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Working with the daily variation in infrastructure performance on territorial accessibility. The cases of Madrid and Barcelona
Histomorphometric analysis of the repair process of autogenous bone grafts fixed at rat calvaria with cyanoacrylate
Mangrove dynamics in the southwestern Caribbean since the 'Little Ice Age': A history of human and natural disturbances
Relatively little is known about the long-term response of Caribbean mangroves to human and natural disturbances during the 'Little Ice Age' (LIA). We present new palynological information on the dynamics of the Bahia Honda mangrove from the eastern coast of San Andres Island in the southwestern Caribbean for the late Holocene. Major changes in the Bahia Honda pollen record show the combined effects of natural events (strong storms and sea-level rise), and human disturbances. These changes are supported by 14C dates, sedimentological and palynological information. A storm (most probably a hurricane) was recorded around AD 1600, caused sediment reworking and the subsequent loss of about 2000 years of the vegetation record. The devastation of tree vegetation by this event allowed the expansion of heliophytic vegetation (e.g. grasses and vines). Mangroves and coastal vegetation started to recover at AD 1700, reaching their maximum extent within a few decades, when microforaminifera shells became abundant at the coring site, thus suggesting a relative sea-level rise because of the geomorphic reconfiguration of the coastal plain after the storm. Furthermore, the pollen evidence indicates more humid regional climates during the late LIA (AD 1700-1850). Mangrove and coastal vegetation declined sharply as a consequence of the establishment of coconut plantations around AD 1850. The recovery of the mangroves after AD 1960 is a result of the combined effect of relative sea-level rise and drastic changes in the local economy from coconut plantations to commerce. © 2010 The Author(s)
Caldera unrest detected with seawater temperature anomalies at Deception Island, Antarctic Peninsula
Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum CECT 7765 supplementation improves inflammatory status in insulin-resistant obese children
On Building Immersive Audio Applications Using Robust Adaptive Beamforming and Joint Audio-Video Source Localization
Bridging repair of the abdominal wall in a rat experimental model. Comparison between uncoated and polyethylene oxide-coated equine pericardium meshes
Microdiversity and phylogeographic diversification of bacterioplankton in pelagic freshwater systems revealed through long-read amplicon sequencing
Chemical contamination assessment in mangrove-lined Caribbean coastal systems using the oyster Crassostrea rhizophorae as biomonitor species
This paper aims to contribute to the use of mangrove
cupped oyster, Crassostrea rhizophorae, as a biomonitor
species for chemical contamination assessment in
mangrove-lined Caribbean coastal systems. Sampling was
carried out in eight localities (three in Nicaragua and five in
Colombia) with different types and levels of contamination.
Oysters were collected during the rainy and dry seasons of
2012–2013 and the tissue concentrations of metals, polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and persistent organic pollutants
(POPs) were determined. Low tissue concentrations of
metals (except Hg) and PAHs; moderate-to-high tissue concentrations
of Hg, hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), and
dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroethanes (DDTs); detectable levels
of chlorpyrifos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) (mainly
CB28, CB118, CB138 and CB 153) and brominated diphenyl
ethers 85 (BDE85); and negligible levels of musks were recorded
in Nicaraguan oysters. A distinct profile of POPs was
identified in Colombia, where the tissue concentrations of
PCBs and synthetic musk fragrances were low to moderate,
and Ag, As, Cd, Pb, and PAHs ranged from moderate to extremely
high. Overall, the values recorded for HCHs, DDTs
and PCBs in Nicaraguan mangrove cupped oysters greatly
exceeded the reference values in tissues of C. rhizophorae
from the Wider Caribbean Region, whereas only the levels
of PCBs were occasionally surpassed in Colombia. Different
contaminant profiles were distinguished between oysters from
Nicaragua and Colombia in radar plots constructed using the
main groups of contaminants (metals, PAHs, musks, PCBs,
and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs)). Likewise, integrated
pollution indices revealed differences in the levels of contaminants.
Moreover, the profiles and levels in oyster tissues also
varied with season. Thus, principal component analysis clearly
discriminated Nicaraguan and Colombian localities and, especially
in Colombia, seasonal trends in chemical contamination
and differences amongst localities were evidenced. The geographical
and environmental disparity of the studied scenarios
may represent to a large extent the diversity of mangrove-lined
Caribbean coastal systems and therefore the present results
support the use of C. rhizophorae as suitable biomonitor species
at Caribbean regional scale, where seasonal variability
is a major factor controlling pollutant mobility and
bioavailability