Advancing the science and practice of ecological nutrient management for smallholder farmers

Sieglinde Snapp (2022, [Artículo])

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA AGROECOLOGY DEGRADATION NUTRIENT CYCLES NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY SOIL ORGANIC MATTER SMALLHOLDERS

Do marine reserves increase prey for California sea lions and Pacific harbor seals?

ALEJANDRO ARIAS DEL RAZO (2019, [Artículo])

Community marine reserves are geographical areas closed to fishing activities, implemented and enforced by the same fishermen that fish around them. Their main objective is to recover commercial stocks of fish and invertebrates. While marine reserves have proven successful in many parts of the world, their success near important marine predator colonies, such as the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) and the Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii), is yet to be analyzed. In response to the concerns expressed by local fishermen about the impact of the presence of pinnipeds on their communities’ marine reserves, we conducted underwater surveys around four islands in the Pacific west of the Baja California Peninsula: two without reserves (Todos Santos and San Roque); one with a recently established reserve (San Jeronimo); and, a fourth with reserves established eight years ago (Natividad). All these islands are subject to similar rates of exploitation by fishing cooperatives with exclusive rights. We estimated fish biomass and biodiversity in the seas around the islands, applying filters for potential California sea lion and harbor seal prey using known species from the literature. Generalized linear mixed models revealed that the age of the reserve has a significant positive effect on fish biomass, while the site (inside or outside of the reserve) did not, with a similar result found for the biomass of the prey of the California sea lion. Fish biodiversity was also higher around Natividad Island, while invertebrate biodiversity was higher around San Roque. These findings indicate that marine reserves increase overall fish diversity and biomass, despite the presence of top predators, even increasing the numbers of their potential prey. Community marine reserves may help to improve the resilience of marine mammals to climate-driven phenomena and maintain a healthy marine ecosystem for the benefit of both pinnipeds and fishermen. © 2019 Arias-Del-Razo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Article, biodiversity, biomass, climate change, ecosystem resilience, environmental exploitation, fish stock, fishing, marine environment, marine invertebrate, nonhuman, Phoca vitulina, Pinnipedia, prey searching, Zalophus californianus, animal, biom BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA BIOLOGÍA ANIMAL (ZOOLOGÍA) BIOLOGÍA ANIMAL (ZOOLOGÍA)

Hyperiid amphipods from the Gulf of Ulloa and offshore region, Baja California: The possible role of the gelatinous zooplankton as a transport vector into the coastal shelf waters

Bertha Lavaniegos (2020, [Artículo])

Hyperiid amphipod species from the Gulf of Ulloa, Baja California, and the adjacent region (from the shelf break to 200 km offshore) were analyzed to evaluate diversity and abundances. This productive area supports small-scale commercial fisheries, including sand bass (Paralabrax nebulifer), California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus), abalones, clams, and others. Strong coastal upwelling events were observed during summer seasons of the period 2002-2008 between Punta Eugenia and Punta Abreojos. The upwelling plumes at Punta Abreojos are transported southward in slope waters bordering the coastal shelf of the Gulf of Ulloa, contributing to the separation of coastal and oceanic regions, and explain differences in amphipod diversity and abundances between both regions. In the offshore region, the most abundant species were Vibilia armata, Lestrigonus schizogeneios, Primno brevidens, and Eupronoe minuta, similar to previous findings in northern regions of Baja California and southern California. However, abundances of these species were lower (10-30 individuals/1000 m3), only reaching 20-50% of abundance levels reported off northern Baja California. In the coastal shelf of the Gulf of Ulloa, amphipods were virtually absent during 2002, 2003 and 2006. However, during 2004 and 2005, abundances of P. brevidens increased (54 and 20 ind/1000 m3, respectively). Moreover, during the late summer of 2007, abundances of L. schizogeneios, P. brevidens, Lycaea nasuta, Lycaea pulex, and Simorhynchotus antennarius increased considerably (261, 39, 31, 68, 416 ind/1000 m3, respectively), indicating occasional utilization of the coastal shelf by pelagic amphipods. Changes in gelatinous populations (medusae, siphonophores, ctenophores, doliolids, and salps) paralleled changes in hyperiid populations, with highest abundances in 2005-2008 in the coastal shelf. Significant correlations of 17 amphipod species with gelatinous taxa, which are often used as host organisms by hyperiid amphipods, suggest that gelatinous presence enhanced hyperiid abundance and promoted the progression of hyperiid amphipods onto the coastal shelf during parts of the 2002-2008 period. © 2020 Bertha E. Lavaniegos. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

abalone, Amphipoda, article, Baja California, clam, clinical article, Ctenophora, Eugenia, female, fishery, human, human experiment, male, medusa, nonhuman, Panulirus interruptus, plume, summer, zooplankton, Amphipoda, animal, California, ecosystem, CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA Y DEL ESPACIO OCEANOGRAFÍA OCEANOGRAFÍA

Natural disasters and economic growth: a synthesis of empirical evidence

Fernando Antonio Ignacio González (2023, [Artículo, Artículo])

Natural disasters pose a serious threat globally and, in the future, their frequency and severity are expected to increase due to climate change. Empirical evidence has reported conflicting results in terms of the impact of disasters on economic growth. In this context, the present work seeks to synthesize the recent empirical evidence related to this topic. More than 650 estimates, from studies published in the last five years (2015-2020), are used. Meta-analysis and meta-regression techniques are employed. The review includes three sources (Scopus, Science Direct, and Google Scholar). The results identified the existence of a negative and significant combined effect (-0.015). Developing countries are especially vulnerable to disasters. The negative impact is greater for disasters that occurred in the last decade -in relation to previous disasters-. These findings constitute a call for attention in favor of mitigation and adaptation policies.

Disasters GDP meta-analysis meta-regression desastres crecimiento PIB meta-análisis meta-regresión CIENCIAS SOCIALES CIENCIAS SOCIALES

Field deployable Reverse Transcriptase–Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RT-RPA) for detection of Maize chlorotic mottle virus (MCMV)

Margaret Redinbaugh Suresh L.M. (2022, [Artículo])

Maize Lethal Necrosis Diagnostics Recombinase Polymerase Amplification CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA MAIZE MAIZE CHLOROTIC MOTTLE VIRUS DISEASES DETECTION

Gestión electoral comparada y confianza en las elecciones en América Latina, de Fernando Barrientos del Monte

LUIS EDUARDO LEON GANATIOS (2012, [Artículo])

La gestión electoral resulta un proceso fundamental dentro de la consolidación democrática, una gestión electoral ineficiente se vería reflejada en los votantes y por ende debilitaría

la democracia.

El autor plantea una hipótesis central sobre la que gira su investigación “dependiendo el

modelo, características y desempeño del organismo electoral existente en una democracia,

aumenta o disminuye la eficiencia y eficacia en el control de la gestión electoral y sobre todo

la confianza y credibilidad política y social hacia los procesos electorales” creando así una

relación hipotética directamente proporcional a ser comprobada revisando la historia y el

desempeño institucional electoral de los países latinoamericanos,

El marco teórico de la investigación parte del estudio de cultura política de Almond y

Verba (1963), reforzado por la perspectiva analítica de Easton (1965) y ampliado y actualizado por Norris (2010) siendo un modelo que permite entrelazar las dos dimensiones estudiadas; confianza (grado de apoyo político) y desempeño institucional (grado de eficacia y

eficiencia).

CIENCIAS SOCIALES Gestión electoral Democracia

Variation in anther extrusion and its impact on fusarium head blight and deoxynivalenol content in oat (Avena sativa L.)

Xinyao He (2020, [Artículo])

Anther Extrusion Anther Retention Deoxynivalenol Fusarium Head Blight Spray Inoculation Spawn Inoculation CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA VOMITOXIN INOCULATION ANTHERS FUSARIUM

Destilación solar tubular una opción para obtener agua potable a partir de aguas salobres para comunidades rurales

Tubular solar distillation: an option to obtain dinking water from saline waters to supply rural communities

ARTURO GONZALEZ HERRERA Sofía Garrido Hoyos (2007, [Artículo])

El objetivo del presente trabajo fue el diseñar un sistema de desalación de fácil instalación y poco mantenimiento, que utilice energía solar para este propósito, pensado para comunidades rurales a nivel familiar y obtener 10 litros del agua potable al día. Los reactores evaluados fueron: un destilador tubular solar (DTS) modificado, un concentrador solar parabólico (CPC) con un DTS acoplado y un destilador convencional de escalera.

Tratamiento del agua Desalación Energía solar Zonas rurales INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Uso de energía renovable con tecnología propia para su aplicación en el subsector agrícola

JOSE JAVIER RAMIREZ LUNA César Calderón Mólgora Olga Xochitl Cisneros Estrada (2012, [Documento de trabajo])

Antecedentes – Objetivos – Resultados: Desarrollo tecnológico para la desalación de agua salobre con generación híbrida de paneles solares y aerogeneradores; Desarrollo tecnológico para bombeo con energía fotovoltaica y eólica, empleando tanques elevados. 

Energía no convencional Tecnología apropiada Desalación Abastecimiento de agua CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA

Desalinización de agua subterránea salobre mediante energía solar para aplicaciones de riego agrícola en zonas rurales

ULISES DEHESA CARRASCO José Javier Ramírez Luna Pedro Rivera Ruiz Eduardo Venegas Reyes (2019, [Documento de trabajo])

RD1718.6

El objetivo del presente proyecto se enfoca en el estudio de la factibilidad del uso de la nanofiltración u osmosis inversa de baja presión, alimentada con energía solar fotovoltaica para el tratamiento de agua subterránea salobre destinada al riego agrícola en zonas rurales del estado de Zacatecas, México, donde la salinidad de los mantos acuíferos sub-superficiales limita las actividades agrícolas.

Riego Desalación Nanofiltración Ósmosis inversa Energía solar Estudios de factibilidad INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA