Global Review and Analysis of the Presence of Microplastics in Fish by GOLAM KIBRIA

“…Among all the countries, China had the highest number of fish species contaminated with MPs in the followingorders: China (176 species), Brazil (84), the USA (48), India (35), the Atlantic Ocean (31), Iran (30), Bangladesh (28), Turkey (26), Indonesia (25), the UK (23), Saudi Arabia (23), Thailand (21), Portugal (20), Australia (20), Italy (18), South Africa (18), Argentina (15), Chile (14), Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) (14), the North Pacific Gyre (14), Samoa (13), Malaysia (12), Colombia (11), New Zealand (11), Fiji (10), Spain (10), the North Sea (09), South Korea (09), Tahiti (09), Vanuatu (09), Ghana (08), Canada (07), Japan (07) and Nigeria (07) and others. …”
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Darwin Returns to the Galapagos: Genetic and Morphological Analyses Confirm the Presence of <em>Tramea darwini</em> at the Archipelago (Odonata, Libellulidae) by María Olalla Lorenzo-Carballa, Rosser W. Garrison, Andrea C. Encalada, Adolfo Cordero-Rivera

“…The status of the <i>Tramea</i> species present in the Galapagos Islands (Odonata, Libellulidae) has been the subject of a long-standing debate among odonatologists. …”
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Darwin's small and medium ground finches might have taste preferences, but not for human foods by D. Lever, L. V. Rush, R. Thorogood, K. M. Gotanda

“…On the inhabited Galapagos Islands, Darwin's finches consume human-introduced foods preferentially; however, it remains unclear why. …”
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Catalogue and red list of Acalypha L. (Euphorbiaceae) from South America by José María Cardiel, Pablo Muñoz-Rodríguez, Álvaro González-Berdasco, Iris Montero-Muñoz

“…Brazil is the richest country in number of species of Acalypha (40), followed by Peru (32), Bolivia (29), Colombia and Ecuador—including Galapagos Islands—(24), Venezuela (18), Argentina (17), Paraguay (13), Guyana (8), Uruguay (5), French Guiana (4), and Suriname (3). …”
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Detecting the most effective cleanup locations using network theory to reduce marine plastic debris: a case study in the Galapagos Marine Reserve by S. L. Ypma, Q. Bohte, A. Forryan, A. C. Naveira Garabato, A. Donnelly, E. van Sebille

“…To optimize efforts, we have developed a methodology to identify the most effective cleanup locations on the Galapagos Islands using network theory. A network is constructed from a Lagrangian simulation describing the flow of macroplastic between the various islands within the Galapagos Marine Reserve, where the nodes represent locations along the coastline and the edges the likelihood of plastic leaving one location and beaching at another. …”
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Analysis of biomarker candidates from plant lipid inputs into Galapagos lacustrine sediments by Ricke, Katharine (Katharine Leigh)

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Detecting the provenance of Galapagos non-native pollen: The role of humans and air currents as transport mechanisms by van der Knaap, W, van Leeuwen, J, Froyd, C, Willis, K

“…We examined both fossil and modern samples from the Galápagos Islands, a remote archipelago lying 1000 km from the nearest continent. …”

Ecosystem resilience and threshold response in the Galapagos coastal zone. by Seddon, A, Froyd, C, Leng, M, Milne, G, Willis, K

“…We investigate ecological resilience in a coastal mangrove community from the Galápagos Islands over the last 2700 years using three research questions: What are the 'fast and slow' processes operating in the coastal zone? …”

Mitogenomes uncover extinct penguin taxa and reveal island formation as a key driver of speciation by Cole, T, Ksepka, D, Mitchell, K, Tennyson, A, Pan, H, Thomas, D, Zhang, G, Rawlence, N, Wood, J, Bover, P, Hart, T, Bouzat, J, Cooper, A, Fiddaman, S, Miller, G

“…Our temporal analysis demonstrates that numerous recent island-endemic penguin taxa diverged following the formation of their islands during the Plio-Pleistocene, including the Galápagos (Galápagos Islands), northern rockhopper (Gough Island), erect-crested (Antipodes Islands), Snares crested (Snares) and royal (Macquarie Island) penguins. …”

The Importance of Very-High-Resolution Imagery to Map Invasive Plant Species: Evidence from Galapagos by Carolina Carrión-Klier, Nicolas Moity, Christian Sevilla, Danny Rueda, Heinke Jäger

“…Invasive species are one of the main threats to biodiversity worldwide, and the Galapagos Islands are no exception. With the need to control many invasive plant species, accurate distribution maps of invasive plant species are crucial for cost-effective management actions. …”
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Comparative genomics and phylogenetic discordance of cultivated tomato and close wild relatives by Susan R. Strickler, Aureliano Bombarely, Jesse D. Munkvold, Thomas York, Naama Menda, Gregory B. Martin, Lukas A. Mueller

“…Based on analysis of these genotypes, S. galapagense appears to be closely related to S. lycopersicum, suggesting they had a common ancestor prior to the arrival of an S. galapagense ancestor to the Galápagos Islands, but after divergence of the sequenced S. pimpinellifolium. …”
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Characteristics and distribution of the <i>Opuntia</i> (Cactaceae) representatives naturalized in Crimea by N. A. Bagrikova, Ya. A. Perminova

“…Representatives of the Opuntia Mill. genus (Cactaceae), growing in natural habitats in South and North Americas, Mexico, Western India, and the Galapagos Islands, are widely used as ornamental, food and medicinal plants in different regions of the world. …”
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Forest Fragmentation and Landscape Connectivity Changes in Ecuadorian Mangroves: Some Hope for the Future? by Julio J. Jaramillo, Carlos A. Rivas, José Oteros, Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo

“…Minimal loss or even expansion of mangrove forests in areas like the Galapagos Islands contrasted with severe fragmentation along the mainland coast. …”
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Evaluation of Series and Parallel Hybrid Propulsion Systems for UAVs Implementing Distributed Propulsion Architectures by Darwin Jimenez, Esteban Valencia, Ariel Herrera, Edgar Cando, Marcelo Pozo

“…From the results, it has been found that for the representative case of monitoring in the Galapagos Islands, which requires an endurance of approximate 7 h, the parallel hybrid system using three distributed propulsors presents the best performance features in terms of fuel savings, showing a 34% reduction compared with the baseline case. …”
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Impact of Global Warming on Coral Reefs by Sirilak CHUMKIEW, Mullica JAROENSUTASINEE, Krisanadej JAROENSUTASINEE

“…Maps are from ReefBase, www.reefbase.org: 1, Arabian Gulf (United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Iran); 2, Red Sea; 3, east Africa; 4, southern Africa (Mozambique, South Africa); 5, Madagascar; 6, Mauritius, Reunion; 7, Seychelles; 8, Chagos; 9, Maldives; 10, Sri Lanka/southern India; 11, Andaman Sea (Andamans, Thailand, Malaysia); 12, South China Sea (Vietnam, Paracel Islands); 13, Philippines; 14, Indonesia; 15, western Australia; 16, Great Barrier Reef; 17, Ryukyu Islands; 18, Mariana Islands; 19, Palau; 20, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu; 21, Fiji; 22, Samoa; 23, French Polynesia (including Moorea); 24, Hawaiian Islands; 25, Easter Island; 26, Galapagos Islands; 27, equatorial eastern Pacific (Costa Rica, Cocos Island, Panama´, Colombia, Ecuador); 28, subtropical eastern Pacific (Mexico); 29, Mesoamerican reef system (Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua); 30, Greater Antilles (Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands); 31, Bahamas, Florida; 32, Bermuda; 33, Lesser Antilles; 34, Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire, Los Roques; 35, Brazil.…”
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Establishment, Genetic Diversity, and Habitat Suitability of <i>Aedes albopictus</i> Populations from Ecuador by Andrés Carrazco-Montalvo, Patricio Ponce, Stephany D. Villota, Emmanuelle Quentin, Sofía Muñoz-Tobar, Josefina Coloma, Varsovia Cevallos

“…Our prediction model showed a suitable habitat for <i>Ae. albopictus</i> in all regions (coastal, Amazon basin, and Andean lowland regions and the Galápagos Islands) of Ecuador. Hence, understanding different aspects of the vector can help us implement better control strategies for surveillance and vectorial control in Ecuador.…”
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Ecosystem effects of fishing & El Niño at the Galápagos Marine Reserve by Tyler D. Eddy, Alan M. Friedlander, Pelayo Salinas de León

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Restoring the threatened Scalesia forest: insights from a decade of invasive plant management in Galapagos by Heinke Jäger, Miriam San-José, Clare Peabody, Rafael Chango, Christian Sevilla

“…Island forests are becoming increasingly fragmented and colonized by invasive species, which can eventually lead to local species extinctions. In the Galapagos Islands, invasive species pose a serious extinction threat to the endemic daisy tree Scalesia pedunculata, formerly the dominant habitat-forming species of the unique Scalesia forest. …”
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Phenotypic divergence of traits that mediate antagonistic and mutualistic interactions between island and continental populations of the tropical plant, Tribulus cistoides (Zygophy... by Winer Daniel Reyes‐Corral, Sofia Carvajal‐Endara, Molly Hetherington‐Rauth, Jaime A. Chaves, Peter R. Grant, B. Rosemary Grant, Andrew P. Hendry, Marc T. J. Johnson

“…Petal length was on average 9% smaller on island than continental populations, an effect that was especially accentuated on the Galápagos Islands. Our results show that Tribulus cistoides exhibits phenotypic divergence between island and continental habitats for antagonistic traits (seed defense) and mutualistic traits (floral traits). …”
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Las islas de plástico su vinculación ambiental en el Ecuador by Yeriny del Carmen Conopoima Moreno

“…Unfortunately, this environmental phenomenon has encompassed the Galapagos Islands, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1978. …”
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