However, instead of resulting in societal collapses as suspected in the Mayan Lowlands, these climatic events may have spurred a cultural transition across the Caribbean Antilles that ultimately led to the development of Ta铆no cultural traditions encountered by Christopher Columbus upon his arrival in...
First claimed by Spain in 1492 when Christopher Columbus landed on the island in search of spices, the country was ceded to France in 1665. The colonial economy of Saint-Domingue was based almost entirely on the production of plantation crops for export. Enslaved African slaves grew sugar in ...
Department of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA Robert A. McCleery Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Christopher E. Moorman Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources,...
School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USASih, AndrewDepartment of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, USASchell, Christopher J.Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, USA...
Water temperature (TEM, °C) and electrical conductivity (EC, μs·cm−1) were measured in situ using portable conductivity meter (METTLER-SG3, Mettler Toledo, Columbus, OH, USA). Dissolved oxygen (DO, mg·L−1) was measured in situ using a portable oxygen meter (YSI DO200, YSI ...