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Diversity of deep-sea echinoderms from Costa Rica
(2022-07-31)
Echinoderms are a highly diverse group and one of the most conspicuous in the deep sea, playing ecological key roles. We present a
review about the history of expeditions and studies on deep-sea echinoderms in Costa Rica, ...
The effect of coral reef degradation on the trophic structure of reef fishes from Bahía Culebra, north Pacific coast of Costa Rica
(2021)
Fishes play numerous key ecological roles that are critical for maintaining the structure and function of coral reefs. Natural and anthropogenic disturbances can produce structural changes in coral reef habitats, which ...
Updated checklist and analysis of completeness of the marine fish fauna of Isla del Coco, Pacific of Costa Rica
(2016)
Isla del Coco, Costa Rica, is one of the five groups of oceanic islands of the Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP), and is considered one of the most diverse. Since the mid-19th century, it has been the target of a number of ...
Variation in the whole mitogenome of reef-building Porites corals
(2016)
The study of complete mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) revealed different gene rearrangements, highly variable markers, and delineated clades that have aided the understanding of the evolutionary history in corals. In ...
Decapods crustaceans associated with macroinvertebrates in the Pacific of Costa Rica
(2021)
Decapod crustaceans are a diverse group that exploits various types of habitats in Costa Rica, where they represent 8.1% of the marine diversity of the country. This group includes families containing species with strictly ...
Área de Conservación Guanacaste Echinoderms, North Pacific of Costa Rica
Equinodermos del Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Pacífico Norte de Costa Rica
(2021)
Introducción: El estudio de la diversidad marina del Pacífico Norte de Costa Rica inició con expediciones extranjeras aisladas en la década de 1930, y fue desarrollado sistemáticamente a mediados de la década de 1990 por ...
Comunidades y arrecifes coralinos del Parque Nacional Marino Ballena, costa del Pacífico de Costa Rica
Coral communities and reefs of Ballena Marine National Park, Pacific coast of Costa Rica
(2005)
Se estudiaron las comunidades y arrecifes coralinos del Parque Nacional Marino Ballena (PNMB), en el Pacífico sur de Costa Rica, mediante tres transectos por sitio, de 10 m de largo cada uno y paralelos a la costa, utilizando ...
Coordinated hunting behaviors of mixed-species groups of piscivores and associated species at Isla del Coco National Park (Eastern Tropical Pacific)
(2019)
Studies of mixed-species groups of animals can reveal emergent complexities of collective behaviors. In this study we collected data on mixed-species hunting groups composed primarily of piscivorous fishes (species ...
Density, size, and biomass of Diadema mexicanum (Echinoidea) in Eastern Tropical Pacific coral reefs
(2016)
Diadema is among the most abundant, widely dispersed, and ecologically important genera of sea urchin in tropical shallow waters. D. mexicanum is distributed from the Gulf of California to northern Peru, including the ...
Spatial and temporal changes in reef fish assemblages on disturbed coral reefs, north Pacific coast of Costa Rica
(2019)
Benthic structure of coral reefs determines the availability of refuges and food sources. Therefore, structural changes caused by natural and anthropogenic disturbances can have negative impacts on reef‐associated communities. ...