ASSESING GEOGRAPHIC ISOLATION OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

Life in the Galapagos Islands

Estrogens and other endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) in the environment present a unique problem for environmental health. As an unregulated class of compounds, an accurate assessment of whether estrogens are present in the environment is critical. Current Environmental Protections Agency (EPA) standards for the analysis of organic molecules in water rely on removal of the compounds via li...

Gravity anomalies in the galapagos islands area.

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(Wksmannia Auropunctata) on the Galapagos Islands

Potassium-argon ages from the galapagos islands.

Potassium-argon ages of eight volcanic rocks from some of the geologically oldest flows exposed in the Galápagos Archipelago indicate that the Galápagos Islands have a probable maximum age of 3 million years. Rocks from six islands were dated; the oldest are from Española (3.2 +/- 0.2), Sante Fe (2.7 +/- 0.1), and Plazas (4.2 +/- 1.8 million years). The new data suggest that the Galápagos Islan...

Exploring conservation discourses in the Galapagos Islands: A case study of the Galapagos giant tortoises.

Conservation discourses change rapidly both at global and local scales. To be able to capture these shifts and the relationships between humans and nature, we focused on a local and iconic conservation case: the Galapagos giant tortoises (Chelonoidis spp.). We used the Q methodology to contextualize conservation for science and decision making and to explore the multidimensionality of the conse...