Opuntia scrublands are important socio-ecological systems (SESs) in the Andean area. Opuntia provides a variety of products employed in the human diet and in animal feed, as well as cochineal insects, a highly valued source ...

In many developing countries, natural resource management is based on traditional, expert-based methods that often exclude a variety of stakeholders. This paper presents a conceptual model and methodology that represent ...

Marine pelagic copepods must cope with a highly heterogeneous environment in coastal upwelling systems. In addition to spatial and temporal heterogeneity in temperature and food supply, advective forces may strongly influence ...

Pollinator-mediated selection is one of the most important factors driving adaptation in flowering plants. However, as ecological conditions change through habitat loss and fragmentation, the interactions among species ...

We assessed responses of late copepodid stages of Calanus chilensis, as subject to spatial heterogeneity in oceanographic conditions. during coastal upwelling off Mejillones Peninsula., northern Chile. An oceanographic ...

The management of coastal systems where overlapping economic interests compete for the same resources make the use of integrated approaches indispensable. The Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) focuses mainly on ...

We analyze the surface circulation of the coastal waters of the Humboldt Current system based on five Lagrangian satellite-tracked drifters (three launched on January 2005 and two on January 2006) deployed at 30{ring ...

This article introduces a management tool for salmon farming, with a scope in the local sustainability of salmon aquaculture of the Aysen Fjord, Chilean Patagonia. Based on Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) principles, ...

Mineral requirements of normal infants change according to growth velocity. They are directly associated to needs for obtaining an adequate composition of new tissue, assure an optimal bone mineralization and for maintaining ...