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Heavy metal pollution on tourist beaches in the province of Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic)
(2022)
Background: Beaches are key points for recreation and coastal tourism and a major source of income for many countries. Thus, good beaches attract tourists and degraded ones discourage tourism. Also, beaches and coastal ...
Risk assessment of domestic wastewater treatment system based on constructed wetlands
(2023)
Risk assessment methods vary and have been applied to areas such as environmental, technological, and occupational safety, adapting to the complexities of the subjects under study. The objective of this work is to conduct ...
Evaluación de la calidad de aire en las playas turísticas del norte de República Dominicana
(2022)
El turismo de sol y playa es una de las principales actividades socioeconómicas de la República Dominicana. La contaminación atmosférica es un factor determinante para la salud de las comunidades locales y de los turistas ...
Aprovechamiento de los biosólidos procedentes de plantas de tratamiento de aguas urbanas en agricultura. Estudio de caso en República Dominicana
(2020)
En Santiago de los Caballeros, la segunda ciudad más importante de República Dominicana, la Corporación del Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Santiago está obligada a invertir cuantiosos recursos económicos para el retiro ...
Calidad de las aguas en ríos que desembocan en playas turísticas : estudio de caso en República Dominicana
(2022)
El turismo de sol y playa en modalidad Todo Incluido es una de las principales actividades socioeconómicas de la República Dominicana. La contaminación del agua es un factor determinante para la salud de las comunidades ...
Knowledge, attitudes, and intentions of biosolids use in agriculture : perspective from the agricultural managers of the Dominican Republic
(2023)
Biosolids have benefits for soil and crop production and contribute to sustainable development. The use of biosolids in agriculture holds great potential for enhancing the economic development of rural communities. This ...
Design and validation of a nitrification and denitrification scheme for wastewater treatment. A case study in the Dominican Republic
(2022)
Wastewater treatment requires systems that provide the guarantee that the treated water has adequate characteristics to avoid pollution. The objective of this research is to design and validate a scheme that contemplates ...
Gesneriatuberifera (Gesneriaceae), a new lithophytic species from the Sierra de Bahoruco, Barahona Peninsula of southern Hispaniola (Dominican Republic)
(2023)
A narrowly endemic new species of Gesneria is described from the Sierra de Bahoruco in the Dominican Republic’s Barahona Peninsula of southern Hispaniola. Gesneriatuberifera J.L.Clark & T.Clase, sp. nov. differs from all ...
Climate change and small island developing states
(2020)
Despite their heterogeneity, small island developing states (SIDS) are recognized as being particularly at risk to climate change, and, as they share numerous common traits, the United Nations recognizes them as a special ...
Overcoming barriers to reef restoration : field-based method for approximate genotyping of Acropora cervicornis
(2023)
Reef restoration efforts aim to enhance resilience by safeguarding the genetic diversity of coral populations. This could be facilitated by genotyping methods that are relatively inexpensive, and field-based. A potential ...