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· Garantías Ambientales en la Constitución: Un nuevo modelo ecológico-político para Costa Rica y el resto del mundo
Quesada A, Gabriel

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Artículo invitado

· Los manglares de Costa Rica: el Pacífico norte
Zamora-Trejos, Priscilla; Cortés, Jorge

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Microbiologia

· Bacterial contamination of automotive fuels in a tropical region: the case of Costa Rica
Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Carlos E; Rodríguez-Cavallini, Evelyn; Blanco, Rigoberto

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· Humoral response of paracoccidioidomycosis sera in hamsters with different Venezuelan isolates
Spencer, Lilian M; Mateu, Guaniri; Magaldi, Sylvia; García, Fabiola; Mata-Essayag, Sofia

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Vertebrados acuaticos

· Impacto de la luz artificial sobre la anidación de la tortuga marina Dermochelys coriacea (Testudines: Dermochelyidae), en playa Cipara, Venezuela
Rondón Médicci, María; Buitrago, Joaquín; Mccoy, Michael

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· Cariotipo del pejelagarto tropical Atractosteus tropicus (Lepisosteiformes: Lepisosteidae) y variación cromosómica en sus larvas y adultos
Arias-Rodríguez, Lenin; Páramo-Delgadillo, Salomón; Contreras-Sánchez, Wilfrido M; Álvarez-González, Carlos A

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· Variación morfológica de los peces Hemibrycon boquiae y Hemibrycon rafaelense (Characiformes: Characidae) en el Río Cauca, Colombia
Román-Valencia, César; Arcila-Mesa, Dahiana K; Hurtado T, Hernando

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· Fishery of the Goliath grouper, Epinephelus itajara (Teleostei: Epinephelidae) based on local ecological knowledge and fishery records in Yucatan, Mexico
Aguilar-Perera, Alfonso; González-Salas, Carlos; Tuz-Sulub, Armin; Villegas-Hernández, Harold

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Invertebrados terrestres

· Taxonomía de onicóforos de Santander, Colombia y termogravimetría, calorimetría de barrido diferencial y espectroscopía infrarroja de la secreción adhesiva (Onychophora: Peripatidae)
Jerez-Jaimes, Javier H; Bernal-Pérez, M. Catalina

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· Moluscos terrestres de las elevaciones cársticas de Viñales, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Oliva-Olivera, Wilfredo; Real, Raimundo

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· Sex ratio in two species of Pegoscapus wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) that develop in figs: can wasps do mathematics, or play sex ratio games?
Ramírez-Benavides, William; Monge-Nájera, Julián; Chavarría, Juan B

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· Is the butterfly Tomares ballus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) a potential pest of Lens culinaris (Leguminosae)?
Martín Cano, José; Gurrea, Pilar; Montalbán, Blanca; Ureña, Leticia; Iglesias, Javier

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Ecologia acuatica

· Cambios nictemerales de variables físicas y químicas en la Ciénaga de Paticos, complejo cenagoso de Ayapel, Colombia
Montoya M, Yimmy; Aguirre R, Néstor

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· Composition and abundance of zooplankton groups from a coral reef lagoon in Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico, during an annual cycle
Álvarez-Cadena, José N; Ordóñez-López, Uriel; Almaral-Mendivil, Alma Rosa; Uicab-Sabido, Amira

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· Crecimiento y mortalidad de la concha nácar Pteria sterna en bancos silvestres de Baja California Sur, México
Wright-López, Humberto; Holguín-Quiñones, Oscar; Arreguín-Sánchez, Francisco; Roque-Villada, Irene

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· Biodiversidad, morfometría y alimentación de los cangrejos del género Callinectes (Decapoda: Portunidae) en Santiago de Cuba
Gómez Luna, Liliana; Sosa Montano, Antonio; Moreno Castillo, Isabel; Jover Capote, Abdiel

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· Actividad alimentaria de los peces herbívoros y su impacto en arrecifes con diferente nivel de degradación antrópica
Durán, Alain; Claro, Rodolfo

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· Crecimiento y mortalidad natural del pez Haemulon aurolineatum (Teleostei: Haemulidae) del suroeste de la isla de Margarita, Venezuela
Bravo, Edwis; Eslava, Nora; González, Leo

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· Influence of watershed activities on the water quality and fish assemblages of a tropical African reservoir
Mustapha, Moshood K

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· Natural and human-induced variability in the composition of fish assemblages in the Northwestern Cuban shelf
González-Sansón, Gaspar; Aguilar, Consuelo; Hernández, Ivet; Cabrer, Yureidy; Suarez-Montes, Noelis; Bretos, Fernando; Guggenheim, David

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· Fecundity, growth, and survival of the angelfish Pterophyllum scalare (Perciformes: Cichlidae) under laboratory conditions
Ortega-Salas, Armando A; Cortés G, Isabel; Reyes-Bustamante, Hugo

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Ecologia terrestre

· Diversity and distribution of vascular epiphytes in an insular Brazilian coastal forest
de Andrade Kersten, Rodrigo; Borgo, Marília; Menezes Silva, Sandro

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· It takes two to tango: self incompatibility in the bromeliad Tillandsia streptophylla (Bromeliaceae) in Mexico
Ramírez Morillo, Ivón M; Chi May, Francisco; Carnevali, Germán; May Pat, Filogonio

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· Phenology and recruitment of Caryocar costaricense (Caryocaceae), an endemic tree species of Southern Central America
Solís, Silvia; Lobo, Jorge; Grimaldo, Mayori

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· Depredación pre-dispersiva de semillas en tres poblaciones del árbol Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Fabaceae)
Nahuel Morandini, Marcelo; de Viana, Marta Leonor

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· Resprouting from roots in four Brazilian tree species
Hissae Hayashi, Adriana; Appezzato-da-Glória, Beatriz

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· Cronología de la regeneración del bosque tropical seco en Santa Rosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica: I. Características edáficas
Leiva, Jorge A; Mata, Rafael; Rocha, Oscar J; Gutiérrez Soto, Marco V

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· Cronología de la regeneración del bosque tropical seco en Santa Rosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica: II. La vegetación en relación con el suelo
Leiva, Jorge A; Rocha, Oscar J; Mata, Rafael; Gutiérrez-Soto, Marco V

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· Beneficial effect of spider presence on seedling recruitment of the tropical rainforest tree Dipteryx oleifera (Fabaceae)
Ruiz, Javier; Ingram-Flóres, Cherryl; Boucher, Douglas H; Chaves, Luis F

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· Is the red spotted green frog Hypsiboas punctatus (Anura: Hylidae) selecting its preys?: The importance of prey availability
López, Javier A; Scarabotti, Pablo A; Medrano, María C; Ghirardi, Romina

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· Perch-height specific predation on tropical lizard clay models: implications for habitat selection in mainland neotropical lizards
Steffen, John E

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· Seed predation by mammals in forest fragments in Monteverde, Costa Rica
Chinchilla, Federico A

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· Variabilidad genética en géneros de ciervos neotropicales (Mammalia: Cervidae) según loci microsatelitales
Ruiz-García, Manuel; Martinez-Agüero, María; Álvarez, Diana; Goodman, Simon

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Reseñas de libros

· Llorente-Bousquets, J. & J.J. Morrone. 2005: Regionalización biogeográfica en Iberoamérica y tópicos afines
Monge-Nájera, Julián

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· García G., J.E. & G. Fuentes G. (eds.). 2007: Opciones al uso unilateral de plaguicidas en Costa Rica
Monge-Nájera, Julián

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Microbiologia

· Efecto inmunosupresor de Trypanosoma lewisi (Kinetoplastidae) sobre la multiplicación de Toxoplasma gondii (Sarcocystidae) en macrófagos alveolares y peritoneales de rata blanca
Ríos Carrera, Nivia J; Chinchilla Carmona, Misael; Guerrero, Olga M; Castro Castillo, Alfredo

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· Aislamiento reproductivo asimétrico entre Lutzomyia pseudolongipalpis y Lutzomyia longipalpis (especie C2), vectores neotropicales de leishmaniasis visceral (Diptera: Pshychodidae)
Arrivillaga, Jazzmin; Salerno, Patricia; Rangel, Yadira

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· Cyanobacteria abundance and its relationship to water quality in the Mid-Cross River floodplain, Nigeria
Okechukwu I, Okogwu; O, Ugwumba Alex

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· Carga bacteriana de los peces Cynoscion squamipinnis (Perciformes: Scianidae) y Lutjanus gutattus (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) en la cadena de comercialización, Costa Rica
Marín, Carolina; Fonseca, Cristian; Arias, Sidey; Villegas, Irene; García, Andrea; Ishihara, Hikaru

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Moluscos marinos

· Crecimiento y mortalidad de la madreperla Pinctada mazatlanica en poblaciones naturales del litoral oriental de Baja California Sur, México
Wright-López, Humberto; Holguín-Quiñones, Oscar; Arreguín-Sánchez, Francisco

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· Reproducción, dieta y pesquería del pulpo Octopus (Octopus) hubbsorum (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) en la costa de Oaxaca, México
Alejo-Plata, Maria del Carmen; Gómez-Márquez, José Luis; Ramos Carrillo, Samuel; Herrera- Galindo, Jorge Eduardo

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Peces marinos y de ambientes salobres

· Growth and mortality rates of bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus (Perciformes: Scombridae) in the central Atlantic Ocean
Zhu, Guoping; Xu, Liuxiong; Zhou, Yingqi; Chen, Xinjun

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· Spatial and temporal characterization of fish assemblages in a tropical coastal system influenced by freshwater inputs: northwestern Yucatan peninsula
Arceo-Carranza, Daniel; Vega-Cendejas, Ma. Eugenia

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· Crecimiento y mortalidad del pez Haemulon aurolineatum (Teleostei: Haemulidae) en el suroeste de la isla de Margarita, Venezuela
Bravo, Edwis; Eslava, Nora; González, Leo

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· Ecología trófica del pez Arothron meleagris (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) en el arrecife de Los Frailes, Baja California Sur, México
Moreno, Xchel G; Abitia, L. Andrés; Favila, Araceli; Gutiérrez, Francisco J; Palacios, Devis S

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· Reproducción y crecimiento del pargo mancha Lutjanus guttatus (Pisces: Lutjanidae) en el Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica
Soto Rojas, Rosa L; Mejía-Arana, Fernando; Palacios, J. A; Hiramatsu, Kazuhito

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Biología de aguas dulces

· Community structure of aquatic insects in the Esparza River, Costa Rica
Herrera-Vásquez, Jonathan

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· Ictiofauna de sistemas cárstico-palustres con impacto antrópico: los petenes de Campeche, México
Torres-Castro, Ivette Liliana; Vega-Cendejas, María Eugenia; Schmitter-Soto, Juan Jacobo; Palacio-Aponte, Gerardo; Rodiles-Hernández, Rocío

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· Biometry of the fishes Barbus plebejus and Barbus capito from Coruh Basin, Turkey
Solak, Kemal; Alas, Ali; Yilmaz, Muhittin; Öktener, Ahmet

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· Physical factors and their influence on fish species composition in Asa Lake, Ilorin, Nigeria
Araoye, P.A

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· The fish fauna of Anambra river basin, Nigeria: species abundance and morphometry
Ejikeme Odo, Gregory; Didigwu, Nwani Christopher; Effiong Eyo, Joseph

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· Selectividad del zooplancton y solapamiento trófico entre tallas del pez Menidia humboldtiana (Atheriniformes: Atherinopsidae) en el embalse Danxhó, México
Sánchez Merino, Regina; Fermín Benítez, Miriam Y; Mendoza Estrada, Angélica

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· Dieta de la carpa Notropis moralesi (Pisces: Cyprinidae) en el río Amacuzac, Morelos, México
Trujillo-Jiménez, Patricia; Castro-Lara, Miguel Ángel

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Plantas terrestres

· Diversity and aboveground biomass of lianas in the tropical seasonal rain forests of Xishuangbanna, SW China
Lü, Xiao-Tao; Tang, Jian-Wei; Feng, Zhi-Li; Li, Mai-He

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· Soil dehydrogenase in a land degradation-rehabilitation gradient: observations from a savanna site with a wet/dry seasonal cycle
Doi, Ryoichi; Ranamukhaarachchi, Senaratne Leelananda

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· Relación entre morfología foliar de antófitos y factores abióticos en las principales pluvisilvas de la Región Oriental cubana
Martínez Quesada, Eddy

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· Seed rain dynamics following disturbance exclusion in a secondary tropical dry forest in Morelos, Mexico
Ceccon, Eliane; Hernández, Patricia

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· Florística y fisonomía de un matorral xerófilo espinoso intervenido en Punta de Piedras, Municipio Miranda, Estado Zulia, Venezuela
Vera, Antonio; Martínez, Maritza; Ayala, Yin; Montes, Sadieth; González, Anderson

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· Dispersión polínica y éxito reproductivo de cuatro especies arbóreas de un bosque xerófito de Argentina
Torretta, Juan Pablo; Basilio, Alicia M

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· Influence of leaflet age in anatomy and possible adaptive values of the midrib gall of Copaifera langsdorffii (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae)
de Oliveira, Denis Coelho; dos Santos Isaias, Rosy Mary

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· Wood anatomy of tribe Detarieae and comparison with tribe Caesalpinieae (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) in Venezuela
Melandri, José Luis; Espinoza de Pernía, Narcisana

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· Recruitment dynamics of the tropical rainforest tree Dipteryx oleifera (Fabaceae) in eastern Nicaragua
Ruiz, Javier; Boucher, Douglas H; Ruiz-Moreno, Diego; Ingram-Flóres, Cherryl

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Invertebrados terrestres

· Composición de la fauna de Araneae (Arachnida) de la Reserva provincial Iberá, Corrientes, Argentina
Avalos, Gilberto; Damborsky, Miryam P; Bar, María E; Oscherov, Elena B; Porcel, E

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· Prevalence of fur mites (Acari: Atopomelidae) in non-human primates of Costa Rica
Troyo, Adriana; Solano, Mayra E; Calderón-Arguedas, Ólger; Chinchilla, Misael; Sánchez, Rónald; Gutiérrez-Espeleta, Gustavo A

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· No size or density effect on alternative mate-locating tactics in the tropical damselfly Hetaerina rosea males (Odonata: Calopterygidae)
C. Peixoto, Paulo Enrique; De Marco Jr, Paulo

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· Efecto de la calidad del agua de criaderos de mosquitos (Diptera: Culicidae) sobre la patogenicidad e infectividad de las zoosporas del hongo Leptolegnia chapmanii (Straminipila: Peronosporomycetes)
Pelizza, Sebastian A; López Lastra, Claudia C; Maciá, Arnaldo; Bisaro, Vilma; García, Juan J

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Vertebrados terrestres

· An enigmatic frog of the genus Atelopus (Family Bufonidae) from Parque Nacional Chirripó, Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica
Savage, Jay M; Bolaños, Federico

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· Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao, Psittaciformes: Psittacidae) Nest Characteristics in the Osa Peninsula Conservation Area (ACOSA), Costa Rica
Guittar, John L; Dear, Fiona; Vaughan, Christopher

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· Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) (Psitaciformes: Psittacidae) Parental Nest Visitation in Costa Rica: Implications for Research and Conservation
Vaughan, Christopher; Bremer, Mark; Dear, Fiona

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· Uso de hábitats modificados por aves dependientes de bosque tropical en la región caribeña de Guatemala
Cerezo, Alexis; Robbins, Chandler S; Dowell, Barbara

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· Variación geográfica del zorro Lycalopex culpaeus (Mammalia, Canidae) en Chile: implicaciones taxonómicas
Guzmán, Jonathan A; D’Elía, Guillermo; Ortiz, Juan Carlos

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· Paternal behavior and testosterone plasma levels in the Volcano Mouse Neotomodon alstoni (Rodentia: Muridae)
Luis, Juana; Ramírez, Lorena; Carmona, Agustín; Ortiz, Guadalupe; Delgado, Jesús; Cárdenas, René

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Biología de la conservación

· The Effect of Human Development on Mammal Populations of the Punta Leona Private Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica
Van Hulle, Michael; Vaughan, Christopher

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Microbiologia

· Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonate tolerance in bacteria isolated from sediment of tropical water bodies polluted with detergents
Kehinde, I.T; Eniola; Olayemi, Albert B.

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· Growth and biosurfactant synthesis by Nigerian hydrocarbon-degrading estuarine bacteria
Adebusoye, Sunday A; Amund, Olukayode O; Ilori, Matthew O; Domeih, Dupe O; Okpuzor, Joy

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Genética

· Detección molecular del gen BCR-ABL por RT-PCR en niños costarricenses con leucemia
Jiménez-Arce, Gerardo; Carrillo, Juan; Chaves, Mario; Jiménez, Rafael; Vargas, Mario; Campos, Liliana; de la Guardia, Ana; Valverde, Berta

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· Caracterización citogenética del pez neotropical Brycon henni (Pisces: Characidae)
David López, Diana; Vásquez Palacio, Gonzalo; Ruiz Cortés, Tatiana; Olivera Angel, Marta

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· Iris colour as an indicator of age feature in female Brazilian tanagers (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) confirmed by a molecular sexing technique
Monnerat Nogueira, Denise; S. Alves, Maria Alice

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Biomedicina

· Adverse reactions from community directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI ) for onchocerciasis and loiasis in Ondo State, Nigeria
Otubanjo, O.A; Adeoye, G.O; Ibidapo, C.A; Akinsanya, B; Okeke, P; Atalabi, T; Adejai, E.T; Braide, E

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· Saponinas esteroidales de la planta Agave brittoniana (Agavaceae) con actividad contra el parásito Trichomona vaginalis
Orestes Guerra, José; Meneses, Alfredo; Simonet, Ana María; Macías, Francisco Antonio; Nogueiras, Clara; Gómez, Alicia; Escario, José A

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Invertebrados acuaticos

· Proliferaciones algales 2000-2001 en Bahía de Banderas, México según el sensor SeaWiFS
Gómez-Villarreal, María C; Martínez-Gaxiola, Marcos D; Peña-Manjarrez, José L

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· Gasterópodos asociados al alga calcárea Halimeda opuntia (Udoteaceae) en Puerto Rico
García-Ríos, Cedar I; Soto-Santiago, Francisco J; Colón-Rivera, Ricardo J; Medina-Hernández, Javier R

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Invertebrados terrestres

· Papilionoidea de la Sierra de Huautla, Morelos y Puebla, México (Insecta: Lepidoptera)
Luna-Reyes, Mercedes; Llorente-Bousquets, Jorge; Luis-Martínez, Armando

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· Estructura genética en cinco especies de flebótomos (Lutzomyia spp.) de la serie townsendi, grupo verrucarum, en Colombia (Diptera: Prychodidae)
Hernández, Claribel; Ruiz-García, Manuel; Munstermann, Leonard; Ferro, Cristina

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· Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) in Costa Rica: population dynamics and its influence on the colony condition of Africanized honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Calderón, Rafael A; van Veen, Johan W

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Vertebrados acuaticos

· Una nueva especie de pez del género Bryconamericus (Ostariophysi: Characidae) del río Magdalena, con una clave para las especies de Colombia
Román-Valencia, César; Vanegas-Ríos, James A; Ruiz-C, Raquel I

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· Composición taxonómica y relaciones zoogeográficas de los peces demersales de la costa occidental de Baja California Sur, México
Rodríguez-Romero, Jesús; Palacios-Salgado, Deivis S; López-Martínez, Juana; Hernández-Vázquez, Sergio; Ponce-Díaz, Germán

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· Diet, size and reproductive biology of the silver catfish, Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Siluformes: Bagridae) in the Cross River, Nigeria
Obeten Offem, Benedict; Akegbejo-Samsons, Yemi; Tunde Omoniyi, Isaac

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· Reproduction of the fish Poeciliopsis gracilis (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) in Coatetelco, a tropical shallow lake in Mexico
Gómez-Márquez, José Luis; Peña-Mendoza, Bertha; Salgado-Ugarte, Isaías H; Sánchez-Herrera, Abby K; Sastré-Baez, Leonardo

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· Reproducción de la sardina, Sardinella aurita (Cupleiformes: Clupeidae) del sureste de la Isla de Margarita, Venezuela
Gassman, Juan; Eslava, Nora; González, Leo W

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· Oocyte structure and ultrastructure in the Mexican silverside fish Chirostoma humboldtianum (Atheriniformes: Atherinopsidae)
Cárdenas, Rodolfo; Chávez, Mónica; González, José Luis; Aley, Patricia; Espinosa, Jesús; Jiménez-García, Luis Felipe

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· Hábitos alimenticios del pez Lagodon rhomboides (Perciformes: Sparidae) en la laguna costera de Chelem, Yucatán, México
Canto-Maza, Walter Gabriel; Vega-Cendejas, María Eugenia

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· Diet and dietary habits of the fish Schilbe mystus (Siluriformes: Schilbeidae) in two artificial lakes in Southwestern Nigeria
Ayoade, Adedolapo; Fagade, Solomon; Adebisi, Abiodun

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· Organogénesis del sistema digestivo del pez Pterophylum scalare (Perciformes: Cichlidae)
Ávila Botello, Mireya; insuasty León, Ivette; Guevara Rozo, Edilma

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Vertebrados terrestres

· Variación morfológica de la lagartija partenogenética Aspidoscelis rodecki (Squamata: Teiidae): implicaciones evolutivas y de conservación
Elizalde-Rocha, Sandra P; Méndez-de la Cruz, Fausto R; Méndez-Sánchez, J. Fernando; Granados-González, Gisela; Hernández-Gallegos, Oswaldo

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· Dieta del Pirincho (Guira guira) en el nordeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina (Cuculiformes: Cuculidae)
Soave, Guillermo E; Darrieu, Carlos A; Aribalzaga, María E; Camperi, Aníbal R; Lucía, Mariano; Williams, Jorge; Juarez, Marcos

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· Identificación de individuos de jaguares (Panthera onca) y pumas (Puma concolor) a partir de morfometría de sus huellas (Carnivora: Felidae)
Isasi-Catalá, Emiliana; R. Barreto, Guillermo

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Ecologia acuatica

· Indice fisicoquímico de la calidad de agua para el manejo de lagunas tropicales de inundación
Pérez-Castillo, Ana Gabriela; Rodríguez, Alexis

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· Spatio-temporal distribution of soft-bottom epibenthic fauna on the Cilician shelf (Turkey), Mediterranean Sea
Mutlu, Erhan; Betil Ergev, Mehmet

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· Water use in four model tropical plant associations established in the lowlands of Costa Rica
Gutiérrez-Soto, Marco V; Ewel, John J

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· Stomach content analyses of the threadfin anglerfish Lophiodes spilurus (Lophiiformes: Lophiidae) associated with deepwater shrimp fisheries from the central Pacific of Costa Rica
Espinoza, Mario

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· Sondeo ecológico rápido de las comunidades de peces tropicales en un área de explotación minera en Costa Rica
Espinoza Mendiola, Mario

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· Indicadores morfológicos y reproductivos del pez Gambusia puncticulata (Poeciliidae) en sitios muy contaminados del río Almendares, Cuba
Cabrera Páez, Yureidy; Aguilar Betancourt, Consuelo; González-Sansón, Gaspar

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· Spatial and temporal patterns and their influence on fish community at Itupararanga Reservoir, Brazil
Senteio Smith, Welber; Petrere Jr, Miguel

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· Gastrointestinal Helminth Parasites of the fish Synodontis clarias (Siluriformes: Mochokidae) from Lekki lagoon, Lagos, Nigeria
Akinsanya, B; Hassan, A.A; Adeogun, A.O

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Ecologia terrestre

· Sporophyte morphology and gametophyte development of the fern Blechnum sprucei (Pteridophyta: Blechnaceae)
Gabriel y Galán, Jose María; Passarelli, Lilian M; Prada, Carmen; Rolleri, Cristina H

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· Sustitución de la sabana nativa con plantaciones de Pinus caribaea (Pinaceae) en Venezuela: efecto sobre parámetros indicadores de cambios en el carbono del suelo
Gómez, Yrma; Paolini, Jorge; Hernández, Rosa Mary

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· Crecimiento, supervivencia y herbivoría de plántulas de Brosimum alicastrum (Moraceae), una especie del sotobosque neotropical
Ballina-Gómez, H.S; Iriarte-Vivar, S; Orellana, R; Santiago, L.S

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· Estratificación vertical y preferencia de hospedero de las epífitas vasculares de un bosque nublado de Chiapas, México
Martínez-Meléndez, Nayely; Pérez-Farrera, Miguel A; Flores-Palacios, Alejandro

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Conservación

· Servicios ambientales del bosque: ensayo en una cuenca atlántica europea con base en la experiencia de Centroamérica
Orrantia Albizu, Oreina; Ortega Hidalgo, M. Mercedes; Quirós Madrigal, Olman; Loidi Arregui, Javier

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· Antifeedant activity of botanical crude extracts and their fractions on Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) adults: I. Gliricidia sepium (Fabaceae)
Flores, Guillermo; Hilje, Luko; Mora, Gerardo A; Carballo, Manuel

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· Antifeedant activity of botanical crude extracts and their fractions on Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) adults: II. Sechium pittieri (Cucurbitaceae)
Flores, Guillermo; Hilje, Luko; Mora, Gerardo A; Carballo, Manuel

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· Antifeedant activity of botanical crude extracts and their fractions on Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) adults: III. Quassia amara (Simaroubaceae)
Flores, Guillermo; Hilje, Luko; Mora, Gerardo A; Carballo, Manuel

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· Nematode parasites of two anuran species Rhinella schneideri (Bufonidae) and Scinax acuminatus (Hylidae) from Corrientes, Argentina
González, Cynthya Elizabeth; Hamann, Monika Inés

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Biomedicina

· Hemoglobinas anormales en la población neonatal de Costa Rica
Abarca, Gabriela; Navarrete, Marta; Trejos, Rafael; de Céspedes, Carlos; Saborío, Manuel

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Botanica

· An economical non-destructive method for estimating eelgrass, Zostera marina (Potamogetonaceae) leaf growth rates: formal development and use in northwestern Baja California
Solana-Arellano, Elena; Echavarria-Heras, Héctor; Franco-Vizcaíno, Ernesto

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· Mortality rate estimation for eelgrass Zostera marina (Potamogetonaceae) using projections from Leslie matrices
Flores Uzeta, Olga; Solana Arellano, Elena; Echavarría Heras, Héctor

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· The impact of local extinction on genetic structure of wild populations of lima beans (Phaseolus lunatus) in the Central Valley of Costa Rica: consequences for the conservation of plant genetic resources
Barrantes, Daniel; Macaya, Gabriel; Guarino, Luigi; Baudoin, Jean Pierre; Rocha, Oscar J

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· Cuatro compuestos nuevos del extracto no polar de la planta Amyris brenesii (Rutaceae) de Costa Rica
Chavarría, Max; Castro, Victor; Poveda, Luis; Murillo, Renato

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· Tolerancia experimental de las especies vegetales Nicotiana glauca, Jacaranda mimosifolia, Tecoma stans, Medicago sativa y Spinacea oleracea al boro, en Argentina
de Viana, Marta L.; Albarracín Franco, Silvia

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· Lactonas sesquiterpénicas de las plantas Viguiera sylvatica y Decachaeta thieleana (Asteraceae) modulan la producción de óxido nítrico y la fagocitosis de macrófagos RAW
Dupuy L, Omar A; Bonilla V, José A.

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· Morfología de la semilla y anatomía de la cubierta seminal de cinco especies de Calliandra (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae) de Venezuela
Leython, Sirli; Jáuregui, Damelis

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· Dinámica del daño foliar en plántulas de Drimys granadensis (Winteraceae) y Clusia multiflora (Clusiaceae) en el bosque altoandino de la Cordillera Oriental colombiana
Ramos, Carolina; García, Mary R

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· Mycorrhizal-like interaction between gametophytes and young sporophytes of the fern Dryopteris muenchii (Filicales) and its fungal endophyte
Reyes-Jaramillo, Irma; Camargo-Ricalde, Sara Lucía; Aquiahuatl-Ramos, Ma. de los Ángeles

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· Fenología reproductiva y anatomía floral de las plantas Aloe vera y Aloe saponaria (Aloaceae) en Cumaná, Venezuela
Velásquez-Arenas, Róger; Imery-Buiza, José

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Invertebrados acuaticos

· Spatial and temporal variations of meiofaunal communities from the western sector of the Gulf of Batabanó, Cuba: III. Vertical distribution
Armenteros, M; Williams, J. P; Creagh, B; Capetillo, N

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· Zoo-heleoplankton structure in three artificial ponds of North-eastern Argentina
Frutos, S. M; Carnevali, R

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· Tasa de crecimiento poblacional del rotífero Brachionus rotundiformis (Rotifera: Brachionidae) en un quimiostato de dos cámaras
Cabrera F, María I

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· Diatoms from lentic and lotic systems in Antioquia, Chocó and Santander Departments in Colombia
Sala, Silvia E; Ramírez, John J

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· Sedimentación en comunidades arrecifales de Bahías de Huatulco, Oaxaca, México
Granja Fernández, María R; López Pérez, Ramón A

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· Variación espacio-temporal de Scleractinia, Gorgonacea, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Cephalopoda, Asteroidea, Echinoidea y Holothuroidea, de fondos someros de la isla San José, Golfo de California
Holguin Quiñones, Oscar Efraín; González Medina, Felipe de Jesús; Solís Marín, Francisco; Félix Pico, Esteban F

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· Induction of ovarian growth in Aegla platensis (Crustacea, Aeglidae) by means of neuroregulators incorporated to food
Cahansky, Alejandra V; Kaiser Dutra, Bibiana; da Silva Castiglioni, Daniela; Turcato Oliveira, Guendalina; Bond Buckup, Georgina; Rodríguez, Enrique M

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· Observaciones sobre la larva del cangrejo marino tropical (Decapoda: Porcellanidae) Petrolisthes armatus en el Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica
Díaz-Ferguson, Edgardo; Arroyo, Daisy; Morales, Alvaro; Vargas, José A

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· Decapod crustaceans in fresh waters of southeastern Bahia, Brazil
Oliveira de Almeida, Alexandre; Alves Coelho, Petrônio; Rocha Luz, Joaldo; Almeida dos Santos, José Tiago; Ribeiro Ferraz, Neyva

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Invertebrados terrestres

· Functional response of the predatory mite Chileseius camposi (Acarina: Phytoseiidae) on densities of it prey, Panonychus ulmi (Acarina: Tetranychidae)
Sepúlveda, Francisco; Carrillo, Roberto

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· Ácaros asociados al coleóptero Passalus cognatus (Coleoptera: Passalidae) de Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, México
Villegas-Guzmán, Gabriel A; Pérez, Tila M; Reyes-Castillo, Pedro

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· Richness and composition of gall-inducing arthropods at Coiba National Park, Panama
Nieves-Aldrey, José Luis; Enrique Medianero, Alicia Ibáñez

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· Flesh flies species (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) from a grassland and a woodland in a Nature Reserve of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mulieri, Pablo R; Schnack, Juan A; Mariluis, Juan C; Torretta, Juan P

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· Efecto del cambio del paisaje en la estructura de la comunidad de abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae) en Meta, Colombia
Nates-Parra, Guiomar; Palacios, Eliana; Parra-H, Alejandro

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· Distribución de las mariposas diurnas (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea y Papilionoidea) del Estado de México, México
Hernández-Mejía, Claudia; Vargas-Fernández, Isabel; Luis-Martínez, Armando; Llorente-Bousquets, Jorge

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Vertebrados acuaticos

· Distribución y abundancia de larvas del pez Katsuwonus pelamis (Perciformes: Scombridae) en el Golfo de México, 1982-1992
Guevara-Rascado, Ma. de Lourdes; Cerecedo-Escudero, José Luis; Sánchez-Regalado, Ramón

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· Astyanax cocibolca, a new characid (Pisces: Ostariophysi) from Lake Nicaragua, Central America
Bussing, William A

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· Oocyte structure and ultrastructure in the Mexican silverside fish Chirostoma humboldtianum (Atheriniforme: Atherinopsidae)
Cárdenas, R; Chávez, M; González, J.L; Aley, P; Espinosa, J; Jiménez-García, L.F

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· Organochlorine pesticides in lacustrine sediments and tilapias of Metztitlan, Hidalgo, Mexico
Fernández-Bringas, Laura M; Ponce-Vélez, Guadalupe; Calva B, Laura G; Salgado-Ugarte, Isaías Hazamamberth; Botello, Alfonso V; Díaz González, Gilberto

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· Tramas tróficas de peces de arrecifes en la región noroccidental de Cuba. II. Grupos funcionales
Hernández, Ivet; Aguilar, Consuelo; González Sansón, Gaspar

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· Estructura de tallas, selectividad y composición específica de las capturas en trampas para peces marinos en el Golfo de California
Nevárez-Martínez, Manuel O; Balmori-Ramírez, Alejandro; Miranda-Mier, Everardo; Santos-Molina, J. Pablo; Méndez-Tenorio, Francisco J; Cervantes-Valle, Celio

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· Seasonal patterns in metazoan parasite community of the "Fat Sleeper" Dormitator latifrons (Pisces: Eleotridae) from Tres Palos Lagoon, Guerrero, Mexico
Violante-González, Juan; Rojas-Herrera, Agustín

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· Diversidad y abundancia ictiofaunística del río Grande de Térraba, sur de Costa Rica
Rodrigo Rojas M., José; Rodríguez S., Omar

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· Desarrollo embrionario-larval del pez tropical Hemirhamphus brasiliensis (Beloniformes: Hemirhamphidae) a partir de huevos recolectados del medio natural
Rosas, Jesús; Mata, Ernesto; Velásquez, Aidé; Cabrera, Tomas

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· Condiciones óptimas de cultivo de linfocitos y análisis parcial del cariotipo de la tortuga cabezona, Caretta caretta (Testudines: Cheloniidae) en Santa Marta, Caribe Colombiano
Ann López, Ellie; Hernández-Fernández, Javier; Bernal-Villegas, Jaime

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· Variación genética y flujo de genes entre poblaciones de Crocodylus acutus (Crocodylia: Crocodylidae) en tres ríos del Pacífico Central, Costa Rica
Porras Murillo, Laura Patricia; Bolaños Montero, Juan Rafael; Barr, Brady Robert

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Vertebrados terrestres

· Genética poblacional de cobayas de Colombia, Cavia spp. (Rodentia: Caviidae) con marcadores moleculares RAPD
Aníbal Campos, Héctor; Ruiz-García, Manuel

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· Comportamiento social del mono capuchino común Cebus olivaceus (Primates: Cebidae) en tres exhibiciones zoológicas de Caracas, Venezuela
Charlotte López, Marie; Tárano, Zaida

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Ecologia

· Influence of roadside pollution on the phylloplane microbial community of Alnus nepalensis (Betulaceae)
Joshi, S.R

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· Diversity of regenerating plants and seed dispersal in two canopy trees from Colombian Amazon forests with different hunting pressure
Barrera Zambrano, Victoria Andrea; Moncada, Jenny Zambrano; Stevenson, Pablo R

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· Caracterización de bordes de bosque altoandino e implicaciones para la restauración ecológica en la Reserva Forestal de Cogua (Colombia)

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· Influence of environmental variables on the shrub and tree species distribution in two Semideciduous Forest sites in Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
do C. Pinto, Sheila Isabel; V. Martins, Sebastião; de Barros, Nairam F; T. Dias, Herly Carlos; Kunz, Sustanis H

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· Tree canopy composition in the tropical mountain rainforest of los Tuxtlas, Mexico
Vázquez-Torres, Mario; Onaindia, Miren

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Reseña de libro

· Mammals of South America. 1. Mai-supiajs, Xenat-thrans, Shrews, and Bats
Gómez P, Luis II

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Press Release

· Contaminación microbiológica y actividad antimicrobiana del azúcar de caña cristalizado sobre algunos agentes de interés médico en Costa Rica
Pujol, Verónica; Díaz, Jendry; Rodríguez, Evelyn; Arias, María Laura

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· Free-living Acanthamoeba and Naegleria spp. amebae in water sources of León, Nicaragua
Leiva, Byron; Clasdotter, Emma; Linder, Ewert; Winiecka-Krusnell, Jadwiga

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· Morfología y citoquímica de cultivos celulares de Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) y susceptibilidad a Leishmania panamensis (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae)
Miranda H, Alfonso Arturo; Sarmiento, Ladys; Caldas M, María Leonor; Zapata, Cristina; Bello G, Felio Jesús

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· Histometría de la glándula sublingual de ratones (Mus musculus) machos y hembras infectados con la cepa RAL del parásito de Chagas, Trypanosoma cruzi
de Albuquerque, Sérgio; Lopes, Ruberval Armando; Sala, Miguel Angel; Carraro Abrahão, Ana Amélia; Domingues Ribeiro, Rosa

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· Concentración natural de compuestos antimaláricos en artrópodos tropicales (in vitro)
Chinchilla-Carmona, Misael; Guerrero Bermúdez, Olga Marta; Tamayo-Castillo, Giselle; Sittenfeld Appel, Ana; Jiménez-Somarribas, Alberto; Valerio-Campos, Idalia

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· Caracterización biológica de tres aislamientos naturales del Rubulavirus porcino (México)
Borraz-Argüello, María del Tránsito; Santos-López, Gerardo; Vallejo-Ruiz, Verónica; Herrera-Camacho, Irma; Reyes-Leyva, Julio

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Ecologia acuatica

· Variabilidad temporal de la abundancia de Coralliophila abbreviata y Coralliophila caribaea (Mollusca, Coralliophilidae) en un arrecife coralino del Parque Nacional Morrocoy, Venezuela
del Mónaco, Carlos; Villamizar, Estrella; Narciso, Samuel

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· Crecimiento y reproducción del camarón Atya margaritacea (Decapoda: Atyidae) en el Río Presidio, Sinaloa, México
Sánchez Palacios, Jesús; Beltrán Álvarez, Rigoberto; Ramírez Lozano, Juan Pedro

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· Growth, mortality and migratory pattern of white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei, Crustacea, Penaeidae) in the Carretas-Pereyra coastal lagoon system, Mexico
Rivera-Velázquez, G; Soto, L.A; Salgado-Ugarte, I.H; Naranjo, E.J

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· Fecundity of the crustacean Mysidopsis californica (Mysida, Mysidae) under semi-controlled conditions
Ortega-Salas, Armando A; Núñez-Pastén, Arturo; Camacho M, Humberto A

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· Tramas tróficas de peces de arrecifes en la región noroccidental de Cuba: I. Contenido estomacal
Hernández, Ivet; Aguilar, Consuelo; González Sansón, Gaspar

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· Spatial and temporal variation of fish assemblages in a coastal lagoon of the Biosphere Reserve La Encrucijada, Chiapas, Mexico
Velázquez-Velázquez, Ernesto; Vega-Cendejas, M. Eugenia; Navarro-Alberto, Jorge

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· Spatial distribution and species composition of small pelagic fishes in the Gulf of California
Lanz, Edgar; Nevárez-Martínez, Manuel O; López-Martínez, Juana; Dworak, Juan A

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· Underwater topography determines critical breeding habitat for humpback whales near Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica: implications for Marine Protected Areas
Oviedo, L; Solís, M

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· Efectos del huracán "Pauline" (1997) sobre la fauna asociada a la planta Eichhornia crassipes en la Laguna Coyuca, Pacífico Sur de México
Román-Contreras, Ramiro; Rocha-Ramírez, Arturo; Cházaro-Olvera, Sergio

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· Response of Eichhornia crassipes (Pontederiaceae) to water level fluctuations in two lakes with different connectivity in the Paraná River floodplain
Neiff, Juan José; Casco, Sylvina Lorena; Poi de Neiff, Alicia

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Ecología de plantas terrestres

· Mapping tropical dry forest habitats integrating Landsat NDVI, Ikonos imagery, and topographic information in the Caribbean Island of Mona
Martinuzzi, Sebastián; Gould, William A; Ramos Gonzalez, Olga M; Martinez Robles, Alma; Calle Maldonado, Paulina; Pérez-Buitrago, Néstor; Fumero Caban, José J

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· Pteridofitas indicadoras de alteración ambiental en el bosque templado de San Jerónimo Amanalco, Texcoco, México
Rodríguez Romero, Lucía; Pacheco, Leticia; Zavala Hurtado, José Alejandro

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· Fenología reproductiva de las especies arbóreas del bosque tropical de Tenosique, Tabasco, México
Ochoa-Gaona, Susana; Pérez Hernández, Isidro; de Jong, Bernardus H.J

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· Sistemas de producción de Spondias purpurea (Anacardiaceae) en el centro-occidente de México
Ramírez Hernández, Blanca C; Barrios Eulogio, Pimienta; Castellanos Ramos, Javier Z; Muñoz Urias, Alejandro; Palomino Hasbach, Guadalupe; Pimienta Barrios, Enrique

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· Variation in the wood anatomical structure of Gmelina arborea (Verbenaceae) trees at different ecological conditions in Costa Rica
Moya, Róger; Tomazello Fo, Mario

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· Atributos vitales de especies leñosas en bordes de bosque altoandino de la Reserva Forestal de Cogua (Colombia)
Montenegro, Alba Lucía; Vargas, Orlando

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· Efecto de la explotación forestal sobre la estructura, diversidad y composición florística de los palmitales de la Selva Atlántica en Misiones, Argentina
Chediack, Sandra E

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Ecología de animales terrestres

· Estructura de la comunidad de colémbolos (Hexapoda: Collembola) en musgos corticícolas en el gradiente altitudinal de un bosque subhúmedo de México
Cutz-Pool, Leopoldo Q; Palacios-Vargas, José G; Castaño-Meneses, Gabriela

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· Seasonal patterns of parasitism of the tropical spiders Theridion evexum (Araneae, Theridiidae) and Allocyclosa bifurca (Araneae, Araneidae) by the wasps Zatypota petronae and Polysphincta gutfreundi (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)
Barrantes, Gilbert; Eberhard, William G; Weng, Ju-Lin

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· Diversity, natural history and conservation of amphibians and reptiles from the San Vito Region, southwestern Costa Rica
Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Pacheco, Jesus; Mendoza-Quijano, Fernando; Bolaños, Federico; Cháves, Gerardo; Daily, Gretchen C; Ehrlich, Paul R; Ceballos, Gerardo

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· Predispersal home range shift of an ocelot Leopardus pardalis (Carnivora: Felidae) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama
Mares, Rafael; Moreno, Ricardo S; W. Kays, Roland; Wikelski, Martin

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Taxonomía y sistemática

· Biting Midges of the Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) argenteola group in southern South America, with description of a new species and a key to the Neotropical species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
Marino, Pablo I; Spinelli, Gustavo R

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· Revision of the South American species of Neralsia (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) with the description of eight new species
Jiménez, M; Díaz, N.B; Gallardo, F; Ros-Farré, P; Pujade-Villar, J

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· A new species of poeciliid fish, Poeciliopsis santaelena, from Peninsula Santa Elena, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Bussing, William A

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· Resurrection of the name Albula pacifica (Beebe, 1942) for the shafted bonefish (Albuliformes: Albulidae) from the eastern Pacific
Pfeiler, Edward

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· A new species of Celestus from west-central Panama, with consideration of the status of the genera of the Anguidae: Diploglossinae (Squamata)
Savage, Jay M; Lips, Karen R; Ibáñez D, Roberto

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Vertebrados acuaticos

· Ontogenetic and seasonal shifts in the diet of the pemecou sea catfish Sciades herzbergii (Siluriformes: Ariidae), from a macrotidal mangrove creek in the Curuçá estuary, Northern Brazil
Giarrizzo, Tommaso; Saint-Paul, Ulrich

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· Age and growth of the tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from a tropical shallow lake in Mexico
Gómez-Márquez, José Luis; Peña-Mendoza, Bertha; Salgado-Ugarte, Isaías H; Arredondo-Figueroa, José Luis

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· Histología y morfometría de piel del pez Eremophilus mutisii (Trychomecteridae, Siluriformes)
Bonilla Lizarazo, Rocío Johanna; Quintero Virguez, Marllury; Gómez Ramírez, Edwin; Rodríguez Caicedo, Daniel; Hurtado Giraldo, Hernán

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· Los cromosomas mitóticos y meióticos del pez tropical Petenia splendida (Cichlidae)
Arias-Rodriguez, Lenin; Ibarra-Castro, Leonardo; Páramo-Delgadillo, Salomón

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· Distribution patterns, population status and conservation of Melanosuchus niger and Caiman yacare (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae) in oxbow lakes of the Ichilo river floodplain, Bolivia
Aguilera, Ximena; Coronel, Jorge S; Oberdorff, Thierry; Van Damme, Paul A

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· The dietary habits of the upside-down catfish, Synodontis membranaceus (Osteichthyes: Mochokidae) in Jebba lake, Nigeria
Owolabi, Olufemi David

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Botanica

· Stem anatomical characteristics of the climbing palm Desmoncus orthacanthos (Arecaceae) under two natural growth conditions in a tropical forest
Quiroz, Joaquín; Orellana, Roger; Canto, Gabriel; Rebollar, Silvia; Herrera-Franco, Pedro

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· Anatomía micrográfica del folíolo de la palma neotropical Bactris gasipaes (Arecaceae)
Chaimsohn, Francisco Paulo; Montiel, Mayra; Villalobos, Enrique; Mora Urpí, Jorge

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Foro

· Nomenclatural problems among Thysanoptera (Insecta) of Costa Rica
Goldarazena, Arturo; Mound, Laurence A; zur Strassen, Richard

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· Los felinos: ¿Una alternativa en estudios de toxicología genética?
Zamora-Perez, Ana; Gómez-Meda, Belinda C; Ramos-Ibarra, María L; Batista-González, Cecilia M; Luna-Aguirre, Jaime; González-Rodríguez, Andrés; Rodríguez-Ávila, José L; Zúñiga-González, Guillermo M

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Reseñas

· Margaret B. Gargiullo, Barbara Magnuson, Larry Kimball: 2008. Field Guide to Plants of Costa Rica
Gómez, Luis D

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· Isidro Chacón Gamboa, José Montero: 2007. Mariposas de Costa Rica
Gómez, Luis D

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· Miller, J., Janzen, D. Hallwachs, W. Belknap: 2007. 100 Caterpillars
Gómez, Luis D

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Press Release

· Fine scale gene flow and individual movements among subpopulations of Centrolene prosoblepon (Anura: Centrolenidae)
Robertson, Jeanne M; Lips, Karen R; Heist, Edward J

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Botánica acuática

· Fitoplancton del río Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México y algunas relaciones biogeográficas
Moreno-Ruiz, José L; Tapia-García, Margarito; González-Macias, Ma. Del Carmen; Figueroa-Torres, Ma. Guadalupe

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· Spatial and temporal variations of meiofaunal communities from the western sector of the Gulf of Batabanó, Cuba: II. Seagrass systems
Armenteros, Maickel; Williams, Jason Paul; Creagh, Boris; Capetillo, Norberto

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Invertebrados acuaticos

· Efectos de un emisario submarino de aguas "residuales" urbanas sobre comunidades de octocorales (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) en Cuba
Hernández-Muñoz, Darlenys; Alcolado, Pedro M; Hernández-González, Miguel

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· Malacología Latinoamericana: Moluscos de agua dulce de Argentina
Rumi, Alejandra; Gutiérrez Gregoric, Diego E; Núñez, Verónica; Darrigran, Gustavo A

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· Comparison of gastropod mollusc (Apogastropoda: Hydrobiidae) habitats in two crater lakes in Nicaragua
McCrary, Jeffrey K; Madsen, Henry; González, Liza; Luna, Inti; López, Lorenzo J

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· Reproductive and larval cycle of the scallop Argopecten purpuratus (Ostreoida: Pectinidae), during El Niño-La Niña events and normal weather conditions in Antofagasta, Chile
Avendaño, Miguel; Cantillánez, Marcela; Le Pennec, Marcel; Thouzeau, Gérard

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Ictiologia

· The fish species composition and variation of catch from the small-scale gillnet fishery before, during and after the 1997-1998 ENSO event, central Mexican Pacific
Rojo-Vázquez, J.A; Quiñonez-Velázquez, C; Echavarria-Heras, H.A; Lucano-Ramírez, G; Godínez-Domínguez, E; Ruiz-Ramírez, S; Galván-Piña, V.H; Sosa-Nishizaki, O

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· Reproducción de la morena, Gymnothorax equatorialis (Pisces: Muraenidae) en Jalisco y Colima, México
Lucano-Ramírez, G; Ruiz-Ramírez, S; Rojo-Vázquez, J.A; González-Sansón, G

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· Panbiogeographical analysis of Costa Rican freshwater fishes
Herrera-Vásquez, Jonathan; Bussing, William; Villalobos, Federico

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· Growth of the Pacific jack Caranx caninus (Pisces: Carangidae) from the coast of Colima, México
Espino Barr, Elaine; Gallardo Cabello, Manuel; Cabral Solís, Esther Guadalupe; Garcia Boa, Arturo; Puente Gómez, Marcos

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· Mesobathic chondrichthyes of the Juan Fernández seamounts: are they different from those of the central Chilean continental slope?
Andrade, Isabel; Pequeño, Germán

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Botanica terrestre

· A new quantitative classification of ecological types in the bromeliad genus Tillandsia (Bromeliaceae) based on trichomes
Stefano, Mosti; Papini, Alessio; Brighigna, Luigi

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· Potential role of frugivorous birds (Passeriformes) on seed dispersal of six plant species in a restinga habitat, southeastern Brazil
Souza da Mota Gomes, Verônica; Rodrigues Correia, Maria Célia; Alves de Lima, Heloisa; S. Alves, Maria Alice

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· Diversidad genética y relaciones de parentesco de las poblaciones silvestres y cultivadas de pejibaye (Bactris gasipaes, Palmae), utilizando marcadores microsatelitales
Hernández Ugalde, José Alfredo; Mora Urpí, Jorge; Rocha Nuñez, Oscar

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· Estructura poblacional y relaciones ambientales del árbol tropical Nectandra rudis (Lauraceae), una especie rara en el occidente de México
Cuevas Guzmán, Ramón; García Moya, Edmundo; Antonio Vázquez García, J; Núñez López, Nora M

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· Do seasonal changes in light availability influence the inverse leafing phenology of the neotropical dry forest understory shrub Bonellia nervosa (Theophrastaceae)?
Chaves, Oscar M; Avalos, Gerardo

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· Propagules of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a secondary dry forest of Oaxaca, Mexico
Guadarrama, Patricia; Castillo-Argüero, Silvia; Ramos-Zapata, José A; Camargo-Ricalde, Sara L; Álvarez-Sánchez, Javier

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· Reproductive biology of Hechtia schottii, a dioecious Bromeliaceae, in Mexico
Ramírez Morillo, Ivón M; Chi May, Francisco; Fernández-Concha, Germán Carnevali; May Pat, Filogonio

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Invertebrados terrestres

· Control in vitro de garrapatas (Boophilus microplus; Acari: Ixodidae) mediante extractos vegetales
Álvarez, Víctor; Loaiza, Jorge; Bonilla, Roberto; Barrios, Mariano

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· Biodiversidad antropoentomofágica de la región de Zongolica, Veracruz, México
Ramos-Elorduy, Julieta; Landero-Torres, Ivonne; Murguía-González, Joaquín; Pino M, José M

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· Diversidad de moluscos gasterópodos terrestres en la región del Pacífico de Nicaragua y sus preferencias de hábitat
Mijail Pérez, Antonio; Sotelo, Marlon; Arana, Irma; López, Adolfo

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· Effects of dietary calcium on growth and oviposition of the African land snail Limicolaria flammea (Pulmonata: Achatinidae)
Egonmwan, Rosemary I

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· The annual life history of a population of the aquatic Coleopteran Derallus angustus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
Fernández, Liliana Alicia

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Vertebrados terrestres

· Crecimiento del caimán del Orinoco (Crocodylus intermedius, Crocodylia: Crocodylidae) en dos condiciones de cautiverio
Pérez T, Aldeima T

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· Riqueza y abundancia de aves en bosques ribereños de diferentes anchos en la microcuenca del río Sesesmiles, Copán, Honduras
Arcos, Inty T; Jiménez, Francisco; Harvey, Célia A; Casanoves, Fernando

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· Estructura de la comunidad y asociación de las aves acuáticas con la heterogeneidad espacial del complejo lagunar Bahía Magdalena-Almejas, Baja California Sur, México
Zárate-Ovando, Bulmara; Palacios, Eduardo; Reyes-Bonilla, Héctor

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· Waterbirds (other than Laridae) nesting in the middle section of Laguna Cuyutlán, Colima, México
Mellink, Eric; Riojas-López, Mónica E

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Foro

· Del mecanicismo a la complejidad en la biología
Herrero Uribe, Libia

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Reseñas

· Angulo, A.O., T. S. Olivares & G.T. Weigert. 2006: Estados inmaduros de lepidópteros nóctuidos de importancia económica, agrícola y forestal en Chile (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Monge-Nájera, Julián

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· Columbus, J.T., Friar, E.A., Porter, J.M., Prince, L.M., & M.G.Simpson (eds.). 2006: Monocots. Comparative Biology and Evolution
Gómez Pignataro, Luis Diego

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· Sara Soledad García (editora). 2005: Educación Ecológica: reflexión y praxis en torno a la sequía en Chihuahua
Monge-Nájera, Julián

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Microbiologia

· Actividad antibacteriana de extractos de hongos aislados de raíces del mangle Rhizophora mangle (Rhizophoraceae) en Venezuela
Castillo-Machalskis, Isabel; D’Armas, Haydelba; Malaver, Nora; Núñez, Maximiano

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· Actividad antifúngica de extractos orgánicos del árbol Fagara monophylla (Rutaceae) en Venezuela
Gómez, Yrma; Gil, Katiuska; González, Elba; Farías, Luz Marina

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· Diversity and effectiveness of tropical mangrove soil microflora on the degradation of polythene carry bags
Kumar, Shristi; Hatha, A.A.M; Christi, K.S

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Botanica

· The function of stilt roots in the growth strategy of Socratea exorrhiza (Arecaceae) at two neotropical sites
Goldsmith, Gregory R; Zahawi, Rakan A

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· Prey composition in the carnivorous plants Utricularia inflata and U. gibba (Lentibulariaceae) from Paria Peninsula, Venezuela
Gordon, Elizabeth; Pacheco, Sergio

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· Inestabilidad cariológica durante la formación de células madres del polen en Aloe vera (Aloaceae)
Imery-Buiza, José

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· Changes in antioxidant enzyme activities in Eichhornia crassipes (Pontederiaceae) and Pistia stratiotes (Araceae) under heavy metal stress
Odjegba, V.J; Fasidi, I.O

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Invertebrados acuaticos

· Efecto de la herbivoría y coralivoría por peces en la supervivencia de corales trasplantados en el Caribe colombiano
Chasqui-Velasco, Luis; Alvarado Ch, Elvira; Acero P, Arturo; Zapata, Fernando A

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· Ciclo reproductivo del molusco Atrina maura (Pterioidea: Pinnidae) en un sistema lagunar costero, al sur del Pacífico tropical mexicano
Angel-Pérez, Claudia; Serrano-Guzmán, Saúl J; Ahumada-Sempoal, Miguel Angel

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· Cariotipos de los caracoles de tinte Plicopurpura pansa y Plicopurpura columellaris (Gastropoda: Muricidae)
Arias-Rodriguez, Lenin; González-Hermoso, Juan P; Fletes-Regalado, Horacio; Rodríguez-Ibarra, Luz Estela; Pignataro, Gabriela Del Valle

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· Demografía del caracol Plicopurpura pansa (Neotaenioglossa: Muricidae) y constitución de la comunidad malacológica asociada en Guerrero, México
Flores-Garza, Rafael; Flores-Rodríguez, Pedro; García-Ibáñez, Sergio; Valdés-González, Arcadio

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· Morfología de la primera zoea de los cangrejos marinos Petrolisthes haigae y P. nobilii (Decapoda: Porcellanidae)
Hernández, Gonzalo; Bolaños, Juan; Magán, Isabel; Graterol, Karen

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· Shrimp by-catch reduction using a short funnel net, in the Gulf of Tehuantepec, South Pacific, Mexico
Sarmiento-Náfate, Saúl; Gil-López, Heldail A; Arroyo, Daisy

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Invertebrados terrestres

· Arañas (Arachnida: Araneae) asociadas a dos bosques degradados del Chaco húmedo en Corrientes, Argentina
Avalos, Gilberto; Rubio, Gonzalo D; Bar, María E; González, Alda

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· Estructura de la comunidad de cunáxidos (Acarina) edáficos de una selva baja caducifolia en Chamela, México
Mejía-Recamier, Blanca Estela; Castaño-Meneses, Gabriela

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· Variación de la comunidad de abejas de las orquídeas (Hymenoptera: Apidae) en tres ambientes perturbados del piedemonte llanero colombiano
Parra-H, Alejandro; Nates-Parra, Guiomar

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· Distribución espacio-temporal de hormigas en un gradiente de luz, dentro de un sistema agroforestal de café, en Turrialba, Costa Rica
Varón, Edgar H; Hanson, Paul; Longino, John T; Borbón, Olger; Carballo, Manuel; Hilje, Luko

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Vertebrados acuaticos

· Reproducción del pez Brotula clarkae (Pisces: Ophidiidae) en el Pacífico colombiano
Acevedo, Jenny; Angulo, Wilberto; Ramírez, Manuel; Zapata, Luis A

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· Length weight relationship, condition factor and stomach contents of Hemichromis bimaculatus, Sarotherodon melanotheron and Chromidotilapia guentheri (Perciformes: Cichlidae) in Eleiyele Lake, Southwestern Nigeria
Ayoade, A.A; Ikulala, A.O.O

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· Distribución, abundancia y preferencias alimenticias del pez sapo Opsanus phobetron (Batrachoididae) en la laguna costera de Chelem, Yucatán, México
Canto-Maza, Walter Gabriel; Vega-Cendejas, María Eugenia

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· Hábitos alimenticios y ecología trófica del pez Lutjanus griseus (Pisces: Lutjanidae) asociado a la vegetación sumergida en la Laguna de Términos, Campeche, México
Guevara, Emma; Álvarez, Hernán; Mascaró, Maite; Rosas, Carlos; Sánchez, Alberto

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· Formation of ring marks in stocked tilapia juveniles (Oreochromis aureus/O. niloticus) (Perciformes: Cichlidae)
Ibañez, Ana L; Romo-Coronel, Marco A

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· Distribution and population structure of the fish Cyphocharax gilbert (Characiformes: Curimatidae) in the Lower Paraíba do Sul River, Brazil
Menezes, M.S; Caramaschi, E.P

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· Caracterización de la diversidad genética en el pez Brycon henni (Characiformes: Characidae) en Colombia central por medio de marcadores RAPD
Pineda Santis, Hermes; Arboleda Chacón, Lucy; Echeverry Echavarria, Amparo; Urcuqui Inchima, Silvio; Pareja Molina, Diego; Olivera Ángel, Martha; Builes Gómez, Juan

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Vertebrados terrestres

· Ecología poblacional del ratón Peromyscus mexicanus (Rodentia: Muridae) en el Parque Nacional Volcán Poás, Costa Rica
Rojas Rojas, Licidia; Barboza Rodríguez, Minor

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Errata

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Microbiologia

· Characterization and phylogenetic relationships of strains of Dengue type 1 virus from Costa Rica
Cerdas-Quesada, César-Alonso; Retana-Salazar, Axel P

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· A reliable bioassay procedure to evaluate per os toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis strains against the rice delphacid, Tagosodes orizicolus (Homoptera: Delphacidae)
Mora, Rebeca; Ibarra, Jorge E; Espinoza, Ana M

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· Prevalencia de anticuerpos séricos contra la bacteria Brucella sp. en una población humana tropical
Chanto, Grettel; Rojas, Norman; Ching, Adrián; Zúñiga, Ronald; Castro, Edith; Chaverri, Sonia; Asenjo, Angelina; Campo, Elena

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· Microbial flora associated with submerged mangrove leaf litter in India
Rajendran, Narayanasamy; Kathiresan, Kandasamy

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· Actividades enzimáticas en aislamientos bacterianos de tractos digestivos de larvas y del contenido de pupas de Automeris zugana y Rothschildia lebeau (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)
Pinto-Tomás, Adrián; Uribe-Lorío, Lorena; Blanco, John; Fontecha, Gustavo; Rodríguez, César; Mora, Marielos; Janzen, Daniel; Chavarría, Felipe; Díaz, Joel; Sittenfeld, Ana

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· Helminth parasites of the African lizard Agama agama (Squamata: Agamidae), in Lagos, Nigeria
Adeoye, G.O; Ogunbanwo, O.O

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Ecosistemas marinos

· The distribution of nutrients, dissolved oxygen and chlorophyll a in the upper Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica, a tropical estuary
Palter, Jaime; León Coto, Sandra; Ballestero, Daniel

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· Molecular phylogenetic relationships among four species of the mangrove tree genus Bruguiera (Rhizophoraceae), as revealed by chromosome and RAPD markers
Sahoo, Pragnya; Jena, Satyanarayan; Mohanty, Suprava; Bandhu Das, Anath

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· Biomass distribution of heterotrophic and autotrophic microorganisms of the photic layer in Cuban southern oceanic waters
Lugioyo, Gladys Margarita; Loza, Sandra; Abreu, Paulo C

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· Synonymy and biogeography of the dinoflagellate genus Histioneis (Dinophysiales: Dinophyceae)
Gómez, Fernando

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· Lista y referencias de los crustáceos anfípodos (Amphipoda: Gammaridea) del Atlántico occidental tropical
Ortíz, Manuel; Martín, Alberto; Díaz, Yusbelly J

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· Alimentación de la ascidia Ecteinascidia turbinata (Ascidiacea: Perophoridae) en dos áreas de manglar de Cuba
Hernández-Zanuy, Aida; García-Cagide, Alida; Borrero, Nilda; Carballo, José Luis

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· Spatio-temporal variation of the structural organization of demersal communities in the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico
Torruco, Daniel; Chávez, Ernesto A; González, Alicia

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· Cambios en las comunidades de peces de los arrecifes coralinos del Archipiélago Sabana-Camagüey, Cuba
Claro, Rodolfo; Cantelar, Karel; Pina Amargós, Fabián; García-Arteaga, Juan P

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· Distribución y condiciones ambientales asociadas al comportamiento del delfín bufeo (Tursiops truncatus) y el delfín manchado (Stenella attenuata) (Cetacea: Delphinidae) en el Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica
Cubero-Pardo, Priscilla

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Freshwater ecosystems

· Growth rate fitting using the von Bertalanffy model: analysis of natural populations of Drepanotrema spp. snails (Gastropoda: Planorbidae)
Rumi, Alejandra; E, Diego; Gutiérrez, Gregoric; Roche, M. Andrea

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· The Rotifer fauna of Guatemala and Belize: survey and biogeographical affinities
García-Morales, Alma Estrella; Gutiérrez, Manuel Elías

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· Variación estructural de la comunidad perifítica colonizadora de sustratos artificiales en la zona de ritral del río Medellín, Colombia
Montoya M, Yimmy; Ramírez R, John J

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· Reproductive strategy of Oreochromis niloticus (Pisces: Cichlidae) in Opa reservoir, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Komolafe, O.O; Arawomo, G.A.O

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· Alimentación de los peces dulceacuícolas tropicales Heterandria bimaculata y Poecilia sphenops (Cyprinidontiformes: Poeciliidae)
Trujillo-Jiménez, Patricia; Toledo Beto, Héctor

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· Distribución de aves acuáticas en las lagunas de oxidación de la ciudad de La Paz, Baja California Sur, México
Zamora-Orozco, Elvia Margarita; Carmona, Roberto; Brabata, Georgina

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Entomología

· Revisión taxonómica del grupo Haplothrips-Karnyothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae)
Retana-Salazar, Axel P; Soto-Rodríguez, Gerardo A

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· Reproducción y ultraestructura del huevo y larva de primer estadio de Gyriosomus kingi (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) del desierto de Atacama
Pizarro-Araya, Jaime; Jerez, Viviane; Cepeda-Pizarro, Jorge

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· Diversidad y distribución de mariposas Satyrinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) en la cuenca del río Coello, Colombia
García-Perez, Jack F; Ospina-López, Leonardo A; Villa-Navarro, Francisco A; Reinoso-Flórez, Gladys

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· Biological control of Diatraea spp. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in sugarcane crops in Central Venezuela
Weir L, Enrique H; Contreras, Williams; Gil de Weir, Karine

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· Huevo, larva en primer estadio y aparato genital femenino de la mariposa Chabuata castanea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Rodríguez, Marcela A; Angulo, A.O

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· Un método para la identificación de tres especies crípticas de Protesilaus, (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) del sur de Brasil, basado en su morfología genital
Murillo-Hiller, Luis Ricardo

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· Cuscohoplininus pagoreni: a new genus and species of Hoplinini stilt bug from Peru (Heteroptera: Berytidae)
Dellapé, Pablo M; Carpintero, Diego L

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· Visita de abejas (Apis mellifera, Hymenoptera: Apoidea) a flores de melón Cucumis melo (Cucurvitaceae) en Panamá
Di Trani de la Hoz, Juan Carlos

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Organismos terrestres

· Hardening of the national flower of Colombia, the threatened Cattleya trianae (Orchidaceae), from in vitro culture with previous invigoration phase
Franco, Marcela; Guevara, Giovany; Mesa, Neftali; Urueña, Gloria

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· Dos géneros nuevos de caracoles terrestres (Stylommatophora: Arionacea) de Chile
Vargas-Almonacid, Patricio; Stuardo, José R

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· Desplazamientos de la iguana verde, Iguana iguana (Squamata: Iguanidae) durante la estación seca en La Palma, Veracruz, México
Morales-Mávil, Jorge E; Vogt, Richard C; Gadsden-Esparza, Héctor

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· The Snakes of Osun Grove: a World Heritage Site in Osogbo, Nigeria
Akinpelu, Akinsola I; Areo, Adebowale

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· Relaciones filogenéticas entre géneros de ciervos neotropicales (Artiodactyla: Cervidae) mediante secuenciación de ADN mitocondrial y marcadores microsatelitales
Ruiz-García, Manuel; Randi, Ettore; Martínez-Agüero, María; Alvarez, Diana

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Reseña

· Reseña
Avalos, Gerardo

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Dwight Willard Taylor "Don Guillermo"

· Biogeochemical processes in the continental slope of Bay of Bengal: I. Bacterial solubilization of inorganic phosphate
Das, Surajit; Lyla, P.S; Ajmal Khan, S

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Ecologia y conservacion

· Estructura y dinámica del manglar del delta del río Ranchería, Caribe colombiano
Lema Vélez, Luisa Fernanda; Polanía, Jaime

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· Monitoreo del manglar de Gandoca, Costa Rica (sitio CARICOMP)
Fonseca E, Ana C; Cortés, Jorge; Zamora, Priscilla

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· Un modelo biogeoquímico para el Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica
Tabash Blanco, Farid A

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· ¿Controla la biomasa de pastos marinos la densidad de los peracáridos (Crustacea: Peracarida) en lagunas tropicales?
Winfield, Ignacio; Cházaro-Olvera, Sergio; Álvarez, Fernando

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· Monitoreo de pastos marinos en Perezoso, Cahuita, Costa Rica (sitio CARICOMP)
Fonseca E, Ana C; Nielsen M, Vanessa; Cortes, Jorge

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· Tamaño corporal, tolerancia ecológica y potencial de bioindicación de la calidad del agua de Anacroneuria spp. (Plecoptera: Perlidae) en América del Sur
Tomanova, Sylvie; Tedesco, Pablo A

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· Copro-necrophagous beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) diversity in an agroecosystem in Yucatan, Mexico
Reyes Novelo, Enrique; Delfín-González, Hugo; Morón, Miguel Ángel

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· The effects of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) on the arthropod fauna of wheat fields in Chile
Carrillo, R; Alarcón, R; Neira, M

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Biomedicina y parasitología aplicada

· Effect of Echinacea purpurea (Asteraceae) aqueous extract on antibody response to Bothrops asper venom and immune cell response
Chaves, Fernando; Chacón, Mauricio; Badilla, Beatriz; Arévalo, Carolina

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· Cinética de crecimiento in vitro de dos cepas de Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) en células miocárdicas de roedores con diferente susceptibilidad
Angel B, Rafael-Oswaldo; Chinchilla C, Misael; Guerrero B, Olga Marta; Castro C, Alfredo

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· Aislamiento de una cepa de campo de Babesia bigemina (Piroplasma: Babesiidae) y establecimiento del cultivo in vitro para la producción de antígenos
Rodríguez-Vivas, Roger I; Quiñones-Avila, Franklin J; Ramírez-Cruz, Genny T; Cruz, David; Wagner, Gale

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Invertebrados acuaticos

· Relaciones entre las abundancias del bacterioplancton y del fitoplancton en tres ecosistemas lénticos de los Andes Colombianos
Canosa, Amparo; Pinilla, Gabriel

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· The small species of Belostoma (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae): Revision of plebejum group
Estévez, Ana Lía; Polhemus, John T

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· Variation of a benthic heterotrophic bacteria community with different respiratory metabolisms in Coyuca de Benítez coastal lagoon (Guerrero, Mexico)
Ferrara-Guerrero, María Jesús; Castellanos-Páez, María Elena; Garza-Mouriño, Gabriela

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· Quitones (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) de El Salvador, América Central
García-Ríos, Cedar I; Álvarez-Ruiz, Migdalia; Barraza, José E; Rivera, Ana M; Hasbún, Carlos R

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· Comunidades de quitones (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) de la Bahía de La Paz, Baja California Sur, México
García Ríos, Cedar I; Álvarez Ruiz, Migdalia

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· Obtención de masas ovígeras del caracol lancetilla, Strombus pugilis (Mesogastropoda: Strombidae) en condiciones de laboratorio
Góngora Gómez, Andrés Martín; Domínguez Orozco, Ana Laura; Muñoz Sevilla, Norma Patricia; Rodríguez Gil, Luis Alfonso

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· Daily cycle and body characteristics of mating Litopenaeus vannamei shrimps (Decapoda: Penaeidae) in the wild off southern Sinaloa, Mexico
Calderón-Pérez, J.A; Rendón-Rodríguez, S; Solís-Ibarra, R

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· Comparison of some reproductive characteristics of farmed and wild white shrimp males Litopenaeus vannamei (Decapoda: Penaeidae)
Rendón Rodríguez, Sergio; Macías Regalado, Emilio; Calderón Pérez, José Antonio; Núñez Pastén, Arturo; Solís Ibarra, Rafael

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· Explotación de la pesquería de arrastre de camarón durante el período 1991-1999 en el Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica
Tabash Blanco, Farid A

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· Dry season distribution of land crabs, Gecarcinus quadratus (Crustacea: Gecarcinidae), in Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Griffiths, Megan E; Mohammad, Basma A; Vega, Andres

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· Estructura de tallas y crecimiento de los cangrejos Callinectes arcuatus y C. bellicosus (Decapoda: Portunidae) en la laguna costera Las Guásimas, México
Hernández, Luis; Arreola-Lizárraga, José Alfredo

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· Distribución espacial y temporal del cangrejo Callinectes sapidus (Decapoda: Portunidae) en la Bahía de Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
Ortiz-León, Héctor J; Navarrete, Alberto de Jesús; Sosa Cordero, Eloy

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· Distribución y abundancia de la ascidia Ecteinascidia turbinata (Ascidiacea: Perophoridae) en Cuba
Hernández-Zanuy, Aida; Carballo, José Luis; García-Cagide, Alida; Naranjo, Santiago; Esquivel, Macario

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· Sanguijuelas (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae) asociadas a Cryphiops caementarius (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) del Río Limarí, Chile
Tello, Patricio; Jerez, Viviane; Olmos, Viviana

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Invertebrados terrestres

· Synaptic dimorphism in Onychophoran cephalic ganglia
Peña-Contreras, Z; Mendoza-Briceño, R.V

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· Pollination of Anthurium (Araceae) by derelomine flower weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Franz, Nico M

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Reseña de libros

· La pesca de sardina, Sardinella aurita (Teleostei: Clupeidae) asociada con la variabilidad ambiental del ecosistema de surgencia costera de Nueva Esparta, Venezuela
González, Leo W; Euán, Jorge; Eslava, Nora; Suniaga, Jesús

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Vertebrados

· Bird diversity and conservation of Alto Balsas (Southwestern Puebla), Mexico
Ramírez-Albores, Jorge E

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· Food niche overlap among neotropical frugivorous bats in Costa Rica
Lopez, Jorge E; Vaughan, Christopher

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· Efficiency of box-traps and leg-hold traps with several bait types for capturing small carnivores (Mammalia) in a disturbed area of Southeastern Brazil
Michalski, Fernanda; Crawshaw JR, Peter G; de Oliveira, Tadeu G; Fabián, Marta E

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· Los tisanópteros del grupo genérico Anaphothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), con énfasis en América Central
Retana-Salazar, Axel P

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Reseña de libros

· Amphibians and Reptiles of the bay islands and Cayos Cochinos, Honduras
McCranie, J.R; Wilson, L.D; Köhler, G

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Organizing Committee

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Special Acknowledgement

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Welcome
LeGore, Steve

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Program for the 32nd Scientific Meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean June 13 - 17, 2005

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Posters for the 32nd Scientific Meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean June 13 - 17, 2005

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New records of parasites for culture Cobia, Rachycentron canadum (Perciformes: Rachycentridae) in Puerto Rico
Bunkley-Williams, Lucy; Williams, Jr., Ernest H

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Saharan dust - a carrier of persistent organic pollutants, metals and microbes to the Caribbean?
Garrison, V.H; Foreman, W.T; Genualdi, S; Griffin, D. W; Kellogg, C. A; Majewski, M. S; Mohammed, A; Ramsubhag, A; Shinn, E. A; Simonich, S. L; Smith, G. W

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A vision for regular, rapid assessments of the tropical northwestern Atlantic’s coral reefs
Lang, Judith C; Ginsburg, Robert N

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Relationship between anthropogenic impacts and bleaching-associated tissue mortality of corals in Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles)
Nagelkerken, I

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The recent decline of Montastraea annularis (complex) coral populations in western Curaçao: a cause for concern?
Bruckner, A. W; Bruckner, R. J

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The white band disease type II pathogen in Puerto Rico
Gil-Agudelo, D. L; Smith, G.W; Weil, E

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Temporal and spatial dynamics of Lutjanus cyanopterus (Pisces: Lutjanidae) and L. jocu spawning aggregations in the United States Virgin Islands
Kadison, Elizabeth; Nemeth, Richard S; Herzlieb, Steve; Blondeau, Jeremiah

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Fragmentation of the gastrodermis and detachment of zooxanthellae in symbiotic cnidarians: a role for hydrogen peroxide and Ca2+ in coral bleaching and algal density control
Sandeman, I. M

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A recent increase in the abundance of the echinoid Diadema antillarum in Dominica (Lesser Antilles): 2001-2005
Steiner, S. C. C; Williams, S. M

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Evaluating the potential of natural reproduction and artificial techniques to increase Acropora cervicornis populations at Discovery Bay, Jamaica
Quinn, Norman J; Kojis, Barbara L

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Un caso de hipertrofia bilateral de quelas en el cangrejo violinista Uca cumulanta (Decapoda: Ocypodidae)
Lira, Carlos; Bolaños, Juan; Hernández, Gonzalo; Hernández, Jesús

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Estructura de la comunidad de moluscos y relaciones tróficas en el litoral rocoso del estado Sucre, Venezuela
Fernández, Johanna; Jiménez P, Mayré

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El cangrejo Heterocrypta tommasii (Decapoda: Parthenopidae): adición a la carcinofauna venezolana
Bolaños, Juan; Lira, Carlos; Hernández, Gonzalo; López, Régulo

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Comunidad de moluscos asociados al mejillón verde Perna viridis (Mollusca: Bivalvia) y sus relaciones tróficas en la costa norte de la Península de Araya, Estado Sucre, Venezuela
Villafranca, Sioliz; Jiménez, Mayré

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Morphology offers no clues to asexual vs. sexual origin of small Acropora cervicornis (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) colonies
Williams, D. E; Miller, M. W

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Status of aspergillosis and sea fan populations in Curaçao ten years after the 1995 Caribbean epizootic
Nugues, M. M; Nagelkerken, I

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Three anomalies: A scythebill in the Greater Antillean Grackle (blackbird), a crown pattern in the Rock Beauty (angelfish), and a double spot in the Butter Hamlet (grouper), and their possible genetic significance
Williams, Jr, Ernest H; Bunkley-Williams, Lucy

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New geographic records of Hamlets, Hypoplectrus spp. (Serranidae), in the Caribbean Sea
Williams, Jr, Ernest H; Bunkley-Williams, Lucy; Rogers, Caroline S; Fenner, Robert

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Isopods (Isopoda: Aegidae, Cymothoidae, Gnathiidae) associated with Venezuelan marine fishes (Elasmobranchii, Actinopterygii)
Bunkley-Williams, Lucy; Williams, Jr, Ernest H; Bashirullah, Abul K.M

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Actividades biológicas del extracto acuoso de la esponja Aplysina lacunosa (Porifera: Aplysinidae)
Kazanjian, Arda; Fariñas, Milagros

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Agradecimientos

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Prefacio
Montiel Longhi, Mayra

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Género Guadua

· Caracterización anatómica ultraestructural de las variantes "Atlántica", "Sur" y "Cebolla" del bambú, Guadua angustifolia (Poaceae: Bambusoideae), en Costa Rica
Montiel, Mayra; Jiménez, Víctor M; Guevara, Eric

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· Ultraestructura del bambú Guadua angustifolia var. bicolor (Poaceae: Bambusoideae), presente en Costa Rica
Montiel, Mayra; Jiménez, Víctor M; Guevara, Eric

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· Ultraestructura del bambú Guadua amplexifolia (Poaceaea: Bambusoideae) presente en Costa Rica
Montiel, Mayra; Jiménez, Víctor M; Guevara, Eric

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· Ultraestructura del bambú Guadua paniculata (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) de Costa Rica
Montiel, Mayra; Guevara, Eric; Jiménez, Víctor M

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· Ultraestructura del bambú Guadua macclurei (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) de Costa Rica
Montiel, Mayra; Guevara, Eric; Jiménez, Víctor M

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Género Dendrocalamus

· Ultraestructura de bambúes del género Dendrocalamus (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) cultivados en Costa Rica I: Dendrocalamus latiflorus
Montiel, Mayra; Sánchez, Ethel

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· Ultraestructura de bambúes del género Dendrocalamus (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) cultivados en Costa Rica II: Dendrocalamus latiflorus var. latiflorus
Montiel, Mayra; Sánchez, Ethel

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· Ultraestructura de bambúes del género Dendrocalamus (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) cultivados en Costa Rica III: Dendrocalamus giganteus
Montiel, Mayra; Sánchez, Ethel

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· Ultraestructura de bambúes del género Dendrocalamus (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) cultivados en Costa Rica IV: Dendrocalamus asper, clones Taiwán y Tailandia
Montiel, Mayra; Sánchez, Ethel

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Epílogo
Montiel Longhi, Mayra

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Invertebrados acuaticos

· Population structure and accompanying biota of the snail Turbo (Callopoma) funiculosus (Gastropoda: Turbinidae), on Socorro Island, Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico
Holguin Quiñones, Oscar E; Michel-Morfín, Jesús E

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Invertebrados terrestres

· Ultraestructura de los huevos de dos mariposas nocturnas de Chile: Ormiscodes socialis y Polythysana cinerascens (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)
Benítez-Mora, Alfonso; Olivares, Tania S

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Vertebrados acuaticos

· Alimentación del pez tropical Gobioides broussonnetii (Pisces: Gobiidae) en la Laguna de Unare, Venezuela
Rodríguez, José; Villamizar, Estrella

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· Fecundity, survival, and growth of the seahorse Hippocampus ingens (Pisces: Syngnathidae) under semi-controlled conditions
Ortega-Salas, A.A; Reyes-Bustamante, H

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· Reproducción, distribución y abundancia del pez Pseudupeneus grandisquamis (Perciformes: Mullidae), en el Golfo de Tehuantepec, México
Ramos-Santiago, Eduardo; Ramírez-Gutiérrez, José Martín; Mendoza-Rodríguez, Ricardo; Tapia-García, Margarito

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· Initial sexual maturity and fecundity of the goldfish Carassius auratus (Perciformes: Cyprynidae) under semi-controlled conditions
Ortega-Salas, A.A; Reyes-Bustamante, H

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Vertebrados terrestres

· Lunar phobia in the greater fishing bat Noctilio leporinus (Chiroptera: Noctilionidae)
Börk, Karrigan S

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· Hemidactylus frenatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae): call frequency, movement and condition of tail in Costa Rica
Frenkel, Caty

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· Breeding success of a colony of Boat-billed Herons Cochlearius cochlearius (Ciconiiformes: Ardeidae) in pasturelands of Costa Rica
Gómez, Jaime; Gil-Delgado, José A; Monrós, Juan S

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Botanica

· Incidencia y distribución altitudinal de 13 virus en cultivos de Solanum tuberosum (Solanaceae) en Costa Rica
Vásquez, Viviana; Montero-Astúa, Mauricio; Rivera, Carmen

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· Fotosíntesis en tres poblaciones altitudinales de la planta andina Espeletia schultzii (Compositae)
Castrillo, Marisol

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· A mast fruiting episode of the tropical tree Peltogyne purpurea(Caesalpinaceae)in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Rocha, Oscar J; Vílchez, Braulio; Araya Anchetta, Ana L

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· Anatomía de seis especies de helechos del género Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae) de México
Hernández, Victoria; Terrazas, Teresa; Angeles, Guillermo

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Vertebrados terrestres

· Phenology, fruit production and seed dispersal of Astrocaryum jauari (Arecaceae) in Amazonian black water floodplains
Maria Teresa, F. Piedade; Parolin, Pia; Junk, Wolfgang J

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Ecologia

· Posible influencia de los rametes en la estructura poblacional y distribución del árbol gigante Warszewiczia uxpanapensis, Cordillera de Tilarán, Costa Rica
Cambronero, Liz Brenes; Di Stéfano, José Francisco

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· Euglossine bees as potential bio-indicators of coffee farmas: Does forest access, on a seasonal basis, affect sbundance?
Hedström, Ingemar; Harris, Jessica; Fergus, Kimberly

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· The action of post-dispersal beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on scats of Didelphis spp. (Mammalia: Didelphidae)
Carlos Cáceres, Nilton; Monteiro-Filho, Emygdio L.A

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· Consumo de hojas por herbívoros en manglares del estuario del Río Dagua, Costa Pacífica Colombiana
C. Romero, Isabel; Cantera K, Jaime R; Peña S, Enrique J

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· Establecimiento y desarrollo de plántulas de Tabebuia rosea (Bignoniaceae) en una selva subcaducifolia manejada de la costa Pacífica de México
Mora Santacruz, Antonio; Valdez Hernández, Juan Ignacio; Ángeles Pérez, Gregorio; Musálem Santiago, Miguel Ángel; Vaquera Huerta, Humberto

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· Alimentación del pez insectívoro neotropical Creagrutus bolivari (Pisces: Characidae) según los métodos gráfico y de importancia relativa
Ortaz, Mario; Borjas von Bach, Pablo; Candia, Rubén

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· Efecto de la temperatura superficial y la salinidad en el reclutamiento del camarón rosado Farfantepenaeus duorarum (Decapoda: Penaeidae), en la Sonda de Campeche, Golfo de México
Ramírez-Rodríguez, Mauricio; Arreguín-Sánchez, Francisco; Lluch-Belda, Daniel

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· La ecología alimentaria del pez endémico Girardinichthys multiradiatus (Cyprinidontiformes: Goodeidae), en el Parque Nacional Lagunas de Zempoala, México
Trujillo-Jiménez, Patricia; Espinosa de los Monteros Viveros, Efrén

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· Flujos de biomasa y estructura de un ecosistema de surgencia tropical en La Guajira, Caribe colombiano
Criales-Hernández, Maria Isabel; B. García, Camilo; Wolff, Matthias

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· Calidad biológica y bioquímica de la población de Artemia (Anostraca: Artemiidae) localizada en las salinas de Real de Salinas, Calkiní, Campeche, México
Rodríguez-Canché, Leticia G; Maldonado-Montiel, Teresita DNJ; Carrillo Navarro, Luciano A

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Taxonomía

· A new species of the zephyrinid nudibranch genus Janolus (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) from North America and Costa Rica
Camacho-García, Yolanda E; M. Gosliner, Terrence

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· Orbiniidae polychaetes (Polychaeta: Scolecida) from Coiba Island, eastern Pacific of Panama, with description of a new species
López, Eduardo; Cladera, Pedro; San Martín, Guillermo

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· Separación de subfamilias en la familia de chinches Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera
Estévez, Ana Lía; López Ruf, Mónica L

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Biomedicina

· Subchronic and acute preclinic toxicity and some pharmacological effects of the water extract from leaves of Petiveria alliacea (Phytolaccaceae
García-González, Mildred; Coto Morales, Teresita; Ocampo, Rafael; Pazos, Liliana

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Microbiologia

· Microcistina en plantas de tratamiento de agua para consumo humano en un ambiente tropical: el Área Metropolitana de Costa Rica
Avendaño Lopez, Adrián; Arguedas Villa, Carolina

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· Flora bacteriana aeróbica del tracto digestivo del vampiro común, Desmodus rotundus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
Chaverri, Gloriana

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Invertebrados marinos

· Sílidos (Syllidae: Polychaeta) del Parque Nacional de Coiba (Pacífico, Panamá)
Aguado, María Teresa

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· Osmoregulatory capacity of the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei at different temperatures and salinities, and optimal culture environment
Bückle, L. Fernando; Barón, Benjamín; Hernández, Mónica

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· Monitoreo del arrecife coralino Meager Shoal, Parque Nacional Cahuita, Costa Rica (sitio CARICOMP)
Fonseca E, Ana C; Salas, Eva; Cortés, Jorge

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· Poliquetos (Annelida: Polychaeta) epibiontes de Spondylus americanus (Bivalvia: Spondylidae) en el Parque Nacional Mochima, Venezuela
Liñero Arana, Ildefonso; Díaz Díaz, Oscar

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· Deep-water polychaetes (Annelida) from the southeastern Gulf of California, Mexico
Méndez, Nuria

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· Filtration and clearance rates of Anadara grandis juveniles (Pelecypoda, Arcidae) with different temperatures and suspended matter concentrations
Miranda-Baeza, Anselmo; Voltolina, Domenico; Cordero-Esquivel, Beatriz

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· Abundancia de Diadema antillarum (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) en las costas de Venezuela
Noriega, Nicida; Pauls, Sheila M; del Mónaco, Carlos

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· Influence of joint application of heavy metals on level of each metal accumulated in the periwinkle Tympanotonus fuscatus (Gastropoda: Potamididae)
Otitoloju, A.A; Don-Pedro, K.N

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Invertebrados terrestres y dulce acuícolas

· The morphology of the cibarial armature and sensilla of Mansonia titillans, Psorophora cingulata, Coquillettidia arribalzagae, Culex coronator and Limatus durhamii (Diptera: Culicidae)
Boza, Sandra; Vargas, Mario

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· Status of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) in Cuba
Fernández Triana, José L; Grillo Ravelo, Horacio; López, Mabel

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· Fitting together: copulatory linking in some Neotropical Chrysomeloidea
Wills Flowers, R; Eberhard, William G

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· Scanning electron microscopy of damage caused by Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides (Copepoda: Cyclopoidea) on larvae of the Dengue fever vector Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)
Schaper, Stefan; Hernández-Chavarría, Francisco

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· Scanning electron microscopy of the four larval instars of the Dengue fever vector Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)
Schaper, Stefan; Hernández-Chavarría, Francisco

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Vertebrados acuaticos

· Alimentación y reproducción de las principales especies ícticas del río Mesay durante el período de "aguas altas"
Blanco-Parra, María del Pilar; Bejarano-Rodríguez, Ivonne

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· Reproducción y alimentación del tiburón enano Mustelus dorsalis (Pisces: Triakidae) en el Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica: Elementos para un manejo sostenible
Rojas M, José Rodrigo

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Vertebrados terrestres

· Time-activity budgets and behaviour of the Amazilia hummingbird, Amazilia amazilia (Apodiformes: Trochilidae) in an urban environment
Calviño-Cancela, M

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· Evaluación estacional de la riqueza y abundancia de especies de mamíferos en la Reserva Biológica Municipal "Mário Viana", Mato Grosso, Brasil
Cândido Rocha, Ednaldo; Silva, Elias; Venâncio Martins, Sebastião; Cândido Cardoso Barreto, Francisco

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· Características biológicas e inmunológicas del veneno de Bothrops cotiara (Serpentes: Viperidae)
de Roodt, Adolfo Rafael; Estévez, Judith; Dolab, Jorge Adrián; Manzanelli, Marcelo Víctor; Piñeiro, Nicolás; Paniagua, Jorge Francisco; Vogt, Alejandro Urs

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· Actividad ovárica del tepezcuintle Agouti paca (Rodentia: Agoutidae) en cautiverio
Montes Pérez, Rubén C; Cabrera Baz, Elsy A

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· Variaciones nucleotídicas de dos grupos de tepezcuintles, Agouti paca (Rodentia: Agoutidae), en cautiverio provenientes de dos localidades de Yucatán, México
Montes-Pérez, Rubén C; Echeverría García, Adán W; Zavala Castro, Jorge; Alfaro Gamboa, Militza G

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· Scarlet Macaw, Ara macao, (Psittaciformes: Psittacidae) diet in Central Pacific Costa Rica
Vaughan, Christopher; Nemeth, Nicole; Marineros, Leonel

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Botanica

· Raíz secundaria embrional asociada a la germinación de Garcinia intermedia (Clusiaceae) y su posible papel en la supervivencia de las plántulas
Di Stefano, José Fco; Marín, Walter A; Díaz, Marco A

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· The floristic compositions of vascular epiphytes of a seasonally inundated forest on the coastal plain of Ilha do Mel Island, Brazil
de Andrade Kersten, Rodrigo; Menezes Silva, Sandro

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· Ontogenesis, structure and ultrastructure of Hymenaea stigonocarpa (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae) colleters
Sousa Paiva, Élder Antônio; Rodrigues Machado, Silvia

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Ecologia

· Is the inverse leafing phenology of the dry forest understory shrub Jacquinia nervosa (Theophrastaceae) a strategy to escape herbivory?
Chaves, Óscar M; Avalos, Gerardo

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· Orchid bees as bio-indicators for organic coffee farms in Costa Rica: Does farm size affect their abundance?
Hedström, Ingemar; Denzel, Andrew; Owens, Gareth

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· Polychaeta (Annelida) associated with Thalassia testudinum in the northeastern coastal waters of Venezuela
Liñero Arana, Ildefonso; Díaz Díaz, Oscar

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· Dinámica poblacional de los estadios inmaduros del vector del dengue Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae): un estudio longitudinal (1996-2000)
Micieli, María V; García, Juan J; Achinelly, María F; Martí, Gerardo A

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· Distribución espacio-temporal de la meiofauna béntica en cuatro playas del Litoral Norte de la Habana
Pérez, Helder Alfonso; López Cánovas, Cecilia

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· Species diversity, structure and dynamics of two populations of an endangered species, Magnolia dealbata (Magnoliaceae)
Sánchez-Velásquez, Lázaro R; Pineda-López, María del Rosario

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· Population dynamics of Megapitaria squalida (Bivalvia: Veneridae) at Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Schweers, Tanja; Wolff, Matthias; Koch, Volker; Sinsel Duarte, Francisco

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· Estructura de una población del árbol Peltogyne purpurea (Cesalpinaceae) en un bosque intervenido de la Península de Osa, Costa Rica
Vílchez, Braulio; Rocha, Oscar

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Taxonomía

· Dos nuevas especies del género Squatina (Chondrichthyes: Squatinidae) del Golfo de México
Castro-Aguirre, José Luis; Espinosa Pérez, Héctor; Huidobro Campos, Leticia

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· Redescripción y reubicación sistemática del trematodo Topsiturvitrema verticalia (Trematoda: Digenea) en una familia nueva
Lunaschi, Lía I

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· Dos nuevas especies de cangrejos de agua dulce (Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) de la Serranía de Los Paraguas, Cordillera Occidental de Colombia
Ramos-Tafur, Gabriel E

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· Una nueva especie de helecho del género Danaea (Marattiales: Marattiaceae) endémica de Costa Rica
Rojas Alvarado, Alexander Fco

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· Una especie nueva de helecho del género Pteris (Pteridaceae) endémica de Costa Rica
Rojas Alvarado, Alexander Fco; Palacios Ríos, Mónica

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· A new predaceous midge of the Palpomyia tibialis group from northeastern Argentina (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
Spinelli, Gustavo R; Cazorla, Carla G

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Reseña de libros

· Gannon, M.R., A. Kurta, A. Rodríguez-Durán & M.R. Willing. 2005 Bats of Puerto Rico: An Island Focus and a Caribbean Perspective
Barrientos, Zaidett

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· Detección inmunoenzimática de la toxina de la bacteria Clostridium tetani: una alternativa a las pruebas biológicas con ratones
Chaves, Fernando; León, Guillermo; Hernández-Chavarría, Francisco

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· Citotoxicidad del cadmio en hepatocitos de ratón albino y sus posibles implicaciones en ambientes tropicales
Marcano, Letty; de R. Faría, Clarisa; Carruyo, Ingrid; Montiel, Xiomara

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Microbiologia

· Bacillus thuringiensis in caterpillars and associated materials collected from protected tropical forests in northwestern Costa Rica
Rodríguez-Sánchez, César; Sittenfeld, Ana; Janzen, Daniel H; Espinoza, Ana M

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· Actividad microbiana en suelos de sabanas de los Llanos Orientales de Venezuela convertidas en pasturas
Gómez, Y; Paolini, J

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Botánica y ecología

· Epiphytic diatoms associated with red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) prop roots in Bahía Magdalena, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Siqueiros Beltrones, D.A; López Fuerte, F.O

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· Epiphytic dinoflagellates associated with ciguatera in the northwestern coast of Cuba
Delgado, Gilma; Lechuga-Devéze, Carlos H; Popowski, Genoveva; Troccoli, Luis; Salinas, Cesar A

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· Hongos patógenos de insectos en Argentina (Zygomycetes: Entomophthorales
López Lastra, C.C; Scorsetti, A.C

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· Algas epífitas de Bajo Pepito, Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, México
Quan-Young, L.I; Díaz-Martín, M.A; Espinoza-Avalos, J

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· Temporal variation of biomass and productivity of Thalassia testudinum (Hydrocharitaceae) in Venezuela, Southern Caribbean
Pérez, Daisy; Guevara, Marcel; Bone, David

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· Flora béntica y reproducción de las algas Batophora spp. (Chlorophyta: Dasycladaceae) de una laguna costera contaminada (Bahía de Chetumal, México)
Quan-Young, L.I; Jiménez-Flores, S.G; Espinoza-Ávalos, J

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· Leaf and soil nitrogen and phosphorus availability in a neotropical rain forest of nutrient-rich soil
Martínez-Sánchez, José Luis

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· Pasture trees in tropical México: the effect of soil nutrients on seedling growth
Martínez-Sánchez, José Luis

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· Differential leaf gas exchange responses to salinity and drought in the mangrove tree Avicecennia germinans (Avicenniaceae)
Sobrado, M.A

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· Ultrastructure of the wild rice Oryza grandiglumis (Gramineae) in Costa Rica
Sánchez, Ethel; Quesada, Tania; Espinoza, Ana M

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· Germinación de semillas de Ficus insipida (Moraceae) defecadas por tucanes (Ramphastos sulfuratus) y monos araña (Ateles geoffroyi)
Domínguez-Domínguez, Laura E; Morales-Mávil, Jorge E; Alba-Landa, Juan

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· Seed germination and seedling growth of the Mexican sunflower Tithonia diversifolia (Compositae) in Nigeria, Africa
Agboola, D.A; Idowu, W.F; Kadiri, M

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· Variabilidad espacio-temporal de las comunidades de plantas acuáticas en un humedal de los Llanos de Venezuela
Rial B, Anabel

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· Impact of the invasive plant Syzigium jambos (Myrtaceae) on patterns of understory seedling abundance in a Tropical Premontane Forest, Costa Rica
Avalos, Gerardo; Hoell, Kelly; Gardner, Jocelyn; Anderson, Scott; Lee, Conor

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Invertebrados

· Diversidad y abundancia relativa de corales, octocorales y esponjas en el Parque Nacional Jaragua, República Dominicana
Weil, Ernesto

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· Parásitos del tapir centroamericano Tapirus bairdii (Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) en Chiapas, México
Cruz Aldán, Epigmenio; Lira Torres, Iván; Güiris Andrade, Dario Marcelino; Osorio Sarabia, David; Quintero M, Ma. Teresa

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· Efecto de sedimentos naturales enriquecidos con zinc, en modelos aislados y en microcosmos, sobre tres especies de invertebrados bentónicos
Galar Martínez, Marcela; Martínez-Tabche, Laura; Sánchez-Hidalgo, Eugenia; López López, Eugenia

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· Biodiversidad marina de Costa Rica: Crustacea: Infraorden Anomura
Vargas, Rita; Cortés, Jorge

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· Nueva especie de Tityus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) del Turimiquire, Venezuela
De Sousa, Leonardo; Manzanilla, Jesús; Parrilla-Álvarez, Pedro

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· Preferencia alimentaria de arañas Misumenops pallidus (Araneae: Thomisidae) sobre potenciales insectos presa de cultivos de alfalfa
Cheli, Germán; Armendano, Andrea; González, Alda

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· Successful hatching from eggs carried by females and naturally removed from incubant males in Belostoma spp. water bugs (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae)
Estévez, Ana Lía; Armúa de Reyes, Cristina; Schnack, Juan A

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· Taxonomy and phylogeny of a new Central American beetle genus: (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
Coca-Abia, María Milagro; Robbins, Paul S

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· Las hormigas Ecitoninae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Morelos, México
Quiroz-Robledo, Luis N; Valenzuela-González, Jorge

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· Main lepidopteran pest species from an eucalyptus plantation in Minas Gerais, Brazil
Zanuncio, Teresinha V; Zanuncio, José C; de Freitas, Fernando A; Pratissoli, Dirceu; Z. Sediyama, Camilla A; Maffia, Vanessa P

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· Desarrollo larvario de algunas especies del género Bregmaceros (Pisces: Bregmacerotidae) del sureste del Golfo de México
Blas-Cabrera, Jorge; Sánchez-Ramírez, Marina; Ocaña-Luna, Alberto

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· Age-growth models for tilapia Oreochromis aureus (Perciformes, Cichlidae) of the Infiernillo reservoir, Mexico and reproductive behaviour
Jiménez-Badillo, Lourdes

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· Growth, feeding and reproduction of the catfish Eremophilus mutisii (Pisces: Trichomycteridae), from artificial reservoirs in Colombia
Pinilla, Gabriel; Abril, Maritza; González, Esperanza

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· Estructura de tallas, madurez gonádica y alimentación del pez Diapterus rhombeus (Gerreidae) en el sistema fluvio-deltaico Pom-Atasta, Campeche, México
Aguirre-León, Arturo; Díaz-Ruiz, Silvia

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· Feeding habits of four species of mesopelagic fishes from the Northern Chilean
Oliva A, Eduardo; Ulloa H, Raúl; Bleck Z, Jorge

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· Distribution and habitat suitability index model for the Andean catfish Astroblepus ubidiai (Pisces: Siluriformes) in Ecuador
Vélez-Espino, Luis A

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· Composición de especies y diversidad de peces en un cuerpo de agua temporal en el Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Caño Negro, Costa Rica
Sáenz Sánchez, Idania; Protti Quesada, Maurizio; Cabrera Peña, Jorge

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Vertebrados

· Field observations of mating behavior in the neck-banded snake Scaphiodontophis annulatus (Serpentes: Colubridae)
Sasa, Mahmood; Curtis, Sierra

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· Population dynamics of the rat Microryzomys minutus (Rodentia: Muridae) in the Venezuelan Andes
Cabello, Daniel R; Bianchi-Perez, Guillermo; Ramoni-Perazzi, Paolo

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· The influence of vegetation on bird distribution in dry forests and oak woodlands of western Mexico
Corcuera, Pablo; Zavala-Hurtado, J. Alejandro

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· The relationship of sex and ectoparasite infestation in the water rat Scapteromys aquaticus (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in La Plata, Argentina
Lareschi, Marcela

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· Hábitos alimenticios de la ardilla Sciurus variegatoides (Rodentia: Sciuridae) en la Península de Nicoya, Costa Rica
Monge, Javier; Hilje, Luko

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· Valor nutricional de los alimentos de Tayassu pecari (Artiodactyla: Tayassuidae) en el Parque Nacional Corcovado, Costa Rica
López, Marco Tulio; Altrichter, Mariana; Sáenz, Joel; Eduarte, Eduardo

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· Characterization of a Bacillus thuringiensis strain collection isolated from diverse Costa Rican natural ecosystems
Arrieta, Glen; Espinoza, Ana M

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· Genes that encode botulism neurotoxins A,B,E and F in Neotropical bee honey identified with the Polymerase Chain Reaction
Fournier, Ana Teresa; Gamboa, María del Mar; Arias, María Laura

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· Caraterización citogenética del pez tropical de agua dulce Parachromis managuensis (Pisces:Cichlidae)
Arias-Rodriguez, Lenin; Páramo-Delgadillo, Salomón; Durán-González, Alicia de la Luz

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· Flora bacteriana cloacal y nasal de Lepidochelys olivacea (Testudines: Cheloniidae) en el pacífico norte de Costa Rica
Santoro, Mario; Orrego, Carlos Mario; Hernández Gómez, Giovanna

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· Distribution of bacteria and fungi in the earthworm Libyodrillus violaceous (Annelida: Oligochaeta), a native earthworm from Nigeria
Idowu, A. B; Edema, M. O; Adeyi, A. O

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· Microbial degradation of palm (Elaeis guineensis )biodiesel
Lutz, Giselle; Chavarría, Max; Arias, María Laura; Mata-Segreda, Julio F

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Botanica

· Establishment of Desmoncus orthacanthos Martius (Arecaceae): effect of inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizae
Ramos-Zapata, José A; Orellana, Roger; Allen, Edith B

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· A Comparison of Sap Flow Measurements and Potometry in Two Tropical Lowland Tree Species with Contrasting Wood Properties
Gutiérrez, Marco V; Santiago, Louis S

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· El alga marina Sargassum (Sargassaceae): una alternativa tropical para la alimentación de ganado caprino
Casas-Valdez, M; Hernández-Contreras, H; Marín-Álvarez, A; Aguila-Ramírez, R.N; Hernández-Guerrero, C.J; Sánchez-Rodríguez, I; Carrillo-Domínguez, S

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Invertebrados acuaticos

· Helminth Parasites of Clarias gariepinus (Clariidae) in Lekki Lagoon, Lagos, Nigeria
Akinsanya, B; Otubanjo, O. A

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· Non-colonial coral macro-borers as indicators of coral reef status in the south Pacific of Costa Rica
Fonseca E, A.C; Dean, H. K; Cortés, J

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· Dynamics and ecology of an Indo-Pacific conch,Conomurex persicus (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southeastern Turkey
Mutlu, Erhan; Betil Ergev, Mehmet

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· Diversity and abundance of littoral cladocerans and copepods in nine Ecuadorian highland lakes
Torres, Leticia E; Rylander, Kent

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· Aquatic Coleoptera and Heteroptera inhabiting waterbodies from Berisso, Buenos Aires province, Argentina
Fernández, Liliana A; López Ruf, Mónica L

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Ecologia

· Influence of land crabs Gecarcinus quadratus (Gecarcinidae) on distributions of organic carbon and roots in a Costa Rican rain forest
Sherman, Peter M

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Vertebrados acuaticos

· Estado de conservación de los peces de la familia Goodeidae (Cyprinodontiformes) en la mesa central de México
De la Vega-Salazar, Marina Y

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· Efecto de la pluviosidad y el brillo solar sobre la producción y características del semen en el pez Brycon henni (Pisces:Characidae)
Tabares, C.J; Montoya, A.F; Arboleda, L; Echeverri, A; Restrepo, L.F; Olivera-Angel, M

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· Peces ligados a Thalassia testudinum en el arrecife Lobos, Veracruz, México: diversidad y abundancia
González-Gándara, Carlos; Trinidad-Martínez, Silvia del Carmen; Chávez-Morales, Víctor Manuel

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· Composición por tallas y ciclo reproductivo de Pseudupeneus grandisquamis (Pisces: Mullidae) en el Pacífico central Mexicano
Lucano-Ramírez, G; Ruiz-Ramírez, S; Rojo-Vázquez, J. A

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· Una nueva especie de pez del género Hemibrycon (Characiformes:Characidae)
Román-Valencia, César; Ruiz C, Raquel I; Barriga, Ramiro

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Vertebrados terrestres

· Diversidad,historia natural y conservación de los mamíferos de San Vito de Coto Brus, Costa Rica
Pacheco, Jesús; Ceballos, Gerardo; Daily, Gretchen C; Ehrlich, Paul R; Suzán, Gerardo; Rodríguez-Herrera, Bernal; Marcé, Erika

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Tiburones

	· Familia Carcharhinidae - tiburones, cazones

· Familia Hemigaleidae - tiburones comadreja

· Familia Ginglymostomatidae - gatas, tiburones de barbilla

· Familia Alopiidae - tiburones zorro

· Familia Rhincodontidae - whale shark

Rayas

· Familia Myliobatidae - águilas marinas

· Familia Mobulidae - mantas, diablos

· Familia Rhinobatidae - guitarras

· Familia Dasyatidae - rayas látigo

· Familia Urolophidae - rayas con aguijón

Peces Óseos

· Familia Muraenidae - morenas

· Familia Ophichthyidae - anguilas

· Familia Congridae - congrios

· Familia Engraulidae - anchoas

· Familia Aulopodidae - garrobos del Pacífico

· Familia Synodontidae - garrobos

· Familia Chlorophthalmidae - ojiverdes

· Familia Chanidae - sabalote

· Familia Batrachoididae - peces sapo, peces perro

· Familia Lophiidae - bocones

· Familia Antennariidae - zanahorias

· Familia Ogcocephalidae - peces murciélago

· Familia Ophidiidae - congrios

· Familia Carapidae - peces perla

· Familia Merlucciidae - merluzas

· Familia Bythitidae - brótulas

· Familia Exocoetidae - voladores

· Familia Hemiramphidae - medio picos

· Family Belonidae - agujas

· Familia Mugilidae - lisas

· Familia Atherinidae - pejerreyes

· Familia Holocentridae - peces ardilla, soldados

· Familia Fistulariidae - cornetas

· Familia Aulostomidae - peces trompeta

· Familia Syngnathidae - caballitos, pipas

· Familia Scorpaenidae - lapones, diablos

· Familia Triglidae - cabros

· Familia Serranidae - cabrillas, meros

· Familia Apogonidae - cardenales

· Familia Kuhliidae - colas de bandera

· Familia Malacanthidae - peces blancos

· Familia Priacanthidae - semáforos

· Familia Echeneidae - rémoras

· Familia Coryphaenidae - dorados

· Carangidae - jureles, pómpanos, palometas

· Familia Gerreidae - mojarras

· Familia Lutjanidae - pargos

· Familia Haemulidae - roncadores

· Familia Sciaenidae - corvinas

· Familia Kyphosidae - chopas, viejas

· Familia Mullidae

· Familia Chaetodontidae - mariposas, muñecas

· Familia Pomacanthidae - peces ángel, muñecas

· Familia Cirrhitidae - halcones

· Familia Pomacentridae, castañetas, pintaños

· Familia Opistognathidae - bocones

· Familia Labridae - señoritas, loritos

· Familia Scaridae - loros, pericos

· Familia Polynemidae - bobos

· Familia Dactyloscopidae - miraestrellas

· Familia Blenniidae - cachuditos, borrachos

· Familia Tripterygiidae - tres aletas, triplealetas

· Familia Labrisomidae - trambollos

· Familia Chaenopsidae - trambollines, trambollos

· Familia Gobiesocidae - chalacos, chupapiedras

· Familia Ammodytidae, lanzones

· Familia Callionymidae

· Familia Gobiidae - gobios, bocones

· Familia Eleotridae - viejas, dormilones

· Familia Microdesmidae - gobios gusanos

· Familia Acanthuridae - cirujanos, cochinitos

· Familia Zanclidae - ídolos moros

· Familia Scombridae - atunes, macarelas

· Familia Xiphiidae - marlines, peces vela

· Familia Sphyraenidae - barracudas

· Familia Bothidae - lenguados izquierdos

· Familia Soleidae - lenguados derechos

· Familia Paralichthyidae - peces hoja, lenguados

· Familia Cynoglossidae - lengüetas

· Familia Balistidae - peces chancho

· Familia Monacanthidae - lijas

· Familia Diodontidae - peces erizo

· Familia Tetraodontidae - tamboriles, botetes

· Familia Ostraciidae - peces cofre

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31ST Scientific Meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean (AMLC)

Welcome
LeGore, Steve

Schedule of Oral Presentations

Poster Presentations

Development and field application of a molecular probe for the primary pathogen of the coral disease white plague type II
Richardson, Laurie L; Mills, DeEtta K; Remily, Elizabeth R; Voss, Joshua D

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The distribution and abundance of wetland ichthyofauna,and exploitation of the fisheries in the Godineau Swamp,Trinidad -Case study
Ramsundar, Himawatee

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Chlorophyll a and turbidity patterns over coral reefs systems of La Parguera Natural Reserve,Puerto Rico
Otero, Ernesto; Carbery, Kelly K

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Spatial distribution of heavy metals in sediments from the Gulf of Paria,Trinidad
Norville, Wendy

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Heavy metals in sediments,mussels and oysters from Trinidad and Venezuela
Rojas de Astudillo, L; Chang Yen, I; Bekele, I

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Effects of herbicide on the kidneys of two Venezuelan cultured fish: Caquetaia kraussii and Colossoma macropomum (Pisces:Ciclidae and Characeae)
Segnini de Bravo, M.I; Medina, J; Marcano, S; Finol, H.J; Boada-Sucre, A

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The occurrence of black corals in Jamaican reef environments, with special reference to Stichopathes lutkeni (Antipatharia:Antipathidae)
Warner, G.F

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Fenología y ciclo de vida del alga Gracilariopsis tenuifrons (Gracilariaceae)en Sucre,Venezuela
Brito L, Leonor; Silva, Soraida

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Coral recruitment patterns in the Florida Keys
Moulding, Alison L

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Patterns of sexual recruitment of acroporid coral populations on the West Fore Reef at Discovery Bay,Jamaica
Quinn, Norman J; Kojis, Barbara L

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Potential sources of bacteriological pollution for two bays with marinas in Trinidad
Bullock, Christine Ann; Moonesar, Indar

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Transplantation of benthic species to mitigate impacts of coastal development in Jamaica
Gayle, Peter M.H; Wilson-Kelly, Peter; Green, Sean

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Aerial and Tidal Transport of Mosquito Control Pesticides into the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Pierce, R.H; Henry, M.S; Blum, T.C; Mueller, E.M

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The importance of the marine ornamental reef fish trade in the wider Caribbean
Bruckner, A.W

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Development of management policy for the marine ornamental fish and invertebrate fishery in Puerto Rico: A case study
Hardin, M.P; LeGore, R.S

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Organization and operation of the marine ornamental fish and invertebrate export fishery in Puerto Rico
LeGore, Richard S; Hardin, Mark P; Ter-Ghazaryan, Diana

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Linking larval history to juvenile demography in the bicolor damselfish Stegastes partitus (Perciformes:Pomacentridae)
Nemeth, Richard S

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Determination of the distribution of shallow-water seagrass and drift algae communities with acoustic seafloor discrimination
Riegl, B; Moyer, R.P; Morris, L; Virnstein, R; Dodge, R.E

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Assessing the accuracy of acoustic seabed classification for mapping coral reef environments in South Florida (Broward County,USA)
Moyer, Ryan P; Riegl, Bernhard; Banks, Kenneth; Dodge, Richard E

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Summit-to-Sea mapping and change detection using satellite imagery: tools for conservation and management of coral reefs
Shapiro, A.C; Rohmann, S.O

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A Geographic Information System (GIS)analysis for trace metal assessment of sediments in the Gulf of Paria,Trinidad
Ragbirsingh, Yosha; Norville, Wendy

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Biomass,litterfall and decomposition rates for the fringed Rhizophora mangle forest lining the Bon Accord Lagoon,Tobago
Juman, Rahanna A

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The structure and productivity of the Thalassia testudinum community in Bon Accord Lagoon,Tobago
Juman, Rahanna A

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Environmental education in Tobago ’s primary schools: a case study of coral reef education
Armstrong, Hyacinth G

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Beach dynamics and nest distribution of the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea )at Grande Riviere Beach,Trinidad &Tobago
Lee Lum, Lori

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Botánica y ecología

· Efecto de metales pesados en el crecimiento de la microalga tropical Tetraselmis chuii (Prasinophyceae)
Cordero, Jiudith; Guevara, Miguel; Morales, Ever; Lodeiros, César

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· Carotenogénesis de cinco cepas del alga Dunaliella sp. (Chlorophyceae) aisladas de lagunas hipersalinas de Venezuela
Guevara, Miguel; Lodeiros, César; Gómez, Olga; Lemus, Nathalie; Núñez, Paulino; Romero, Lolymar; Vásquez, Aléikar; Rosales, Néstor

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· Efecto de la heterogeneidad espacial y estacional del suelo sobre la abundancia de esporas de hongos micorrizógenos arbusculares en el valle semiárido de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán, México
Camargo-Ricalde, Sara Lucía; Esperón-Rodríguez, Manuel

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· Nitrogen and phosphorus resorption in a neotropical rain forest of a nutrient-rich soil
Martínez-Sánchez, José Luis

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· Effect of 2,4-D, hydric stress and light on indica rice (Oryza sativa) somatic embryogenesis
Meneses, Allan; Flores, Dora; Muñoz, Miguel; Arrieta, Griselda; Espinoza, Ana M

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· Density-dependent reproductive and vegetative allocation in the aquatic plant Pistia stratiotes (Araceae)
Freitas Coelho, Flávia; Deboni, Liene; Santos Lopes, Frederico

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· Heterogeneity of terrestrial bromeliad colonies and regeneration of Acacia praecox (Fabaceae) in a humid-subtropical-Chaco forest, Argentina
Barberis, Ignacio M; Lewis, Juan Pablo

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· Diversidad, composición y estructura de la vegetación en un agropaisaje ganadero en Matiguás, Nicaragua
Sánchez Merlos, Dalia; Harvey, Celia A; Grijalva, Alfredo; Medina, Arnulfo; Vílchez, Sergio; Hernández, Blas

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

· Sistemas reproductivos de las plantas en tres hábitats de la planicie costera de Paraguaná, Venezuela
Lemus-Jiménez, Luis José; Ramírez, Nelson

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· Essential oil of trees of the genus Ocotea (Lauraceae) in Costa Rica. I. Ocotea brenesii
Chaverri, Carlos; Cicció, José F

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in English

Invertebrados

· Parásitos intestinales en monos congo Alouatta palliata (Primates: Cebidae) de Costa Rica
Chinchilla Carmona, Misael; Guerrero Bermúdez, Olga; Gutiérrez- Espeleta, Gustavo A; Sánchez Porras, Ronald; Rodríguez Ortiz, Beatriz

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

· Biomass production and nutritional value of Artemia sp. (Anostraca: Artemiidae) in Campeche, México
Maldonado-Montiel, Teresita D.N.J; Rodríguez-Canché, Leticia G

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in English

· Contribution of food availability to the more rapid growth of the scallop, Euvola ziczac (Pteroida, Pectinidae) in bottom than in suspended culture
Hunauld, Patrick; Vélez, Anibal; Jordan, Noris; Himmelman, John H; Morales, Francisco; Freites, Luis; Lodeiros, César J

· abstract in English · text in English

· Pesquería y parámetros biométricos de los cangrejos del género Calappa (Brachyura: Calappidae) en el oriente de Venezuela
Alió, José J; Marcano, Luis A; Altuve, Douglas E

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

· Decadal variability in growth of the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus (Decapoda: Paniluridae) in Cuban waters
de León, Maria Estela; López Martínez, Juana; Lluch Cota, Daniel; Hernández Vázquez, Sergio; Puga, Rafael

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in English

· Life history and systematics of Albusambia elaphoglossumae (Lepidoptera:Crambidae): A new genus and species of musotimine with leaf-mining biology from Costa Rica
Alma Solis, M; Davis, Donald R; Nishida, Kenji

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in English

Vertebrados

· Desarrollo embrionariolarval y tiempo de metamorfosis del pez tropical Xenomelaniris brasiliensis (Pisces: Atherinidae)
del Río, Veronica; Rosas, Jesús; Velásquez, Aidé; Cabrera, Tomas

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

· Reproductive biology of Oreochromis niloticus (Perciformes: Cichlidae) at Emiliano Zapata dam, Morelos, Mexico
Peña-Mendoza, B; Gómez-Márquez, J.L; Salgado-Ugarte, I.H; Ramírez-Noguera, D

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in English

· Estructura de las comunidades de peces de arrecife en las Islas Catalinas y Playa Ocotal, Pacífico Norte de Costa Rica
Espinoza, Mario; Salas, Eva

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· Una nueva especie ecuatoriana del género de peces andinos Grundulus (Characiformes: Characidae)
Román-Valencia, César; Ruiz C, Raquel I; Barriga, Ramiro

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· Blood and urine physiological values in farm-cultured Rana catesbeiana (Anura: Ranidae) in Argentina
Coppo, José A; Mussart, Norma B; Fioranelli, Santiago A

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in English

· The Tadpoles of Hyla rufitela (Anura: Hylidae)
Hoffmann, Heinz

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· Fauna de anuros en la ciudad de Salta, Argentina
Acosta, Rebeca; Mesones, Rosa Vera; Núñez, Alejandro

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

· Birds of a high-altitude cloud forest in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
Eisermann, Knut; Schulz, Ulrich

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· Sighting frequency and relative abundance of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) along the northeast coast of Margarita Island and Los Frailes Archipelago, Venezuela
Oviedo, Lenin; Silva, Noemi

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in English

Fe de erratas

· Aves acuáticas de la Laguna de Agua Dulce y el Estero El Ermitaño, Jalisco, México
Hernández Vázquez, Salvador

· Depredación de coral vivo por peces en el Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona, Caribe colombiano
Reyes-Nivia, María Catalina; Garzón-Ferreira, Jaime; Rodríguez-Ramírez, Alberto

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· Fenología de árbol Sideroxylon capiri (Sapotaceae) en el Bosque Seco Tropical de Costa Rica
García, Elmer G; Di Stefano, José F

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· Ultrastructure of Oryza glumaepatula , a wild rice species endemic of tropical America
Sánchez, Ethel; Espinoza, Ana M

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· Specific leaf mass, fresh: dry weight ratio, sugar and protein contents in species of Lamiaceae from different light environments
Castrillo, M; Vizcaíno, D; Moreno, E; Latorraca, Z

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in English

· Secondary stem anatomy and uses of four drought-deciduous species of a tropical dry forest in México
Quintanar Isaías, Alejandra; Velázquez Núñez, Mariana; Solares Arenas, Fortunato; Pérez Olvera, Carmen de la Paz; Torre-Blanco, Alfonso

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in English

· Floral biology and reproductive system of enantiostylous Senna corymbosa (Caesalpiniaceae)
Laporta, Cecilia

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· La semilla de Campsiandra angustifolia (Fabaceae:Caesalpiniodeae)como un reflejo de las presiones selectivas sobre su dispersión y establecimiento
Farji-Brener, Alejandro G; Durán, Sandra; Valerio, Alejandro; Herbas, Estela; Castañeda, Mario; Ochoa, José; Romo, Mónica

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

· Las orquídeas de los cafetales en México: una opción para el uso sostenible de ecosistemas tropicales
Espejo Serna, Adolfo; López-Ferrari, Ana Rosa; Jiménez Machorro, Rolando; Sánchez Saldaña, Luis

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

Ecologia

· Trophic interactions within the microbial food web in a tropical floodplain lake (Laguna Bufeos,Bolivia)
Rejas, Danny; Muylaert, Koenraad; De Meester, Luc

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· Caracterización espacial y biogeográfica de las asociaciones de macroalgas de Bahía del Rincón,Baja California Sur,México
Riosmena-Rodríguez, R; Hinojosa-Arango, G; López-Vivas, J. M; León-Cisneros, K; Holguin-Acosta, E

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

· Comparación de dos métodos para medir herbivoría: ¿Es la herbivoría en el Neotrópico mayor de lo que creemos?
García-Robledo, Carlos

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· Influencia de factores ambientales en la distribución de especies arbóreas en las selvas del sureste de México
Cortés-Castelán, José C; Islebe, Gerald A

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

Invertebrados acuaticos

· Diversidad y abundancia de moluscos de la epifauna en la comunidad sublitoral de Punta Patilla,Venezuela
Prieto A, Antulio; Ruíz, Lilia J; García, Natividad

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

· Efecto tóxico de DDT y endosulfan en postlarvas de camarón blanco, Litopenaeus vannamei (Decapoda:Penaeidae)de Chiapas,México
Castro-Castro, Vicente; Siu-Rodas, Yadira; González-Huerta, Luz V; Y.Sokolov, Mikhail

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

Invertebrados terrestres

· Morfología de huevos de siete especies de nóctuidos de Chile (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae)y clave actualizada para su identificación
Olivares, Tania S; Torres, Sergio A; Zúñiga, Liliana A

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

· Diversity of the ground-dwelling ant fauna (Hymenoptera:Formicidae) of a moist,montane forest of the semi-arid Brazilian "Nordeste "
Hites, N. L; Mourão, M. A. N; Araújo, F. O; Melo, M. V. C; de Biseau, J. C; Quinet, Y

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in English

· Nesting biology of four Tetrapedia species in trap-nests (Hymenoptera:Apidae:Tetrapediini)
Camillo, Evandro

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· Tabla de vida y patrón de distribución de Selenothrips rubrocinctus (Thripidae:Panchaetothripinae)en condiciones de laboratorio
Soto-Rodríguez, Gerardo A; Retana-Salazar, Axel P

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

· Una especie nueva de tisanóptero del género Frankliniella (grupo cephalica;Thysanoptera:Thripidae)de Costa Rica
Retana-Salazar, Axel P; Soto-Rodríguez, Gerardo A

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Vertebrados

· Ecología trófica y aspectos reproductivos de Trichomycterus areolatus (Pisces,Trichomycteridae)en ambientes lóticos artificiales
Habit, Evelyn; Victoriano, Pedro; Campos, Hugo

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

· The mud sleeper Butis koilomatodon (Pisces: Eleotridae): first record from the Western Central Atlantic
Lasso-Alcalá, Oscar M; Lasso A, Carlos; Pezold, Frank; L. Smith, Michael

· The First record of the naked gobi Gobiosoma bosc (Pisces: Gobiidae) from the north coast of South America
Lasso-Alcalá, Oscar M; Lasso A, Carlos; Smith, Michael L.

· Macromorfometría de juveniles de Geochelone sulcata (Testudines: Testudinidae)en Costa Rica
Merchán, Manuel; Coll, Marta; Fournier, Raúl

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

· Consumo de un pez por parte de la serpiente coral Micrurus alleni (Serpentes: Elapidae)en Costa Rica
Solórzano, Alejandro

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· Aves acuáticas de la Laguna de Agua Dulce y el Estero El Ermitaño, Jalisco, México
Hernández Vázquez, Salvador

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

· A twelve-month field study of the West African Thrush Turdus pelios (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae): Part 2: annual cycles
Akinpelu, Akinsola I

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in English

· Patterns of cetacean sighting distribution in the Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone of Costa Rica based on data collected from 1979-2001
May-Collado, Laura; Gerrodette, Tim; Calambokidis, John; Rasmussen, Kristin; Sereg, Irena

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in English

· Presencia y patrones de comportamiento del delfín manchado costero, Stenella attenuata (Cetacea: Delphinidae) en el Golfo de Papagayo, Costa Rica
May-Collado, Laura; Morales Ramírez, Alvaro

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

· Digestibilidad del polen de cactáceas columnares en los murciélagos glosofaginos Glossophaga longirostris y Leptonycteris curasoae (Chiroptera:Phyllostomidae)
Muñoz-Romo, Mariana; Sosa, Maricela; Casart Quintero, Yveth

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

Biomedicina

· CORRIGENDA: Estudios citogenéticos en niños con Leucemia Linfocitica Aguda-B en Costa Rica
Venegas Barboza, Patricia; Rivera Madriz, Julio

Articulo especial

· The countries and languages that dominate biological research at the beginning of the 21st century
Monge-Nájera, Julián; Nielsen, Vanessa

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Reseña de libros

· Morfología y taxonomía de los Mesocyclops (Crustacea: Copepoda: Cyclopoida) de México.
Morales Ramírez, Alvaro

· Pheidole in the New World: A Dominant, Hyperdiverse Ant Genus
Zara, F. J; Fowler, H. G

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PCB concentrations in sediments from the Gulf of Nicoya estuary, Pacific coast of Costa Rica
Spongberg, Alison L

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PCB contamination in marine sediments from Golfo Dulce, Pacific coast of Costa Rica
Spongberg, Alison L

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Características físico-químicas y determinación de plaguicidas en el agua de la laguna de Gandoca, Limón, Costa Rica
Coll, Marta; Cortés, Jorge; Sauma, Desireé

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Hidrocarburos de petróleo, disueltos y dispersos, en cuatro ambientes costeros de Costa Rica
Acuña-González, Jenaro; Vargas-Zamora, José A; Gómez-Ramírez, Eddy; García-Céspedes, Jairo

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

Metales traza en sedimentos costeros de Costa Rica
García-Céspedes, Jairo; Acuña-González, Jenaro; Vargas-Zamora, José A

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Composición de sedimentos en las zonas costeras de Costa Rica utilizando Fluorescencia de Rayos-X (FRX)
Salazar M, Alfonso; G. Lizano, Omar; J. Alfaro, Eric

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Algunas características de las corrientes marinas en el Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica
Lizano, Omar G; Alfaro, Eric J

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Comportamiento de las masas de agua en el Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica durante El Niño (1997 - 1998)
Quesada-Alpízar, Marco A; Morales-Ramírez, Alvaro

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Composition, abundance and distribution of macrozooplankton in Culebra Bay, Gulf of Papagayo, Pacific coast of Costa Rica and its value as bioindicator of pollution
Bednarski, Melinda; Morales-Ramírez, Alvaro

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El arrecife coralino de Punta Cocles, costa Caribe de Costa Rica
Fernández, Cindy; Alvarado, Juan José

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Marine biodiversity of Costa Rica: Class Polychaeta (Annelida)
Dean, Harlan K

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Box-Jenkins analysis for shark landings in Costa Rica
Bonilla, Roger; Chavarría, Juan B

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Avistamientos del delfín manchado, Stenella attenuata (Cetacea: Delphinidae) en Bahía Culebra, Costa Rica, 1999-2000
Rodríguez Sáenz, Karina; Rodríguez-Fonseca, Javier

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El manglar de Purruja, Golfito, Costa Rica: un modelo para su manejo
Silva, Ana Margarita; Carrillo, Norma Natalia

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Artículos

· The red tide event in El Salvador, August 2001-January 2002
Barraza, José Enrique; Armero-Guardado, Julio Alberto; Valencia de Toledo, Zobeyda Marisol

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· Fitoflagelados potencialmente tóxicos y nocivos de costas del Pacífico mexicano
Bravo-Sierra, Ernesto

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· The use of pigment "fingerprints" in the study of harmful algal blooms
Bustillos-Guzmán, J; Gárate-Lizárraga, I; López-Cortés, D; Hernández-Sandoval, F

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in English

· Decoloración en proliferaciones de microalgas como parámetro bioindicador en la Bahía de Mazatlán, México
Cortés-Altamirano, Roberto; Licea-Durán, Sergio

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

· Presencia de Cochlodinium catenatum (Gymnodiniales: Gymnodiniaceae) en mareas rojas de Bahía de Banderas, Pacífico mexicano
Cortés Lara, María del Carmen; Cortés Altamirano, Roberto; Sierra-Beltrán, Arturo P

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

· Blooms of Cochlodinium polykrikoides (Gymnodiniaceae) in the Gulf of California, Mexico
Gárate-Lizárraga, I; López-Cortes, D.J; Bustillos-Guzmán, J.J; Hernández-Sandoval, F

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in English

· La marea roja causada por el dinoflagelado Alexandrium tamarense en la costa Pacífica colombiana (2001)
García-Hansen, Ingrid; Cortés-Altamirano, Roberto; Sierra-Beltrán, Arturo P

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

· Proliferaciones de Pseudo-nitzschia spp. (Bacillariophyceae) y otras especies del microplancton en la Bahía de Mazatlán, México
Gómez-Aguirre, Samuel; Licea, Sergio; Gómez, Samuel

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

· Especies de dinoflagelados del género Gambierdiscus (Dinophyceae) del Mar Caribe mexicano
Hernández-Becerril, D.U; Almazán Becerril, A

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

· Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) in Margarita Island, Venezuela
La Barbera-Sánchez, Amelia; Soler, Jose Franco; Rojas de Astudillo, Luisa; Chang-Yen, Ivan

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in English

· Dinámica espacio-temporal de organismos precursores de marea roja en la costa Pacífica de América del Norte y Centroamérica
Sierra-Beltrán, A.P; Lluch-Cota, D.B; Lluch-Cota, S.E; Cortés-Altamirano, R; Cortés-Lara, M.C; Castillo-Chávez, M; Carrillo, L; Pacas, L; Víquez, R; García-Hansen, I

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· Caribbean ciguatera: a changing paradigm
Tosteson, T.R

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· Presencia de los dinoflagelados Ceratium dens, C. fusus y C. furca (Gonyaulacales: Ceratiaceae) en el Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica
Vargas-Montero, Maribelle; Freer, Enrique

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

· Proliferaciones algales nocivas de cianobacterias (Oscillatoriaceae) y dinoflagelados (Gymnodiniaceae) en el Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica
Vargas-Montero, Maribelle; Freer, Enrique

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

· Proliferaciones algales de la diatomea toxigénica Pseudo-Nitzschia (Bacillariophyceae) en el Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica
Vargas-Montero, Maribelle; Freer, Enrique

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· Paralytic shellfish toxins in the chocolata clam, Megapitaria squalida (Bivalvia: Veneridae), in Bahía de La Paz, Gulf of California
Gárate-Lizárraga, I; Bustillos-Guzmán, J.J; Erler, K; Muñetón-Gómez, M.S; Luckas, B; Tripp-Quezada, A

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Photochemical efficiency of adult and young leaves of the neotropical understory shrub Psychotria limonensis (Rubiaceae)in response to changes in the light environment
Avalos, Gerardo; Mulkey, Stephen S

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in English

Use and management of Mimosa species in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, a tropical semi-arid region in Mexico (Fabaceae-Mimosoideae)
Camargo-Ricalde, S.L; Dhillion, S.S

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A source of almost pure methyl chavicol: volatile oil from the aerial parts of Tagetes lucida (Asteraceae)cultivated in Costa Rica
Cicció, José F

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Sexual reproduction of the reef-building coral Diploria labyrinthiformis (Scleractinia:Faviidae),in the Colombian Caribbean
Alvarado Ch, Elvira M; García U, Rocío; Acosta, Alberto

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Akumal ’s reefs: Stony coral communities along the developing Mexican Caribbean coastline
Roy, Roshan E

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Depredación de coral vivo por peces en el Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona,Caribe colombiano
Reyes-Nivia, María Catalina; Garzón-Ferreira, Jaime; Rodríguez-Ramírez, Alberto

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Composition of the zooplankton community,with emphasis in copepods, in Punta Morales,Golfo de Nicoya,Costa Rica
Brugnoli-Olivera, Ernesto; Díaz-Ferguson, Edgardo; Delfino-Machin, Mariana; Morales- Ramírez, Alvaro; Dominici Arosemena, Arturo

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in English

Embrionary and larval development of the marine clam Tivela mactroides (Bivalvia:Veneridae)in Zulia State,Venezuela
Reverol, Yinett M; Delgado, José G; de Severeyn, Yajaira G; Severeyn, Héctor J

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in English

Abundancia del erizo de mar Centrostephanus coronatus (Echinoidea:Diadematidae)en el Pacífico de Costa Rica
Alvarado, Juan José

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Parasitoidismo por dípteros en larvas de Caligo atreus (Lepidoptera:Nymphalidae)en Cartago,Costa Rica
Calvo, Renán

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The "windows ",scales,and bristles of the tropical moth Rothschildia lebeau (Lepidoptera:Saturniidae)
Hernández-Chavarría, Francisco; Hernández, Alejandro; Sittenfeld, Ana

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Índice de defecación y éxito reproductivo de Triatoma maculata (Hemiptera:Reduviidae)en condiciones de laboratorio
Aldana, E; Lizano, E

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A mass collection of Triatoma ryckmani (Hemiptera:Reduviidae)from Stenocereus eichlamii (Cactaceae)in the semiarid region of Guatemala
Marroquín M, Ricardo; Bor A, Silvia; Monroy E, M.Carlota

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in English

Efecto del probiótico Bacillus subtilis sobre el crecimiento y alimentación de tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus ) y langostino (Macrobrachium rosenbergii )en laboratorio
Günther, Jorge; Jiménez-Montealegre, Ricardo

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

Fecundidad,fertilidad e índice gonadosomático de Poecilia reticulata (Pisces:Poeciliidae)en Heredia,Costa Rica
Urriola Hernández, Mario; Cabrera Peña, Jorge; Protti Quesada, Maurizio

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

Cultivo de Poecilia reticulata (Pisces:Poecilidae) en cuerpos de agua tropicales,Veracruz,México
Devezé Murillo, Patricia; Reta Mendiola, Juan Lorenzo; Sánchez Luna, Basilio

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Hábitos alimentarios de los peces Lutjanus peru y Lutjanus guttatus (Pisces:Lutjanidae)en Guerrero,México
Rojas-Herrera, Agustín A; Mascaró, Maite; Chiappa-Carrara, Xavier

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in Spanish

Abundancia y riqueza específica de la ictiofauna asociada con Thalassia testudinum en el Golfo de Cariaco,Venezuela
Allen Peña, Thays; Jiménez, Mayré; Villafranca, Sioliz

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Estructura de tallas y edad del marlin rayado Tetrapturus audax (Pisces:Xiphidae),en Cabo San Lucas,Baja California Sur,México
Melo Barrera, Felipe Neri; Uraga, Roberto Felix

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Factors associated with the catastrophic decline of a cloudforest frog fauna in Guatemala
Mendelson III, J.R; Brodie,Jr, E.D; Malone, J.H; Acevedo, M.E; Baker, M.A; Smatresk, N.J; Campbell, J.A

· abstract in English | Spanish · text in English

A twelve-month field study of the West African Thrush Turdus pelios (Passeriformes:Muscicapidae).Part 1:food and feeding ecology
Akinpelu, Akinsola I; Oyedipe, Oluseye A

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Association of the "IUCN vulnerable "spiny rat Clyomys bishopi (Rodentia:Echimyidae)with palm trees and armadillo burrows in southeastern Brazil
Bueno, Adriana A; Lapenta, Marina J; Oliveira, Fátima; Motta-Junior, José C

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	· Introduction Monge-Nájera, Julián

Editorial

· Hace 500 años,hace 50 años …Tiempo de descubrimientos y fundaciones
Morera, Bernal

Interethnic variability and admixture in Latin America - social implications
Salzano, Francisco M

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Scientific publications about DNA structure-function and PCR technique in Costa Rica: A historic view (1953-2003)
Albertazzi, Federico J

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Importancia de la genealogía aplicada a estudios genéticos en Costa Rica
Meléndez Obando, Mauricio O

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Genética humana

· Evolution and Innovations of the National Neonatal and High Risk Screening Program in Costa Rica
de Céspedes, Carlos; Saborío, Manuel; Trejos, Rafael; Abarca, Gabriela; Sánchez, Avelino

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· Genética de la esquizofrenia: avances en el estudio de genes candidatos
Pacheco, Adriana; Raventós, Henriette

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· Genetics of hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy and the Costa Rican contribution
Leal, Alejandro

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· The dystrophinopathies in Costa Rica
Azofeifa, Jorge

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· Las mutaciones inestables, nuevo reto para el consejo genético de enfermedades hereditarias
Cuenca, Patricia; Morales, Fernando

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· Disabilities caused by unstable mutations in Costa Rica
Cuenca, Patricia; Morales, Fernando; Castro, Isabel

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· Glaucoma in Costa Rica: Initial approaches
Chavarría-Soley, Gabriela; Rautenstrauss, Bernd; Azofeifa, Jorge

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· Molecular diagnosis of hemophilia A and B. Report of five families from Costa Rica
Salazar-Sánchez, Lizbeth; Jiménez-Cruz, Guillermo; Chaverri, Pilar; Schröder, Winnie; Wulff, Karin; Jiménez-Arce, Gerardo; Sandoval, Miriam; Ramírez, Patricia; Herrmann, F.H

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· Familial Breast Cancer in Costa Rica: An Initial Approach
Ramírez Monge, Adriana; Gutiérrez-Espeleta, Gustavo A; Loáiciga Vega, Kenneth

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· Pasado, presente y futuro de la citogenética en Costa Rica
Castro Volio, Isabel

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· El diagnóstico prenatal de defectos cromosómicos en Costa Rica
Castro Volio, Isabel

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· Estudios citogenéticos en niños con Leucemia Linfocitica Aguda-B en Costa Rica
Venegas, Patricia; Rivera, Julio

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· Historia e investigación de la leucemia en Costa Rica
Jiménez Bonilla, Rafael

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· Epilepsia mioclónica progresiva tipo Lafora y los casos diagnosticados en Costa Rica
Solís, Virginia

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Mutagénesis ambiental

· Mutagénesis ambiental y el uso de biomarcadores para predecir el riesgo de cáncer
Cuenca, Patricia; Ramírez, Vanessa

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· Polimorfismos en los genes de desintoxicación CYP1A1, CYP2E1, GSTT1 y GSTM1 en la susceptibilidad al cáncer gástrico
González, Auxiliadora; Ramírez, Vanessa; Cuenca, Patricia; Sierra, Rafaela

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· Genotoxicidad de tres plaguicidas utilizados en la actividad bananera de Costa Rica
Vindas, Rebeca; Ortiz, Fernando; Ramírez, Vanessa; Cuenca, Patricia

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· Micronúcleos y otras anormalidades nucleares en el epitelio oral de mujeres expuestas ocupacionalmente a plaguicidas
Castro, Rocío; Ramírez, Vanessa; Cuenca, Patricia

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· Aberraciones cromosómicas en trabajadoras expuestas a plaguicidas
Cuenca, Patricia; Ramírez, Vanessa

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Genética evolutiva

· Is the Central Valley of Costa Rica a genetic isolate?
Morera, Bernal; Barrantes, Ramiro

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· The STR polymorphism (AAAAT)n within the intron 1 of the tumor protein 53 (TP53) locus in 17 populations of different ethnic groups of Africa, America, Asia and Europe
Azofeifa, Jorge; Hahn, Meinhard; Ruiz, Edward; Hummerich, Lars; Morales, Ana I; Jiménez, Gerardo; Barrantes, Ramiro

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· Polimorfismo del gen de la banda 3 eritrocítica en grupos étnicos de Costa Rica
Chaves-Villalobos, M; Jiménez-Arce, G; Sandí-Díaz, M

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· A phylogeny of howler monkeys (Cebidae: Alouatta) based on mitochondrial, chromosomal and morphological data
Villalobos, Federico; Valerio, Alejandro A; Retana, Axel P

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· Distribution, ecology, life history, genetic variation, and risk of extinction of nonhuman primates from Costa Rica
Zaldívar, María E; Rocha, Oscar; Glander, Kenneth E; Aguilar, Gabriel; Huertas, Ana S; Sánchez, Ronald; Wong, Grace

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Genética forense

· La implementación forense de la tecnología del ADN en Costa Rica: Un análisis retrospectivo
Morales C, Ana Isabel; Morera, Bernal; Jiménez-Arce, Gerardo

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· Genotype profiles for the Costa Rican population at 7 PCR-based loci
Morera, Bernal; Morales C, Ana Isabel; Jiménez-Arce, G

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· Comparación de tres métodos de extracción de ADN a partir de restos óseos
Del Valle, Christian; Rodríguez, Anayanci; Espinoza, Marta

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Biotecnología

· Relación de los cultivos modificados genéticamente con el ambiente y la salud de la población costarricense
Espinoza, Ana M; Arrieta-Espinoza, Griselda; Sittenfeld, Ana

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· Estado actual de la biotecnología en Costa Rica
Valdez, Marta; López, Rebeca; Jiménez, Luis

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· Percepción de la biotecnología en estudiantes universitarios de Costa Rica
Valdez, Marta; Rodríguez, Iris; Sittenfeld, Ana

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· Diversity of Bacillus thuringiensis strains isolated from coffee plantations infested with the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei
Arrieta, Glen; Hernández, Alejandro; Espinoza, Ana M

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· Expression of the rice hoja blanca virus (RHBV) non-structural protein 3 (NS3) in Escherichia coli and its in situ localization in RHBV-infected rice tissues
Muñoz, Miguel; Bolaños, Isela; Arrieta-Espinoza, Griselda; Espinoza, Ana M

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· Phylogenetic position of the yeast-like symbiotes of Tagosodes orizicolus (Homoptera: Delphacidae) based on 18S ribosomal DNA partial sequences
Xet-Mull, Ana M; Quesada, Tania; Espinoza, Ana M

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· Un método de transformación genética de maíz para conferirle resistencia ulterior a enfermedades virales
Valdez, Marta; Madriz, Kenneth; Ramírez, Pilar

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· Genetic diversity of Costa Rican populations of the rice planthopper Tagosodes orizicolus (Homoptera: Delphacidae)
Hernández, Myriam; Quesada, Tania; Muñoz, Claudia; Espinoza, Ana M

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· In vitro antiviral activity of Chamaecrista nictitans (Fabaceae )against herpes simplex virus: Biological characterization of mechanisms of action
Herrero Uribe, Libia; Chaves Olarte, Esteban; Tamayo Castillo, Giselle

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· Addendum to the Checklist of the helminth parasites of vertebrates in Costa Rica
Rodríguez-Ortíz, Beatriz; García-Prieto, Luis; Herrera-Vázquez, Jonathan; Pérez-Ponce de León, Gerardo

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· A new species of Microphallus (Trematoda: Microphallidae) from Venezuela
Díaz, M.T; Bashirullah, A.K; Hernández, L.E

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· Gnathostoma binucleatum (Spirurida: Gnathostomatidae) en peces dulceacuícolas de Tabasco, México
Kifune, Teiji; Lamothe-Argumedo, Rafael; García-Prieto, Luis; Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro; León-Règagnon, Virginia

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· Análisis morfológico de algunos Tricostrongilinos (Strongylida) depositados en la Colección Nacional de Helmintos del Instituto de Biología, UNAM, México
Falcón-Ordaz, Jorge; García-Prieto, Luis

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· Gastrointestinal helminth parasitism in fruit-eating bats (Chiroptera, Stenodermatinae) from western Amazonian Brazil
R. Nogueira, Marcelo; P. de Fabio, Sueli; L. Peracchi, Adriano

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Helmintos del pez Dormitator maculatus (Osteichthyes: Eleotridae) de Alvarado, Veracruz, México
Montoya Mendoza, Jesús; Osorio Sarabia, David; Chávez López, Rafael; Franco López, Jonathan

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Obituario

Editorial

· El fin de las separatas impresas
Monge-Nájera, Julián; Benavides-Varela, Catalina; Morera, Bernal

Articulo especial

· ¿Cuáles son las revistas, libros y personas más influyentes en la biología latinoamericana?
Monge-Nájera, Julián; Benavides-Varela, Catalina; Morera, Bernal

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Foro

· Hacia una lógica simple en la determinación de grupos biológicos: la especie y los grupos supraespecíficos
Retana-Salazar, Axel P.; Retana-Salazar, Said A.

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Microbiologia

· Una nueva especie de Euglena (Euglenozoa: Euglenales) aislada de ambientes extremófilos en las Pailas de Barro del Volcán Rincón de la Vieja, Costa Rica
Sittenfeld, Ana; Vargas, Maribelle; Sánchez, Ethel; Mora, Marielos; Serrano, Aurelio

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· Descripción ultraestructural de Euglena pailasensis (Euglenozoa) del Volcán Rincón de la Vieja, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Sánchez, Ethel; Vargas, Maribel; Mora, Marielos; Ortega, José María; Serrano, Aurelio; Freer, Enrique; Sittenfeld, Ana

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Botanica

· Organogénesis in vitro en Dalbergia retusa (Papilonaceae)
Valverde Cerdas, Lisette; Alvarado Guzmán, Laura

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Invertebrados acuaticos

· Temporal-spatial distribution of the hermit crab Loxopagurus loxochelis (Decapoda: Diogenidae) from Ubatuba Bay, São Paulo State, Brazil
L.M. Mantelatto, Fernando; M. Martinelli, Jussara; Fransozo, Adilson

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· Laboratory spawning of the purple snail Plicopurpura pansa (Gastropoda: Muricidae)
A. Naegel, Ludwig C.

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· Patrones de distribución y tasas de bioerosión del erizo Centrostephanus coronatus (Diadematoida: Diadematidae), en el arrecife de Playa Blanca, Pacífico colombiano
Toro-Farmer, Gerardo; Cantera K., Jaime R.; Londoño-Cruz, Edgardo; Orozco, Carlos; Neira O, Raul

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Invertebrados terrestres

· The genera of Chrysomelinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Costa Rica
Wills Flowers, R.

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· Ácaros oribátidos (Acari: Oribatei) del Parque Nacional de la isla de Coiba, Panamá
Subías, L.; Zaballos, J.P.; Banda, E.; Fontal-Cazalla, F.; Nieves-Aldrey, J.L.

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· A new species of Carabodes (Acariformes: Carabodidae) from Venezuela
S. Subías, Luis; Arillo, Antonio

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· Ganancia de peso del depredador Podisus distinctus (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) en combinaciones de las presas Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) y Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)
Matos Neto, Fausto da Costa; Nonato de Oliveira, Harley; Cola Zanuncio, José; Mathias Holtz, Anderson; Oliveira, Isaias; Queiroz Fialho, Maria do Carmo

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· Description of the female and male of Mycetarotes carinatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Mayhé-Nunes, Antonio José; Maria Lanziotti, Adriana

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· Are there any agricultural effects on the capture rates of male euglossine bees (Apidae: Euglossini)?
Sandino, Juan Carlos

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· Recolecta de artrópodos para prospección de la biodiversidad en el Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Nielsen, Vanessa; Hurtado, Priscilla; H. Janzen, Daniel; Tamayo, Giselle; Sittenfeld, Ana

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Vertebrados acuaticos

· The reserpine effects on the gonadotrophic cells of the male common carp Cyprinus carpio (Osteichtyes: Cyprinidae)
González-Segura, Lilian; Cárdenas-Reygadas, Rodolfo

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· General characteristics of the diet of Trachinotus paitensis (Teleostei: Carangidae) from San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Cruz Escalona, V.H.; Abitia Cárdenas, L.A.

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· Reproductive biology of two marine catfishes (Siluriformes, Ariidae) in the Sepetiba Bay, Brazil
Gomes, Iracema David; Gerson Araújo, Francisco

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· Composición, crecimiento e índice de condición de una población de Poecilia reticulata (Pisces: Poeciliidae), en un estanque en Heredia, Costa Rica
Urriola Hernández, Mario; Cabrera Peña, Jorge; Protti Quesada, Maurizio

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· Hábitos alimentarios del pargo mancha Lutjanus guttatus (Pisces: Lutjanidae) en Los Cóbanos y Puerto La Libertad, El Salvador
Rojas M., José Rodrigo; Maravilla, Erick; Chicas B., Francisco

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· Gill asymmetry in Labeo ogunensis from Ogun river, Southwest Nigeria
Ayoade, A.A.; Sowunmi, A.A.; Nwachukwu, H.I.

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· Coexistencia de Lutjanus peru y Lutjanus guttatus (Pisces: Lutjanidae) en la costa de Guerrero, México: relación con la variación temporal en el reclutamiento
Chiappa-Carrara, Xavier; Rojas-Herrera, Agustín A.; Mascaró, Maite

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· Diversidad, abundancia y conjuntos ictiofaunísticos del sistema lagunar-estuarino Chantuto-Panzacola, Chiapas, México
Díaz-Ruiz, Silvia; Cano-Quiroga, Enrique; Aguirre-León, Arturo; Ortega-Bernal, Raúl

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· Estructura trófica de la asociación de peces intermareales de la costa rocosa del norte de Chile
Viviana Berrios, C.; Mauricio Vargas, F.

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Vertebrados terrestres

· Collection of Dermophis parviceps (Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from underground mud nests in Guayacán, Costa Rica
Kubicki, Brian; Flores Reyes, Maximillion

· Rediscovery of Hyalinobatrachium chirripoi (Anura: Centrolenidae) in southeastern Costa Rica
Kubicki, Brian

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· Description of the previously unknown tadpole of Hyalinobatrachium pulveratum (Anura: Centrolenidae)
Hoffmann, Heinz

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· Ecología reproductiva y cacería de la tortuga Trachemys scripta (Testudinata: Emydidae), en el área de la Depresión Momposina, norte de Colombia
Bernal Múnera, Marcela; Daza R., Juan Manuel; P. Páez, Vivian

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· A new species of Dipsas (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guyana
MacCulloch, Ross D.; Lathrop, Amy

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· Mamíferos de la Reserva de la Biosfera "La Sepultura", Chiapas, México
Espinoza Medinilla, Eduardo; Cruz, Epigmenio; Lira, Iván; Sánchez, Ignacio

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Biomedicina

· Infección de fibroblastos de piel de animales con distinto grado de susceptibilidad a Leishmania infantum y Leishmania mexicana (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae)
Minero, Miguel Angel; Chinchilla, Misael; Marta Guerrero, Olga; Castro, Alfredo

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· Diterpenos y otros constituyentes de Croton hirtus (Euphorbiaceae)
Fuentes, J.C.; Castro, V.; Jakupovic, J.; Murillo, R.

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· Actividad de las fosfatasas ácidas y alcalinas (extracelulares e intracelulares) en hongos de la rizosfera de Arachis hypogaea (Papiloneaceae)
Gómez-Guiñán, Y.

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· Composición del contenido de ácidos grasos en tres poblaciones mexicanas de Artemia franciscana de aguas epicontinentales
Malpica Sánchez, Aída; Castro Barrera, Thalía; Sandoval Trujillo, Horacio; Castro Mejía, Jorge; De Lara Andrade, Ramón; Castro Mejía, Germán

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