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Chronicle of an Environmental Disaster: Aculeo Lake, the Collapse of the Largest Natural Freshwater Ecosystem in Central Chile

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2019

Alberto J Alaniz Open the ORCID record for Alberto J Alaniz [Opens in a new window] ,
Mario A Carvajal ,
Ignacio Núñez-Hidalgo  and
Pablo M Vergara
Alberto J Alaniz*
Affiliation:
Center for Spatial Ecology and Environment, Ecogeografía, Santiago, Chile Laboratory of Ecology and Conservation, Department of Agrarian Management, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile Laboratory of Ecosystems Ecology, Department of Natural Renewable Resources, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Mario A Carvajal
Affiliation:
Center for Spatial Ecology and Environment, Ecogeografía, Santiago, Chile
Ignacio Núñez-Hidalgo
Affiliation:
Center for Spatial Ecology and Environment, Ecogeografía, Santiago, Chile
Pablo M Vergara
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Ecology and Conservation, Department of Agrarian Management, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Author for correspondence: Alberto J Alaniz, Email: alberto.alaniz@ug.uchile.cl
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Environmental Conservation , Volume 46 , Issue 3: Thematic Section: Bringing Species and Ecosystems Together with Remote Sensing Tools to Develop New Biodiversity Metrics and Indicators , September 2019 , pp. 201 - 204
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