The upper rio Paraná basin drains the most developed and environmentally degraded
region in South America: the Brazilian southeast. While it is one of the most well-known …

To understand how Neotropical freshwater fishes (NFF) benefit society, we conducted a
broad literature survey to (i) map and list the ecosystem services (ES) generated by these …

Brazil is the country in the world with the highest freshwater fish diversity. Because of the
high rates of species introduction, the number of publications about invasive fish has …

Human activities have changed the natural rates at which metals are moved and
accumulated in both land and water environments, resulting in negative impacts on local …

Background To unravel the evolutionary history of a complex group, a comprehensive
reconstruction of its phylogenetic relationships is crucial. This requires meticulous taxon …

The Amazon basin, spanning approximately 540,000 km2, exhibits distinct fluviometric
surfaces that differentiate between the dry and rainy seasons. This seasonality, along with …

The coastal basins of eastern Brazil are influenced by geomorphologic and climatic changes
that caused river captures and temporary paleo‐connections due to sea‐level oscillations …

Functional diversity is an emergent approach in ecology that has been applied globally to
better understand the relationships between organisms and the environment. However …

The role of Amazon on the transport and as a source of microplastics (MPs) to the ocean is
uncertain. This study is an assessment on the distribution of MPs and microfibers (MFs) in a …

This article examines the Instagram account@ GaysoverCOVID which publicly exposed gay
men who appeared to disregard COVID-related restrictions during the pandemic. While …