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Cheng Y, Liu Y, Li J, Li Y, Lei D, Li D, Dou X. Solvation effect enabled visualized discrimination of multiple metal ions. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2024; 16:2301-2310. [PMID: 38529837 DOI: 10.1039/d4ay00060a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
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Highly efficient detection of environmental residual potentially toxic species is of concern worldwide as their presence in an excessive amount would greatly endanger the health of human beings as well as environmental sustainability. The solvation effect is a critical factor to be considered for understanding chemical reaction progress as well as the photophysical behaviors of substances and thus is promising for visualized detection of metal ions. Herein, by applying 5-amino-1,10-phenanthroline (APT) as the optical probe, a sensing strategy was proposed based on the solvation effect modulated complexation of APT towards different metal ions to achieve the visualized discrimination of four critical ions (Cu(II), Zn(II), Cd(II), and Al(III)). How the crucial intrinsic properties of the solvent (e.g., polarity, solvent free energy, and electrostatic potential) influenced the complexation and the product emission was clarified, and the detection performances were systematically evaluated with detection limits as low as the nM level and good recognition selectivity. Furthermore, a portable sensing chip was developed with potential for highly efficient analysis in complicated scenes; thus, this strategy offers a new insight into determining multiple metal ions or other critical substances upon solvation manipulation.
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- Yang Cheng
- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Trace Chemical Substances Sensing, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Trace Chemical Substances Sensing, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.
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- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Trace Chemical Substances Sensing, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.
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- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Trace Chemical Substances Sensing, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.
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- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Trace Chemical Substances Sensing, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.
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- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Trace Chemical Substances Sensing, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.
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- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Trace Chemical Substances Sensing, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Morais LMS, Queiroz AFDS, Brito BKFD, Fenzl N, Soares MDO, Giarrizzo T, Martinelli Filho JE. Microplastics in the Amazon biome: State of the art and future priorities. Heliyon 2024; 10:e28851. [PMID: 38596029 PMCID: PMC11002258 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2024] [Revised: 03/25/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024] Open
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Microplastics (MPs) have been identified as a major potential threat to the biota and human health. Despite the exponential increase in MP research worldwide, few studies have focused on the extensive Amazon biome. To assess research priorities, the present study reviewed and summarized the available scientific knowledge on MPs in the Amazon, in addition to analyzing population and waste-management data, to evaluate potential sources of MPs in the hydrographic system. Poor sanitation conditions are a main source of MPs for the vast hydrographic basin, and, consequently, for the adjacent ocean. Secondary MPs predominated, mostly fibers (96% of debris), composed of polyamide (32%). Mean MP concentrations ranged from 0.34 to 38.3 particles.individual-1 in biota, 5 to 476,000 particles.m-3 in water, and 492.5 to 1.30848 × 107 particles.m-3 in sediment, values in close comparison with those found in areas profoundly affected by anthropogenic pollution. MPs were widespread in a range of Amazonian environments and species, and negative effects are probably occurring at various ecological levels. However, limited research, methodological constraints, flaws and the lack of standardization, combined with the continental dimensions of the Amazon, hampers the collection of the fundamental knowledge needed to reliably evaluate the impacts and implement effective mitigation measures. There is an urgent need to expand scientific data available for the region, improving local research infrastructure, and training and deploying local researchers.
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- Leonardo Mario Siqueira Morais
- Centro de Estudos Avançados da Biodiversidade, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Perimetral, km 01, Guamá, Belém, PA, 66075-750, Brazil
- Laboratório de Oceanografia Biológica, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal do Pará. Av. Augusto Corrêa s/n, Guamá, Belém, PA, 66075-110, Brazil
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- Centro de Estudos Avançados da Biodiversidade, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Perimetral, km 01, Guamá, Belém, PA, 66075-750, Brazil
- Laboratório de Oceanografia Biológica, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal do Pará. Av. Augusto Corrêa s/n, Guamá, Belém, PA, 66075-110, Brazil
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- Centro de Estudos Avançados da Biodiversidade, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Perimetral, km 01, Guamá, Belém, PA, 66075-750, Brazil
- Laboratório de Oceanografia Biológica, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal do Pará. Av. Augusto Corrêa s/n, Guamá, Belém, PA, 66075-110, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Meio Ambiente, Universidade Federal do Pará. Rua do chalé de Ferro s/n, Guamá, Belém, PA, 66075-110, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR), Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Av. da Abolição, 3207, Meireles, Fortaleza, CE, 60165-081, Brazil
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- Grupo de Ecologia Aquática, Núcleo de Ecologia Aquática e Pesca da Amazônia (NEAP), Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Perimetral 2651, Belém, Brazil
- Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR), Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Av. da Abolição, 3207, Meireles, Fortaleza, CE, 60165-081, Brazil
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- Centro de Estudos Avançados da Biodiversidade, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Perimetral, km 01, Guamá, Belém, PA, 66075-750, Brazil
- Laboratório de Oceanografia Biológica, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal do Pará. Av. Augusto Corrêa s/n, Guamá, Belém, PA, 66075-110, Brazil
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Souza JP, Day LT, Rezende-Gomes AC, Zhang J, Mori R, Baguiya A, Jayaratne K, Osoti A, Vogel JP, Campbell O, Mugerwa KY, Lumbiganon P, Tunçalp Ö, Cresswell J, Say L, Moran AC, Oladapo OT. A global analysis of the determinants of maternal health and transitions in maternal mortality. Lancet Glob Health 2024; 12:e306-e316. [PMID: 38070536 DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00468-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2024]
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The reduction of maternal mortality and the promotion of maternal health and wellbeing are complex tasks. This Series paper analyses the distal and proximal determinants of maternal health, as well as the exposures, risk factors, and micro-correlates related to maternal mortality. This paper also examines the relationship between these determinants and the gradual shift over time from a pattern of high maternal mortality to a pattern of low maternal mortality (a phenomenon described as the maternal mortality transition). We conducted two systematic reviews of the literature and we analysed publicly available data on indicators related to the Sustainable Development Goals, specifically, estimates prepared by international organisations, including the UN and the World Bank. We considered 23 frameworks depicting maternal health and wellbeing as a multifactorial process, with superdeterminants that broadly affect women's health and wellbeing before, during, and after pregnancy. We explore the role of social determinants of maternal health, individual characteristics, and health-system features in the production of maternal health and wellbeing. This paper argues that the preventable deaths of millions of women each decade are not solely due to biomedical complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period, but are also tangible manifestations of the prevailing determinants of maternal health and persistent inequities in global health and socioeconomic development. This paper underscores the need for broader, multipronged actions to improve maternal health and wellbeing and accelerate sustainable reductions in maternal mortality. For women who have pregnancy, childbirth, or postpartum complications, the health system provides a crucial opportunity to interrupt the chain of events that can potentially end in maternal death. Ultimately, expanding the health sector ecosystem to mitigate maternal health determinants and tailoring the configuration of health systems to counter the detrimental effects of eco-social forces, including though increased access to quality-assured commodities and services, are essential to improve maternal health and wellbeing and reduce maternal mortality.
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- João Paulo Souza
- Department of Social Medicine, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; BIREME, Department of Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)-World Health Organization Americas Regional Office, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Social Medicine, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Ministry of Education and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kaya Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kaya-HDSS), Research Institute for Health Sciences (IRSS), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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- Department of Obstetrics, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya; Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Stachowicz I, Ferrer-Paris JR, Sánchez-Mercado A. Leveraging limited data from wildlife monitoring in a conflict affected region in Venezuela. Sci Rep 2024; 14:1673. [PMID: 38242939 PMCID: PMC10799001 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52133-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/14/2024] [Indexed: 01/21/2024] Open
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Efficient monitoring of biodiversity-rich areas in conflict-affected areas with poor rule of law requires a combination of different analytical approaches to account for data biases and incompleteness. In the upland Amazon region of Venezuela, in Canaima National Park, we initiated biodiversity monitoring in 2015, but it was interrupted by the establishment of a large-scale mining development plan in 2016, compromising the temporal and geographical extent of monitoring and the security of researchers. We used a resource selection function model framework that considers imperfect detectability and supplemented detections from camera trap surveys with opportunistic off-camera records (including animal tracks and direct sighting) to (1) gain insight into the value of additional occurrence records to accurately predict wildlife resource use in the perturbated area (deforestation, fire, swidden agriculture, and human settlements vicinity), (2) when faced with security and budget constraints. Our approach maximized the use of available data and accounted for biases and data gaps. Adding data from poorly sampled areas had mixed results on estimates of resource use for restricted species, but improved predictions for widespread species. If budget or resources are limited, we recommend focusing on one location with both on-camera and off-camera records over two with cameras. Combining camera trap records with other field observations (28 mammals and 16 birds) allowed us to understand responses of 17 species to deforestation, 15 to fire, and 13 to swidden agriculture. Our study encourages the use of combinations of methods to support conservation in high-biodiversity sites, where access is restricted, researchers are vulnerable, and unequal sampling efforts exist.
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- Izabela Stachowicz
- Department of Geobotany and Plant Ecology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź, Banacha 1/3, 90-237, Lodz, Poland.
- Laboratorio de Biología de Organismos, Centro de Ecología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Apartado 20632, Caracas, 1020-A, Venezuela.
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- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, 2052, Australia
- UNSW Data Science Hub, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, 2052, Australia
- Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad Espíritu Santo, 092301, Samborondón, Ecuador
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Wang H, Ciais P, Sitch S, Green JK, Tao S, Fu Z, Albergel C, Bastos A, Wang M, Fawcett D, Frappart F, Li X, Liu X, Li S, Wigneron JP. Anthropogenic disturbance exacerbates resilience loss in the Amazon rainforests. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2024; 30:e17006. [PMID: 37909670 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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Uncovering the mechanisms that lead to Amazon forest resilience variations is crucial to predict the impact of future climatic and anthropogenic disturbances. Here, we apply a previously used empirical resilience metrics, lag-1 month temporal autocorrelation (TAC), to vegetation optical depth data in C-band (a good proxy of the whole canopy water content) in order to explore how forest resilience variations are impacted by human disturbances and environmental drivers in the Brazilian Amazon. We found that human disturbances significantly increase the risk of critical transitions, and that the median TAC value is ~2.4 times higher in human-disturbed forests than that in intact forests, suggesting a much lower resilience in disturbed forests. Additionally, human-disturbed forests are less resilient to land surface heat stress and atmospheric water stress than intact forests. Among human-disturbed forests, forests with a more closed and thicker canopy structure, which is linked to a higher forest cover and a lower disturbance fraction, are comparably more resilient. These results further emphasize the urgent need to limit deforestation and degradation through policy intervention to maintain the resilience of the Amazon rainforests.
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- Huan Wang
- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
- INRAE, UMR1391 ISPA, Université de Bordeaux, Villenave d'Ornon, France
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA/CNRS/UVSQ/Université Paris Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA/CNRS/UVSQ/Université Paris Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Department of Environmental Science, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA/CNRS/UVSQ/Université Paris Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Biogeochemical Integration, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
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- School of Geoscience and Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- INRAE, UMR1391 ISPA, Université de Bordeaux, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- INRAE, UMR1391 ISPA, Université de Bordeaux, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- INRAE, UMR1391 ISPA, Université de Bordeaux, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Mandrioli M. From Dormant Collections to Repositories for the Study of Habitat Changes: The Importance of Herbaria in Modern Life Sciences. Life (Basel) 2023; 13:2310. [PMID: 38137911 PMCID: PMC10744909 DOI: 10.3390/life13122310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2023] [Revised: 11/25/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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In recent decades, the advent of new technologies for massive and automatized digitization, together with the availability of new methods for DNA sequencing, strongly increased the interest and relevance of herbarium collections for the study of plant biodiversity and evolution. These new approaches prompted new projects aimed at the creation of a large dataset of molecular and phenological data. This review discusses new challenges and opportunities for herbaria in the context of the numerous national projects that are currently ongoing, prompting the study of herbarium specimens for the understanding of biodiversity loss and habitat shifts as a consequence of climate changes and habitat destruction due to human activities. With regard to this, the National Biodiversity Future Center (active in Italy since 2022) started a large-scale digitization project of the Herbarium Centrale Italicum in Florence (Italy), which is the most important Italian botanical collection, consisting of more than 4 million samples at present.
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- Mauro Mandrioli
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213/D, 41125 Modena, Italy
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Gomes DF, da Silva Pinto TJ, Raymundo LB, da Fontoura Sperandei V, Daam M, Moreira RA, Rocha O. Ecological risk assessment for metals in sediment and waters from the Brazilian Amazon region. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 345:140413. [PMID: 37844699 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Revised: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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Pollution by metals is a matter of concern around the world. In recent decades, the high population growth in urban centers has significantly magnified the entry of these pollutants into aquatic ecosystems. The Amazon region, intense migratory flow, gold mining, and industrialization have been considered the main driving forces for increasing metal pollution. Thus, the main aim of this study is to conduct, for the first time, an Ecological Risk Assessment (ERA) based on metal concentrations measured in the sediment and water of several aquatic environments from the Amazon basin, based on the risk quotient values (RQ = measured environmental concentration - MEC/predicted no effect concentration - PNEC). In addition, the metal contamination factor (CF) was estimated. Although metal concentrations in water were generally low, these values were far above the limits established by current national legislation in many areas, showing higher concentrations for the metals Co, Pb, Cr, Cu, and Ni. Concentrations of Mn, Cu, Ba, Pb, Co, Ni, Cr, Zn, Cd, and As were especially high in the sediment for several evaluated environments. The ERA for the water compartment revealed that 56% of the studied areas presented high risk (RQ > 1) for aquatic biota. In the sediment, 66% of the sites presented a high risk and 40% medium risk (RQ = 0.1-1). The CF indicated that 49% of the sampling points had high contamination and only 24%, had low contamination. These results reveal that monitoring studies in the Amazon region, provides important information so that public policies for the preservation of water resources can be strengthened in the Amazon.
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- Diego Ferreira Gomes
- DEBE - Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Federal University of São Carlos, Rod. Washington Luís Km 235 - SP-310, São Carlos, São Paulo 13565-905, Brazil.
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Rua Josué de Castro, S/n - Cidade Universitária, 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- DEBE - Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Federal University of São Carlos, Rod. Washington Luís Km 235 - SP-310, São Carlos, São Paulo 13565-905, Brazil
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- DEBE - Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Federal University of São Carlos, Rod. Washington Luís Km 235 - SP-310, São Carlos, São Paulo 13565-905, Brazil
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- CENSE - Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research & CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Campus de Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande - FURG, Avenida Itália, Km 8, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, 96203-900, Brazil
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- DEBE - Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Federal University of São Carlos, Rod. Washington Luís Km 235 - SP-310, São Carlos, São Paulo 13565-905, Brazil
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Barrio IC, Rapini A. Plants under pressure: the impact of environmental change on plant ecology and evolution. BMC Ecol Evol 2023; 23:13. [PMID: 37081378 PMCID: PMC10116802 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-023-02115-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/22/2023] Open
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Plants have demonstrated tremendous resilience through past mass extinction events. However, anthropogenic pressures are rapidly threatening plant survival. To develop our understanding of the impact of environmental change on plant ecology and evolution and help solve the current biodiversity crisis, BMC Ecology and Evolution has launched a new article Collection titled "Plants under Pressure".
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- Isabel C Barrio
- Faculty of Environmental and Forest Sciences, Agricultural University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, The State University of Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Brazil
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Castro MC, Peterka C. Malaria is increasing in Indigenous and artisanal mining areas in the Brazilian Amazon. Nat Med 2023; 29:762-764. [PMID: 36973412 DOI: 10.1038/s41591-023-02280-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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- Marcia C Castro
- Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde e Ambiente, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, Brazil
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McNichol BH, Russo SE. Plant Species' Capacity for Range Shifts at the Habitat and Geographic Scales: A Trade-Off-Based Framework. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:1248. [PMID: 36986935 PMCID: PMC10056461 DOI: 10.3390/plants12061248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 02/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Climate change is causing rapid shifts in the abiotic and biotic environmental conditions experienced by plant populations, but we lack generalizable frameworks for predicting the consequences for species. These changes may cause individuals to become poorly matched to their environments, potentially inducing shifts in the distributions of populations and altering species' habitat and geographic ranges. We present a trade-off-based framework for understanding and predicting whether plant species may undergo range shifts, based on ecological strategies defined by functional trait variation. We define a species' capacity for undergoing range shifts as the product of its colonization ability and the ability to express a phenotype well-suited to the environment across life stages (phenotype-environment matching), which are both strongly influenced by a species' ecological strategy and unavoidable trade-offs in function. While numerous strategies may be successful in an environment, severe phenotype-environment mismatches result in habitat filtering: propagules reach a site but cannot establish there. Operating within individuals and populations, these processes will affect species' habitat ranges at small scales, and aggregated across populations, will determine whether species track climatic changes and undergo geographic range shifts. This trade-off-based framework can provide a conceptual basis for species distribution models that are generalizable across plant species, aiding in the prediction of shifts in plant species' ranges in response to climate change.
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- Bailey H. McNichol
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1101 T Street, 402 Manter Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0118, USA;
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1101 T Street, 402 Manter Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0118, USA;
- Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1901 Vine Street, N300 Beadle Center, Lincoln, NE 68588-0118, USA
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