This work focuses on the study of the physicochemical changes that take place during a short germination period in flours and starches of the Creole potato tuber. To this end, the changes in the composition of flours and the structural, thermal, vibrational, functional and pasting changes of the isolated starches from germinated potatoes were evaluated during the 12-day germination period, measured every 4 days. The water abso...

Small rookeries are rarely evaluated for marine turtles worldwide. Two species of sea turtles (Hawksbill, Eretmochelys imbricata ; Leatherback, Dermochelys coriacea ) nest on five main beaches of the northeast coast of the Paria Gulf in Venezuela. Population trends using generalized linear models at this rookery were assessed and compared with other small rookeries. Both species showed significant negative nesting trends: Nest...