Seasonality and aquatic metacommunity assemblage in three abandoned gold mining ponds in the southwestern Amazon, Madre de Dios (Peru)

Seasonality and aquatic metacommunity assemblage in three abandoned gold mining ponds in the southwestern Amazon, Madre de Dios (Peru)

Worldwide demand for gold has caused increased extractive activities in the Western Amazon, resulting in a wide-scale transformation of the Madre de Dios river basin (Peru) due to Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM). These impactful activities profoundly affect the natural landscape and hyd...

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Main Authors: Araújo-Flores, J.M (Author), Ascorra, C. (Author), Caballero-Espejo, J. (Author), Fernandez, L.E (Author), Garate-Quispe, J. (Author), García Molinos, J. (Author), Pillaca-Ortiz, J.M (Author), Silman, M. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2021
Subjects:
Abandoned gold mining
abundance
Aquatic ecosystems
Aquatic metacommunity ecology
aquatic organism
ASGM
Community assembly
community composition
Community composition
community dynamics
Detrended correspondence analysis
Dissolved oxygen
disturbance
Economic geology
environmental factor
Environmental parameter
Fish
Flood legacy
floodplain forest
Floods
Forestry
Gold mines
Lakes
Madre de Dios River
Neotropical fishes
Peru
Phytoplankton
Phytoplankton composition
Pisces
Plankton
pond
Ponds
river basin
Scale transformation
seasonality
Species richness
Structure (composition)
Taxonomic composition
Trajectory analysis
trophic level
wetland
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