IPAM, the Amazon Environmental Research Institute, is a non-governmental and non-profit organization created in May 1995, in Belém, State of Pará, Brazil. It is one of the most influential and authoritative environmental think-tanks in Brazil and Latin America, with both national and international recognition due to the quality and relevance of its projects, products and scientific papers. Our mission is to provide science, education and innovation for an Amazon with a healthy environment, developed economy and social equity
Riparian forests buffer the negative effects of cropland on macroinvertebrate diversity in lowland Amazonian streams
Riparian forests regulate stream ecosystems and biodiversity. Therefore, changes to riparian structure may threaten stream ecosystem function by triggering taxonomic and functional changes to aquatic communities. Because macroinvertebrate assemblages are sensitive...