General Objective: Characterize the resilience of the biodiversity of the tropical aquatic ecosystems of the Ecuadorian Amazon to exposure by contaminants and the effects of climate change, through experimental mesocosm trials.
Specific objectives:
- Evaluate the effects of pollution and the potential synergy of climate change on the biota and trophic networks of organisms in Amazonian aquatic ecosystems.
- Carry out a meta-analysis that proves the relationship between pollutants and the synergistic effect of climate change that allows designing proposals for improvement in the current legislation of Ecuador based on the results of the tests obtained.
- Strengthen engineering and biotechnological capacities for the transfer of ecological knowledge in the design, implementation and use of Amazonian aquatic mesocosms.
Participating Institutions:
IKIAM, UTN, UTPL, UV, UNAM.
Participants:
Project Director Hugo Mauricio Ortega Andrade
- Marcela Victoria Cabrera Bejarano
- Rodrigo Eduardo Espinosa Barrera
- Francisco José Villamarín Jurado
- Delia Elizabeth Velarde Cruz
- Karen Marlene Portilla Caicedo
- Diego Fernando Cevallos Izquierdo
- Eduardo Xavier Castillo Martines
- Estefany Cristina Cevallos Izquierdo
- Andreu Rico Artero
- Marina Vellosa Capparelli
Awarded budget: $30000,00
Project Status: Completed
