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Ascidian diversity of Costa Rica, including new records for the North Pacific
(2021-10-30)
Introduction: The class Ascidiacea has about 3 000 species, which fulfill various roles in the ecosystem, for example, they filter high amounts of particles, and are shelter and food for other animals. Furthermore, the ...
Species richness and density of seabirds in Isla del Coco bays, Costa Rica, related to the occurrence of breeding colonies
(2016-10-15)
Isla del Coco is one of the five oceanic islands situated on the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean and represents an important nesting and roosting site for seabirds. Despite several factors that can potentially impact its ...
Hydrogen production by immobilized Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
(2016)
The ability of the immobilized Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 cells to produce hydrogen via an indirect light driven process was investigated. Cells were successfully immobilized in a calcium alginate gel matrix. Beads were ...
Rediscovering the value of families for psychiatric genetics research
(2018-06-28)
As it is likely that both common and rare genetic variation are important for complex disease risk, studies that examine the full range of the allelic frequency distribution should be utilized to dissect the genetic ...
Relaciones hídricas en árboles del bosque tropical seco: el caso de Enterolobium cyclocarpum
(2011)
Las relaciones hídricas en árboles de Enterolobium cyclocarpum del Parque Nacional Santa Rosa, Costa Rica,
se estudiaron en diferentes momentos del curso diurno y a lo largo de dos ciclos fenológicos. La característica ...
Cannibalism by large tadpoles of Rhinophrynus dorsalis (Anura: Rhinophrynidae)
(2018)
In June 2014, we captured approximately 100 R. dorsalis tadpoles in a net from a seasonal wetland in Palo Verde National Park (10.3428 N, 85.3375 W) in N, 85.3375 W) in northwestern Costa Rica. While rearing the tadpoles ...
Plan de Manejo del Jardín Botánico José María Orozco, 2020-2025
Plan de manejo del Jardín Botánico José María Orozco, 2021-2026
(2021)
El objetivo del plan de manejo es mantener un espacio con plantas vivas que puedan servir para la enseñanza de la botánica y el aprecio por estas a través de la educación ambiental y el esparcimiento, para promoción de la ...
Megaherbivore exclusion led to more complex seagrass canopies and increased biomass and sediment Corg pools in a tropical meadow
(2022)
In some regions of the Caribbean Sea, seagrasses have been negatively affected by sea turtle overgrazing. Seagrass canopy complexity has declined at a long-term monitoring site in Costa Rica. We deployed megaherbivore ...
Human waste used as nesting material affects nest cooling in the clay-colored thrush
(2021-09-01)
The internal temperature of nests largely depends on the materials used in their construction because the characteristics of each material affect the isolation of nest walls. In urban environments, the availability of
natural ...
Effect of Gamma Irradiation and Selection with Fungus Filtrate (Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn) on the in Vitro Culture of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
(2015)
The present investigation was undertaken to study the effect of gamma irradiation (dose from 10 to 100 Gy) and in vitro selection with fungus filtrate as selecting agent (concentration from 20% to 100%) on the susceptibility ...