae), from the Amazon basin in Colombia by Pablo Lehmann A., Lucas J. Schvambach, Roberto E. Reis

“…A new species of hypoptopomatine cascudinho is described from a creek tributary to the Amazon River in Leticia, Amazonas Departament, Colombia. …”
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Filling data gaps on the diversity and distribution of Amazonian bats (Chiroptera): the case of Amapá, easternmost Brazil by Ana C. M. Martins, Enrico Bernard, Renato Gregorin, Wanuyze A. S. da Silva

“…With our records, 82 species of bats are currently known in Amapá, filling a gap in the knowledge of bat fauna in the Amazon River's delta region.…”
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Spatial spread of malaria and economic frontier expansion in the Brazilian Amazon. by Patrícia Feitosa Souza, Diego Ricardo Xavier, Martha Cecilia Suarez Mutis, Jurema Corrêa da Mota, Paulo Cesar Peiter, Vanderlei Pascoal de Matos, Mônica de Avelar Figueiredo Mafra Magalhães, Christovam Barcellos

“…Annual parasite incidence (API) in the region was highest in hotspots along the Amazon River and in the south and west settlement zone of Hiléia, with concentrations in environmental protection areas and açaí and Brazil nut extraction areas. …”
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Three contributions of Emil Goeldi (1859-1917) to amazonian archaeology and ethnology by Nelson Sanjad, João Batista Poça da Silva

“…The second paper deals with archaeological artifacts found in the mouth of Amazon River, an important area for this kind of research, including the pottery found in Maracá, in the Amapá state, and in the Marajó Island, in Pará State, plus the lithic statues from the Lower Amazon. …”
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Phylogenetic status and timescale for the diversification of Steno and Sotalia dolphins. by Haydée A Cunha, Lucas C Moraes, Bruna V Medeiros, José Lailson-Brito, Vera M F da Silva, Antonio M Solé-Cava, Carlos G Schrago

“…We hypothesise that the timing of separation of the marine and Amazonian Sotalia species (2.3 Ma) coincided with the establishment of the modern Amazon River basin.…”
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Mission locale, vision globale : utopie et vie sociale dans les missions jésuites en Amazonie au XVIIe siècle by Décio de Alencar Guzmán

“…In 1653, Antônio Vieira, who was the superior of the Jesuit Mission, arrived in Maranhão with great hopes of spreading the Gospel among the natives of the basin of the Amazon river. In this huge territory, he had a dream: “The Fifth World Empire” (O Quinto Império do Mundo). …”
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