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El Herbario USJ de Costa Rica: trayectoria y contribuciones
(2012)En 2011 el Herbario USJ de Costa Rica cumplió 80 años y llegó a 100 000 especímenes de todos los taxa que estudia la botánica. Se anotan datos y cifras sobre historia, fundadores y contribuciones de USJ al conocimiento ... -
Una hipótesis evolutiva sobre la ausencia del antígeno (Di-a) en Amerindios chibchas
(1990)Se estudiaron 141 tribus amerindias de todo el continente y esquimales de Alaska y Canadá en relación con el grupo sanguíneo Diego. Se encontró que 26 (18%) no presentaron el antígeno Di-a y de estas 20 (77%) pertenecían ... -
Humedales del Parque Nacional Chirripó, Costa Rica: características, relaciones geomorfológicas y escenarios de cambio climático
(2018-12)The geomorphological, climatological and hydrological characteristics of the high Andean wetlands of the Chirripó National Park (PNCh) are analyzed. The PNCh is located in south-central Costa Rica, Central America. This ... -
Identificación del virus del mosaico del maíz, un rhabdovirus, en Costa Rica
(1994)Maize mosaic virus (MMV), a rhabdovirus, was identified associated to maize field plants, showing stunting and continuous chlorotic stripes uniformely distributed over the leaf blade.The virus was detected in field samples ... -
Impact of El Niño 2015-2016 on the coral reefs of the Pacific of Costa Rica: the potential role of marine protection
(2020)Introduction: El Niño 2015-2016 was considered one of the most severe worldwide, causing the third global event of coral bleaching. Previous high-intensity El Niño events (1982-83 and 1997-98) caused high coral mortalities ... -
In vitro multiplication of Toxoplasma gondii and Trypanosoma cruzi in mouse, rat and hamster astrocytes
(2003-08-01)The infection and multiplication of Toxoplasma gondii and Trypanosoma cruzi were compared in primary cultures of white rat, mouse and hamster astrocytes. These cells were cultured on cover slides and infected with T. gondii ... -
Incidencia y distribución altitudinal de 13 virus en cultivos de Solanum tuberosum (Solanaceae) en Costa Rica
A survey was conducted in 30 fields located at three different altitudes in Cartago, Costa Rica’s main potato producing area. Twenty plants were sampled per farm, for a total of 600 samples with 200 samples per altitude. ... -
Inclusion bodies induced by Bean rugose mosaic comovirus seen under light microscopy
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2000)Two types of inclusion bodies were consistently observed under light microscopy in bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) leaf tissue infected with Bean rugose mosaic virus (BRMV), a species of the genus Comovirus, family Comoviridae. ... -
Indicator-based management recommendations for an artisanal bottom-longline fishery in Costa Rica, Central America
(2017)There is a growing need to strengthen the small-scale fishing sector with emerging governance methods that improve fishers’ threatened livelihoods. Therefore, this study’s aim was to develop management ... -
Infección de la orquídea terrestre Phaius tankervillae (Orchidaceae) con el cymbidium mosaic potexvirus (CymMV) en Costa Rica
(1999)En 1996, en un pequeño vívero comercial en la zona oeste del Valle Central de Costa Rica se observaron plantas de la orquídea terrestres Phaius tankervilliae que mostraban síntomas foliares de leves a severos de un estriado ... -
Inflammatory infiltrate in skeletal muscle injected with Bothrops asper venom
(1986)The time-course and composition of inflammatory infiltrate in mouse gastrocnemius injected with Bothrops asper venom was studied. The venom induced myonecrosis, and a prominent decrease in muscle levels of creatine kinase ... -
Interconexión a nivel ciclónico-atmosférico entre el Caribe y el Pacífico Centroamericano.
(Revista de Biología Tropical, 46 sumpl. 5: 09-21, 1998, 1998)Some atmospheric properties in the Pacific and Caribbean marine basins close to the Central American Isthmus and their possible interconnections are analized, based on a statistical study. The band describing southern ... -
Intoxicación paralítica por mariscos (IPM) por Spondylus calcifer contaminado con Pirodinium bahamense, Costa Rica, 1989-1990
(1990)This paper describes an outbreak of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), affecting human populations on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica in October 1989. Numbness in arms, face and legs occurred 30 to 45 minutes after ... -
Intra- and inter-annual variation in a seagrass meadow on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica: 2009-2015
(2018)Seagrass beds are an important ecosystem on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. At Cahuita National Park (CNP) a seagrass bed at Perezoso has been monitored continually since 1999 within the CARICOMP program. Thalassia ... -
Introducción a los grupos de macroinvertebrados acuáticos
(2010)Cada ambiente requiere adaptaciones particulares y por lo tanto alberga distintos grupos de organismos. El agua dulce es un medio distinto del agua salada y de la tierra firme. Muy pocas especies son capaces de vivir en ... -
Inventario florístico en varias áreas boscosas en Tabarcia de Mora y Palmichal de Acosta, Costa Rica
(1993)Se realizó un inventario florístico en la cuenca de los ríos Tabarcia y Negro, San José, con el fin de estimular la creación de un sistema de pequeñas reservas forestales privadas. Se identificaron más de 180 especies ...