GPR and inductive electromagnetic surveys applied in three coastal sambaqui (shell mounds) archaeological sites in Santa Catarina state, South Brazil

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 2081-2088 ◽  
Author(s):  
Selma I. Rodrigues ◽  
Jorge L. Porsani ◽  
Vinicius R.N. Santos ◽  
Paulo A.D. DeBlasis ◽  
Paulo C.F. Giannini
Author(s):  
Andréa do Amaral Ferrari ◽  
Paulo Roberto Petersen Hofmann

The first register of Biomphalaria straminea, vector species of schistosomiasis, in Santa Catarina State, South Brazil is described. The specimens were obtained from two ornamental aquaria of private residences. In both cases the ornamental plants and/or fishes were bought from the same supplier. The presence of this species was later confirmed in the farm where these plants and fishes are cultivated, in the city of Governador Celso Ramos, also in Santa Catarina State. The occurrence in natural environments was later detected in two different places of the Island of Santa Catarina.


2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe M. Suplicy ◽  
Luiz F. de Novaes Vianna ◽  
Guilherme S. Rupp ◽  
André L. T. Novaes ◽  
Luis H. P. Garbossa ◽  
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Zootaxa ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 262 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
HUMBERTO FONSECA MENDES ◽  
CARLOS BRISOLA MARCONDES ◽  
LUIZ CARLOS DE PINHO

The new species Monopelopia caraguata sp. n. is figured and described. The material was collected in a bromeliad study in South Brazil – (Unidade de Conservação Ambiental Desterro – UCAD, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State). A key to the Neotropical-Nearctic species is also provided.


2009 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Otenia Rosalba da Silva Damazio ◽  
Marcos Vinicius da Silva

Tungiasis is a common parasitic skin disease in Brazil, caused by the flea Tunga penetrans. We conducted a cross-sectional study to evaluate the occurrence of infestation with T. penetrans in primary schoolchildren in Criciúma, Santa Catarina State (South Brazil). In total, 917 children (6-10 years) of 68 schools were included in the study (11% of target population). Physical examination was followed by residential visits of those infested, to assess housing conditions and to interview the children's guardians. Of the 917, 15 (1.6%) children were infested with the parasite. The prevalence was twice as high in females (10 children - 2.2%) as compared to males (five children - 1.1%), but due to the low number of infested individuals, the difference was statistically not significant (p = 0.18). The mean number of lesions found was 1.4 per child. One child presented bacterial superinfection. Of the 15 children infested, 10 (66.7%) studied in schools built on pyritiferous soil. The families of 12 children (79.9%) had been living in the area in which the study was conducted for less than eight years and were considered underprivileged families with the head of the household having a low education status. We conclude that in Criciúma tungiasis occurs in primary school children, but prevalence and parasite load are low.


Biotemas ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Brisola Marcondes ◽  
Gerson Azulim Müller ◽  
Marco Jacometto Marchi

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 413 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Becker Nunes ◽  
Gilson Carlos Da Silva

ABSTRACT. The eastern region of Santa Catarina State (Brazil) has an important history of natural disasters due to extreme rainfall events. Floods and landslides are enhancedby local features such as orography and urbanization: the replacement of natural surface coverage causing more surface runoff and, hence, flooding. Thus, studies of this type of events – which directly influence life in the towns – take on increasing importance. This work makes a quantitative analysis of occurrences of extreme rainfall events in the eastern and northern regions of Santa Catarina State in the last 60 years, through individual analysis, considering the history of floods ineach selected town, as well as an estimate through to the end of century following regional climate modeling. A positive linear trend, in most of the towns studied, was observed in the results, indicating greater frequency of these events in recent decades, and the HadRM3P climate model shows a heterogeneous increase of events for all towns in the period from 2071 to 2100.Keywords: floods, climate modeling, linear trend. RESUMO. A região leste do Estado de Santa Catarina tem um importante histórico de desastres naturais ocasionados por eventos extremos de precipitação. Inundações e deslizamentos de terra são potencializados pelo relevo acidentado e pela urbanização das cidades da região: a vegetação nativa vem sendo removida acarretando um maior escoamento superficial e, consequentemente, em inundações. Desta forma, torna-se de suma importância os estudos acerca deste tipo de evento que influencia diretamente a sociedade em geral. Neste trabalho é realizada uma análise quantitativa do número de eventos severos de precipitação ocorridos nas regiões leste e norte de Santa Catarina dos últimos 60 anos, por meio de uma análise pontual, considerandoo histórico de inundações de cada cidade selecionada, além de uma projeção para o fim do século de acordo com modelagem climática regional. Na análise dos resultados observou-se uma tendência linear positiva na maioria das cidades, indicando uma maior frequência deste tipo de evento nas últimas décadas, e o modelo climático HadRM3P mostra um aumento heterogêneo no número de eventos para todas as cidades no período de 2071 a 2100.Palavras-chave: inundações, modelagem climática, tendência linear.


Author(s):  
ACIR JOSÉ DIRSCHNABEL ◽  
JANAINA PITT ◽  
FRANCIELLE KAFER ◽  
CAMILA PEZZINI ◽  
LEA MARIA FRANCESCHI DALLANORA ◽  
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