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Decapod crustaceans associated with macroinvertebrates in Pacific Costa Rica
Decapod crustaceans are a diverse group that exploits various types of habitats in Costa Rica, where they represent 8.1% of the marine diversity of...
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A new record of the indo-Pacific Whitespotted surgeonfish, Acanthurus guttatus, in the eastern tropical Pacific (Isla del Coco, Costa Rica)
BackgroundAcanthurus guttatus is distributed from the Maldives to the Hawaiian Archipelago and the Pitcairn Islands, and as north as Ryukyu Islands...
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New record of the red prickly sea star Paulia horrida (Gray, 1840), Asterodiscididae, in the north of Chile
We report the capture of a single specimen of the species Paulia horrida Gray, 1840, off the coast of Arica, in the Arica and Parinacota Region,...
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New records of marine decapods and stomatopods in Área de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG): four years of marine biodiversity inventorying
The marine area of Área de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG) contains a 43,000 ha formal marine protected area, a 732 ha special management zone in Bahía...
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First record of an adult Galapagos slipper lobster, Scyllarides astori, (Decapoda, Scyllaridae) from Isla del Coco, Eastern Tropical Pacific
The Galapagos Slipper lobster, Scyllarides astori , has been reported from rocky reefs along the Eastern Tropical Pacific: the Gulf of California, the...
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Marine Biodiversity of Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Reefs
The eastern tropical Pacific (ETP) is an isolated oceanic region exposed to extreme oceanographic conditions, including low salinity, low pH, high...
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Gene Flow in Coral Reef Organisms of the Tropical Eastern Pacific
Gene flow can provide cohesion between conspecific populations. In order to obtain an indirect measure of gene flow between coral reef species in the...
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Eastern Pacific Coral Reef Provinces, Coral Community Structure and Composition: An Overview
Advances in our knowledge of eastern tropical Pacific (ETP) coral reef biogeography and ecology during the past two decades are briefly reviewed....
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History of Eastern Pacific Coral Reef Research
During the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries several renowned researchers—e.g., C. Darwin, J. Dana, A. Agassiz, A.E. Verrill, and T.W....
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Coral Reef Conservation in the Eastern Tropical Pacific
This chapter reviews and evaluates coral reef conservation strategies along the eastern tropical Pacific (ETP), a narrow biogeographic region on the...
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Coral Reef Bioerosion in the Eastern Tropical Pacific
Bioerosion, the weakening and erosion of hard substrates by boring, etching, and grazing organisms, is a major structuring force on coral reefs of...
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New records of snipe eels (Anguilliformes: Nemichthyidae) from the Pacific coast of lower Central America
BackgroundNew records of occurrence of two snipe eels ( Avocettina bowersii and Nemichthys scolopaceus ), poorly known for the Pacific coast of Costa...
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Corallivory in the Eastern Pacific
Eastern Pacific reef ecosystems are home to a diverse assemblage of corallivorous fishes and invertebrates. It is therefore not surprising that there...
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Coral Reproduction in the Eastern Pacific
Sexual reproductive activity has been demonstrated in all reef-building (zooxanthellate) scleractinian corals examined from Mexico to the equatorial...
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Holocene Reef Development in the Eastern Tropical Pacific
Contrary to early assessments, the eastern tropical Pacific (ETP) is not devoid of well-developed reefs. Significant accumulations of Holocene reef...
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Soils and the Philippine Economy
The soil is the foundation of the human civilization. As can be seen from the ruins of ancient civilizations, areas whose people are not conscious of...
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Environmental Implications of Cuba’s Development Strategy during the Special Period
In August 1990, Cuba entered what has been called a ’special period in time of peace’ (período especial en tiempo de paz), a severe economic crisis...
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Island Species
Islands frequently have distinctive and often unique assemblages of species. In general they have lower species diversity than equivalent continental...
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Threatened Species
A threatened species is one thought to be at significant risk of extinction in the foreseeable future, because of stochastic or deterministic factors...
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Air pollution and forest decline near Mexico City
The forests of Abies religiosa Schl. et Cham. in the north and the northeast slopes of the mountains of the southwestern region of the Valley of...