Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands experience [kasetvideo]

Gravity anomalies in the galapagos islands area. by Watts, A, Cochran, JR, Case, J, Ryland, S, Simkin, T, Howard, K

Priorities for ecological research on cetaceans in the Galápagos Islands by Daniel M. Palacios, Daniel M. Palacios, Mauricio Cantor, Mauricio Cantor

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The genus Parmotrema ( Parmeliaceae , Lecanoromycetes ) in the Galapagos Islands by Frank Bungartz, Adriano A. Spielmann

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Community, commons and tourism in Floreana (Galápagos Islands) by Esteban Ruiz-Ballesteros

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Climate and sea surface trends in the Galapagos Islands by Paltan, HA, Benitez, FL, Rosero, P, Escobar-Camacho, D, Cuesta, F, Mena, CF

“…The Galapagos Islands are a global hotspot of environmental change. …”

New insights into the genesis of pyroducts of The Galápagos islands, Ecuador by Stephan F.J. Kempe, Greg Middleton, Aaron Addison, Theofilos Toulkeridis, Geoffrey Hoese

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The effects of climate change on wildlife biodiversity of the galapagos islands by Alejandra Dueñas, Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui, Thijs Bosker

“…The Galapagos Islands are one of the most productive marine ecosystems in the world. …”
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Roadkill of birds in Galapagos Islands: a growing need for solutions by José-María García-Carrasco, Washington Tapia, Antonio-Román Muñoz

“…This study presents the first data on the road mortality rate in the Galápagos Islands, finding that it is much higher than in other natural areas. …”
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Effects of motivations in marine protected areas: The case of Galápagos Islands by Mauricio Carvache-Franco, Wilmer Carvache-Franco, Ana Beatriz Hernández-Lara, Orly Carvache-Franco

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Nature’s Eden? The Production and Effects of ‘Pristine’ Nature in the Galápagos Islands by Elizabeth Hennesy, Amy L. McCleary

“…Best known for inspiring Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, the Galápagos Islands are often referred to as an “evolutionary Eden” and celebrated as one of the world’s few remaining bastions of “pristine” nature. …”
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Effects of climate variation on the abundance and distribution of flamingos in the Galápagos Islands by Vargas, F, Barlow, S, Hart, T, Jimenez-Uzcátegui, G, Chavez, J, Naranjo, S, Macdonald, D

“…El Niño Southern Oscillation events have been associated with large fluctuations in seabird and landbird populations of the Galápagos Islands. We reveal different effects of climatic variation on the abundance and distribution of a waterbird, as illustrated by the flamingos <em>Phoenicopterus ruber</em> living in saline coastal lagoons of the arid Galápagos environment. …”

Carbon Footprint of the Galapagos Islands – Quantifying the Environmental Impact of Tourist Activities by Cordova-Vallejo, Ximena M., Blanco, Edgar E., Yang, Xu, Ponce-Cueto, Eva

“…The main goal of this paper is to quantify the green house gas emissions (also referred to as carbon footprint) of the Galapagos Islands. The analysis includes emissions from energy generation and of related economic activities of the tourism industry, including international travel to the islands. …”
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Historic fuel wood use in the Galapagos Islands: identification of charred remains by Froyd, C, Lee, J, Anderson, A, Haberle, S, Gasson, P, Willis, K

“…Charcoal fragments from five historic campsite locations in the Galápagos Islands were identified and radiocarbon dated to investigate postulated early human presence in the archipelago, historic fuel wood collection patterns and the resultant impact on native vegetation. …”

Historic fuel wood use in the Galápagos Islands: identification of charred remains by Froyd, C, Lee, J, Anderson, A, Haberle, S, Gasson, P, Willis, K

“…Charcoal fragments from five historic campsite locations in the Galápagos Islands were identified and radiocarbon dated to investigate postulated early human presence in the archipelago, historic fuel wood collection patterns and the resultant impact on native vegetation. …”

Genetic Diversity and Conservation of the Misty Grouper (Hyporthodus mystacinus) in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador by Alexandra M. Avila, Carlos A. Valle, Ana M. Troya

“…The groupers (Serranidae) are a commercially important family of fish in many parts of the world including in the Galapagos Islands. A recent assessment of the family by the groupers and wrasse specialist group (GWSG), suggested that the group might be particularly vulnerable to fishing, and it has also been suggested that their genetic diversity may be threatened due to overfishing [1]. …”
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LAVA-Lobos: Raising Environmental Awareness through Community Science in the Galápagos Islands by Deena Skolnick Weisberg, Karen Kovaka, Ernesto Vaca, Michael Weisberg

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Feature Selection in Energy Consumption of Solar Catamaran INER 1 on Galapagos Island by Marcelo Moya, Javier Martínez-Gómez, Esteban Urresta, Martín Cordovez-Dammer

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Confirmed presence of Clathrus columnatus Bosc (Phallales, Clathraceae) in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador by Justine Villalba-Alemán, Paúl Mayorga, C. Miguel Pinto, Patricia Jaramillo Díaz

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Lutjanus inermis (Peters, 1869), Golden Snapper, range extension to the Galapagos Islands by D. Ross Robertson, Carol D. Cox, Robert L. Cox

“…The well-cataloged marine fish fauna of the Galapagos Islands includes eight of the 12 species of snappers (Lutjanidae) found in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. …”
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