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Rasgos morfológicos alrededor de la Isla del Coco y de sus montes submarinos vecinos, Pacífico de Costa Rica
Morphological features around Isla del Coco and its adjacent seamounts, Pacific Costa Rica
(2012-09)
The UNESCO GEBCO-08 bathymetric data was used to study the marine provinces around Isla del Coco. Seamounts with depths of less than 1000m from the sea surface were analyzed. Seamounts southward, southeastward and westward ...
Changes in abundance and composition of a Caribbean coral reef zooplankton community after 25 years
Cambios en abundancia y composición de una comunidad de zooplancton arrecifal en el Caribe 25 años después
(2016)
Coral reef zooplankton represents a key community in coral ecosystems, as they are involved in trophic and biogeochemical dynamics, and recruitment processes. Zooplankton abundance, composition and biomass were surveyed ...
Composición de sedimentos en las zonas costeras de Costa Rica utilizando Fluorescencia de Rayos-X (FRX)
(2004-04)
Utilizando Fluorescencia de Rayos-X dispersiva en energía, que permite la evaluación simultánea de los isótopos estables de trece elementos, se analizaron setenta y cuatro muestras de sedimentos marinos de las regiones ...
Research on Echinoderms in Latin America III
Estudios Latinoamericanos en Equinodermos III
(2015-06)
El artículo muestra el desarrollo que se da en equinodermos en el área de Latinoamerica
Atmospheric forcing of cool subsurface water events in Bahía Culebra, Gulf of Papagayo, Costa Rica
(Revista Biología Tropical, 60 (2): 173-186, 2012-04)
Bahía Culebra, at Gulf of Papagayo on the north Pacific coast of Costa Rica, is an area of seasonal upwelling where more intense cooling events may occur during some boreal winter weeks mainly. To study these extreme cool ...
Algunas características de las corrientes marinas en el Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica
(2016-10-13)
The spatial and vertical structure of the water currents and its relationship with the tidal cycles were studied using current meters in the Gulf of Nicoya. In the upper gulf, the vertical marine current differences increase ...
Metals in coastal mollusks of Costa Rica
Metales en moluscos costeros de Costa Rica
(2015-12)
The input of contaminants to coastal ecosystems is a global problem on the rise. Data on metal pollution from tropical sites is often lacking and pilot surveys are urgently needed to provide a general framework to estimate ...
Diccionario histórico-toponímico de la Isla del Coco, Costa Rica
Historic-Toponymic dictionary for Isla del Coco, Costa Rica
(2012-09)
Many names have been used for the different places of Isla del Coco, and some have changed over time. Studying different historic sources, seventy-six names of the main topographic features were collected for Isla del Coco ...
Regional precipitation estimations in Central America using the Weather Research and Forecast model
Estimaciones de precipitación regional en América Central usando el model Weather Research and Forecast
(2018-04)
Using the regional climate model WRF, and the NCEP-NCAR Reanalysis Project data as boundary and initial conditions, regional precipitation for Central America was estimated by means of the dynamical downscaling technique ...
Cuando la conservación no puede seguir el ritmo del desarrollo: Estado de salud de los ecosistemas coralinos del Pacífico Norte de Costa Rica
When conservation can keep up with development ́s pace: Health status of coral ecosystems in the North Pacific of Costa Rica
(2018)
When conservation can keep up with development´s pace: Health status of coral ecosystems in the North Pacific of Costa Rica. Coral reefs are diverse and productive ecosystems, despite this, they are being threatened by ...