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Chirripó Hydrological Research Site: advancing stable isotope hydrology in the Central American Páramo
(2020-01-25)
The Chirripó Hydrological Research Site (CHRS) is located within the Chirripó National Park, Costa Rica (between 3,100-3,820 m asl) whereby ~100 km2 are covered by Páramo, a high‐elevation tropical grassland ecosystem. A ...
Revisiting the fundamentals of p-nitrophenol analysis for its application in the quantification of lipases activity. A graphical update
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2020-07-31)
p-Nitrophenol (pNP) is a widely used compound for analytical determinations of several esterases (EC. 3.1.1.X), including lipases (E.C. 3.1.1.3). Most enzymatic measurements employ pNP derivatives such as ...
Evaluación del impacto ambiental en una industria gráfica, que utiliza impresión litográfica tipo “offset”
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2021-01-31)
La industria gráfica se dedica a la impresión de documentos, que utilizan diferentes tecnologías, una de estas es la impresión litográfica tipo “offset”. El proceso productivo de este tipo de industria, así como el uso de ...
Preliminary inventory of atmospheric emissions (SO2, NOx and TSP) from different industrial sectors in Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2021-07-31)
El uso de diversos combustibles, el incremento de la urbanización, y el desarrollo económico, han influido en la generación de contaminantes atmosféricos, tales como los NOx (óxidos de nitrógeno), el SO2 (dióxido de azufre) ...
Acercamiento a los procesos de modelación de la calidad del agua en una subcuenca. Caso del río Virilla, Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2021-01-31)
Se realizó la implementación de un modelo de calidad del agua superficial, a través del cual se procuraba hacer un primer acercamiento a los procesos de modelado matemático como insumo para la gestión integrada ...
Base de datos sobre la calidad del agua superficial en río Bermúdez
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2021-06-21)
Stable isotopic characterizacion of nitrate wet deposition in the tropical urban atmosphere of Costa Rica
(Springer, 2021-07-13)
Increasing energy consumption and food production worldwide results in anthropogenic emissions of reactive nitrogen into the atmosphere. To date, however, little information is available on tropical urban environments where ...
Environmental isotope applications in Latin America and the Caribbean region
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-11)
This Special Issue illustrates the use of environmental isotopes in studying and assessing hydrogeological and ecohydrological issues in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region. The issue includes twenty selected ...
Renewable fatty acid ester production in Clostridium
(Nature Communications, 2021-07-16)
Bioproduction of renewable chemicals is considered as an urgent solution for fossil energy crisis. However, despite tremendous efforts, it is still challenging to generate microbial strains that can produce target biochemical ...
Tracing water sources and fluxes in a dynamic tropical environment from observations to modeling
(Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020-11-06)
Tropical regions cover approximately 36% of the Earth’s landmass. These regions are home to 40% of the world’s population, which is projected to increase to over 50% by 2030 under a remarkable climate variability scenario ...