Garbage Dump Use, Mortality, and Microplastic Exposure of Raptors in Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego Province, Southern Argentina

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace Bouker ◽  
Arden Tyree ◽  
Analía San Martín ◽  
Amira Salom ◽  
Samanta Dodino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tierra Del Fuego ◽  
Garbage Dump

Looking Out for Something Better to Come: Interview with Director Hanna Polak

2016 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 65-71
Author(s):  
Masha Shpolberg
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Hair Color ◽  
Yale University ◽  
Garbage Dump ◽  
To Come

Hanna Polak was in the United States in December 2015 for a screening of Something Better to Come (2014) and The Children of Leningradsky (2004) at Yale University, where the interview was conducted. Polak's devastating documentary Something Better to Come swept through the festival circuit with force, winning a Special Jury Award at IDFA along with awards at over twenty other festivals. Shot illegally on a garbage dump just outside Moscow over the course of fourteen years, the film follows a girl named Yula from age 10 to 24, as she grows up doing the things that teenagers everywhere do—experimenting with her hair color and makeup, with cigarettes and alcohol—all while living in the most difficult of conditions.

ANALISIS RISIKO PAJANAN NH3 DAN H2S TERHADAP GANGGUAN PERNAPASAN PADA PENDUDUK DI SEKITAR TEMPAT PEMBUANGAN AKHIR SAMPAH BUKIT PINANG SAMARINDA

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Ade Rahmat Firdaus
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Exposure Period ◽  
Quality Standard ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Standard Result ◽  
Garbage Dump ◽  
Respiratory Disorders ◽  
The People ◽  
Pollution Research ◽  
Open Dumping

The air pollution in the garbage dump gave the bad effect for the environmental health , NH3, H2S and the other polluted gases were the causes of air pollution that could give the bad effect for health, especially respiratory disorders. The garbage dump of bukit pinang was located in samarinda and still used open dumping method that could cause environmental pollution. Research design used cross sectional approach. The sample of NH3 and H2S was taken at 3 points and there were 34 respondents that were chosen using purposive sampling. Data collection included in the measurement of NH3 and H2S, interview, and observation of respiratory disorders. Data analysis used t-independent test with 95% of confidence level.Result of the study showed that the concentration of NH3 and H2S at garbage dump of Bukit Pinang at sample points I, II, and III was still under quality standard. Result of T - Independent showed that there was relationship among concentration of NH3 (ρ-value= 0,005), concentration H2S (ρ-value=0,042), exposure period of NH3 and H2S (ρ-value=0,000), and Risk Quotient NH3 (ρ-value=0,000), H2S (ρ-value=0,000) with the respiratory disorders of the people around the garbage dump of  bukit pinang. Result of Mann-Whitney test showed that there was no relationship between exposure frequency of NH3 and H2S (ρ-value=0,284) with the respiratory disorders of the people around the garbage dump of bukit pinang

Los curculionoidea (Insecta: coleoptera) de la Tierra del Fuego e Islas Malvinas

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Paula Elena Posadas
Keyword(s):  
Tierra Del Fuego ◽  
Siglo Xix ◽  
América Del Sur ◽  
Islas Malvinas ◽  
Siglo Xx

En 1964 el botánico franco-italiano Léon Croizat visualizó a la diversidad biológica como un hecho histórico que transcurre en tres dimensiones: forma espacio y tiempo. En este contexto, la diversidad biológica se comprende como el resultado de la historia de la vida sobre la Tierra, expresada en los cambios de forma a través del tiempo. Esta visión de Croizat ha sido el tema unificador de la biología comparada. Dentro de ella, dos disciplinas vinculadas, la biogeografía y la sistemática, enfatizan respectivamente los conceptos de espacio y forma. Ambas son fundamentales para abordar el estudio de la biodiversidad desde un enfoque integral. Consecuentemente, el objetivo principal de este trabajo de tesis es estudiar en forma integral la curculiofauna de los archipiélagos de Islas Malvinas y Tierra del Fuego. Los Curculionoidea (comúnmente denominados “gorgojos”) constituyen la superfamilia más diversa de seres vivos, con más de 57.000 especies agrupadas en 6000 géneros. Su distribución actual se extiende desde el Ártico hasta las regiones subantárticas, y sus representantes se encuentran en todos los continentes e islas, excepto la Antártida. Los estudios sistemáticos de la curculiofauna sudamericana llevados a cabo durante el siglo XIX por autores como Blanchard, Fairmaire, Germain, Guérin-Méneville y Philippi entre otros, resultaron en la descripción de numerosos géneros y especies. Durante el siglo XX la curculiofauna patagónica fue estudiada por diversos autores (e.g., Bruch, Champion, Elgueta, Enderlein, Hustache, Kuschel, Marvaldi, Morrone) con relación a sus aspectos sistemáticos no filogenéticos. Hacia fines del siglo XX aparecieron numerosas contribuciones al conocimiento de la filogenia de los curculiónidos patagónicos, en especial dentro de las Cyclominae (Curculionoidea: Curculionidae). Esta subfamilia junto con Entiminae comprenden más del 60% de las especies de la curculiofauna de América del Sur austral. En cuanto a los curculionoideos de los archipiélagos de Tierra del Fuego e Islas Malvinas en particular, sólo se han realizado inventarios parciales.

Ecología reproductiva de moluscos gasterópodos en el Canal Beagle

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Elba R. Morriconi
Keyword(s):  
Tierra Del Fuego ◽  
El Alto

Entre los gasterópodos mas abundantes del litoral somero del Canal Beagle (Tierra del Fuego) se encuentran Nacella (P.) magellanica y Nacella (P.) deaurata. En poblaciones de estas especies, que habitan ambientes protegidos y expuestos a los vientos dominantes, se estudiaron comparativamente los siguientes aspectos: -Alometría valvar: Se establecieron las relaciones entre la Longitud Total de la valva y el alto, ancho y peso de las mismas. -Biología reproductiva: Por medio del análisis histológico de las gónadas se establecieron estadíos de maduración en ambos sexos, determinándose el ciclo reproductivo. Se calculó el porcentaje de estadios mensual y el Índice Gonadal promedio correspondiente. La fecundidad fue determinada por el análisis estereométrico de gónadas maduras. -Balance energético e inversión reproductiva: Se determinó el contenido energético (kJ/g) de la gónada, glándula digestiva y pie por medio de una bomba calorimétrica calibrada con ácido benzoico.

scholarly journals The elephant at the dump: how does garbage consumption impact Asian elephants?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dulmini J. Liyanage ◽  
Prithiviraj Fernando ◽  
P. Nihal Dayawansa ◽  
H. K. Janaka ◽  
Jennifer Pastorini
Keyword(s):  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Alimentary Tract ◽  
Natural Food ◽  
Asian Elephants ◽  
Garbage Dump ◽  
Focal Animal ◽  
Morphological Criteria ◽  
Sexual Bias ◽  
Prepared Food ◽  
Dung Analysis

AbstractWe studied garbage consumption by Asian elephants at the Uddakandara garbage dump in southern Sri Lanka. Garbage at the dump was classified under six categories and quantified using a grid overlay. Elephants visiting the dump were individually identified by morphological criteria and items and quantities consumed by them were determined by focal animal sampling. Dung of elephants that did not consume garbage and those from the dump were compared quantitatively and dung constituents assessed by washing through three layered sieves. A total of 17 individual elephants visited the garbage dump during the study period, all of who were males. The observed sexual bias could be related to behavioural differences between the sexes. Elephants mostly consumed ‘fruits and vegetables’ and ‘prepared food’, possibly due to their higher palatability and nutritional value. Ingestion of polythene was incidental and associated with consuming prepared food. Proportions of the six categories in elephant diet and garbage piles were significantly different, indicating that elephants were highly selective when feeding. Elephant arrivals increased in response to unloading of garbage, suggesting attraction to fresh garbage. Dung analysis found that garbage consumption did not change the quantity and constituents of dung, except for the presence of anthropogenic items. As consumed anthropogenic items were regularly excreted, retention and obstruction of the alimentary tract are unlikely in elephants. Elephants feeding on garbage had better body condition than non-garbage consuming elephants, indicating that garbage provided better nutrition than natural food and was not detrimental to their health.

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