Broad-Billed Prion at Mollendo, Peru: First Record for the Pacific Coast of South America

The Condor ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 130
Author(s):  
R. A. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Pacific

Confronting a Mercantile Elite: Bourbon Reformers and the Merchants of Lima, 1765–1796

2004 ◽  
Vol 60 (04) ◽  
pp. 519-558
Author(s):  
Patricia H. Marks
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Port City ◽  
Tax Reforms ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Colonial Peru ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Significant Change

After Spain’s defeat in the Seven Years’ War (1757-1763), when the British had occupied Havana and Manila, a series of territorial, commercial, and tax reforms brought significant change to the viceroyalty of Peru. Their economic effects have been matters for debate ever since. Some historians have emphasized their positive effects. Following promulgation of the Reglamento de comercio libre of 1778, the volume and value of European manufactures exported to the Pacific coast of Spanish South America increased. Lima and its port city, Callao, remained important as commercial centers of Spanish South America. But others suggest that the viceregal capital—home to a powerful mercantile elite, the magnates of the consulado (merchant guild) of Lima—suffered a decline in its economic fortunes, as did the entire viceroyalty. Support for this point of view was widespread in late colonial Peru. In spite of the evidence for growth, a rising chorus of complaint bemoaned the increasing poverty of the viceroyalty in general and Lima in particular. How can we account for this discrepancy?

scholarly journals Multiple Stressors Influence Salt Marsh Recovery after a Spring Fire at Mugu Lagoon, CA

Wetlands ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 757-769 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren N. Brown ◽  
Jordan A. Rosencranz ◽  
Katherine S. Willis ◽  
Richard F. Ambrose ◽  
Glen M. MacDonald
Keyword(s):  
Salt Marsh ◽  
Salt Marshes ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Multiple Stressors ◽  
First Record ◽  
Extreme Drought ◽  
Percent Cover ◽  
Burned Areas ◽  
In Situ Data ◽  
The Pacific

Abstract This paper presents the first record of fire in Pacific coast salt marshes; the 1993 Green Meadows Fire and the 2013 Camarillo Springs Fire burned an area of Salicornia-dominated salt marsh at Point Mugu, CA. These fires inspire concern about resiliency of ecosystems not adapted to fire, already threatened by sea-level rise (SLR), and under stress from extreme drought. We monitored vegetation percent cover, diversity, and soil organic carbon (SOC) in burned and unburned areas of the salt marsh following the 2013 Camarillo Springs Fire and used remotely sensed Normalized Vegetation Difference Index (NDVI) analysis to verify the in situ data. Two years following the fire, vegetation percent cover in burned areas was significantly lower than in unburned areas, with dominant-species change in recovered areas, and NDVI was lower than pre-fire conditions. Multi-year disturbance, such as fire, presents challenges for salt marsh resilience and dependent species, especially in sites facing multiple stressors. With anticipated higher temperatures, increased aridity, extreme drought, and higher frequency fires becoming a reality for much of the Pacific coast, this study indicates that fire in Salicornia-dominated marshes is a vulnerability that will need to be addressed differently from other grass- or reed-dominated marsh systems.

A revision of the genus Orchestia Leach, 1814 with the reinstatement of O. inaequalipes (K.H. Barnard, 1951), the designation of a neotype for Orchestia gammarellus (Pallas, 1776) and the description of three new species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitridae: Talitrinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4808 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-250
Author(s):  
ALAN A. MYERS ◽  
JAMES K. LOWRY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
South America ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Three New Species

The amphipod genus Orchestia is revised. It now includes 10 species of which three are new: O. forchuensis sp. nov. from north-eastern North America and Iceland., O. perezi sp. nov. from Chile and O. tabladoi sp. nov. from Argentina. Orchestia inaequalipes (K.H. Barnard 1951) is reinstated. The type species of the genus, O. gammarellus is redescribed based on material from Fountainstown, Ireland and a neotype is established to stabilize the species. The species was originally described from a garden in Leiden, far from the sea. Its true identity is unknown and no type material exists. Orchestia gammarellus (Pallas, 1776) is shown to be a sibling species group with members in both hemispheres of the temperate Atlantic as well along the Pacific coast of South America. A hypothesis for the establishment of the current distribution of Orchestia species is presented that extends back to the Cretaceous. 

scholarly journals Detection of Leishmania infantum DNA in Pintomyia evansi and Lutzomyia longipalpis in Honduras

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilfredo Sosa-Ochoa ◽  
Javier Varela Amador ◽  
Yokomi Lozano-Sardaneta ◽  
Gabriela Rodriguez Segura ◽  
Concepcion Zúniga Valeriano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Coast ◽  
First Record ◽  
Abundant Species ◽  
Central American ◽  
Sand Fly ◽  
Lutzomyia Longipalpis ◽  
Sand Flies ◽  
Endemic Region ◽  
Transmission Cycle ◽  
The Pacific

Abstract Background The two most abundant sand fly species on the Honduran Pacific coast are Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) longipalpis and Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) evansi. Both species are known vectors of Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum, the etiological agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Americas. Although VL and non-ulcerative cutaneous leishmaniasis (NUCL) are endemic on the Pacific versant of the Central American Pacific, the latter is the most frequent manifestation of leishmaniasis there. We evaluated the circulation of Leishmania spp. in the sand fly species on El Tigre Island, an endemic area of NUCL. Results We collected 222 specimens of six sand fly species. Lu. longipalpis (180 specimens; 81%) and Pif. (Pi.) evansi (35 specimens; 16%) were the most abundant species. L. (L.) infantum DNA was detected in nine of the 96 specimens analyzed; seven of these specimens were identified as Lu. longipalpis, and the remaining two were Pi.evansi, with an infection rate of 9.4% and 2.7%, respectively. Conclusion We present the first record of L. (L.) infantum DNA in Pi.evansi from a NUCL endemic region of Central America. Our results suggest that Pi. evansi could be a secondary vector of L. (L.) infantum in the transmission cycle of leishmaniasis. The detection of natural infections of L. (L.) infantum in sand flies in this region contributes to an understanding of the epidemiology of leishmaniasis in Honduras.

New Zealand exports: Pseudosphaeroma Chilton, 1909 (Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae), a Southern Hemisphere genus introduced to the Pacific coast of North America

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1908 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
NIEL L. BRUCE ◽  
REGINA WETZER
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
North America ◽  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
First Time ◽  
Coast Region

Collections made along the coast of California have revealed the presence of a species of Pseudosphaeroma Chilton, 1909, a genus common in New Zealand coastal waters. The genus is entirely Southern Hemisphere in distribution, and this record reports the introduction of a species of Pseudosphaeroma into the San Francisco and Central Coast region of California, the first reported occurrence of the genus as an invasive taxon, and the first record of the genus from the Northern Hemisphere. The genus is also recorded for the first time from the Galapagos and Argentina.

Early Evidence (ca. 12,000 BP) for Iron Oxide Mining on the Pacific Coast of South America

2011 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 463-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Salazar ◽  
D. Jackson ◽  
J. L. Guendon ◽  
H. Salinas ◽  
D. Morata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Iron Oxide ◽  
South America ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Early Evidence ◽  
The Pacific

Neosiphonia peruviensis sp. nov. (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Pacific coast of South America

2012 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Danilo Edson Bustamante ◽  
Boo Yeon Won ◽  
Maria Eliana Ramírez ◽  
Tae Oh Cho
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
The Pacific

First Record of Scytosiphon gracilis Kogame (Scytosiphonaceae,Phaeophyceae) for the Pacific coast of Mexico

ALGAE ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aguilar-Rosas Raul ◽  
Aguilar-Rosas Luis E. ◽  
Ga-Youn Cho ◽  
Sung-Min Boo
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Coast ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Pacific
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