The Upper Amazon

Deforestation and increased flooding of the upper Amazon.

The height of the annual flood crest of the Amazon at Iquitos has increased markedly in the last decade. During this same period, there has been greatly increased deforestation in the upper parts of the Amazon watershed in Peru and Ecuador, but no significant changes in regional patterns of precipitation. The change in Amazonian water balance during the last decade appears to be the result of i...

Metagenomics of the Water Column in the Pristine Upper Course of the Amazon River

River water is a small percentage of the total freshwater on Earth but represents an essential resource for mankind. Microbes in rivers perform essential ecosystem roles including the mineralization of significant quantities of organic matter originating from terrestrial habitats. The Amazon river in particular is famous for its size and importance in the mobilization of both water and carbon o...

Correction: Metagenomics of the Water Column in the Pristine Upper Course of the Amazon River

Citation: The PLOS ONE Staff (2014) Correction: Metagenomics of the Water Column in the Pristine Upper Course of the Amazon River. PLoS ONE 9(5): e97393. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0097393 Published May 6, 2014 Copyright: 2014 The PLOS ONE Staff. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, an...

Embracing the Past: Conflict, Conservation, and Organization in Ecuadorâ•Žs Upper Amazon

Metagenome Sequencing of Prokaryotic Microbiota Collected from Rivers in the Upper Amazon Basin

Tropical freshwater environments, like rivers, are important reservoirs of microbial life. This study employed metagenomic sequencing to survey prokaryotic microbiota in the Solimões, Purus, and Urucu Rivers of the Amazon Basin in Brazil. We report a rich and diverse microbial community.