• Effects of Seasonal Upwelling on Inorganic and Organic Matter Dynamics in the Water Column of Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs 

      Stuhldreier, Ines; Sánchez Noguera, Celeste; Rixen, Tim; Cortés Núñez, Jorge; Morales Ramírez, Álvaro; Wild, Christian (2015-11)
      The Gulf of Papagayo at the northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica experiences pronounced seasonal changes in water parameters caused by wind-driven coastal upwelling. While remote sensing and open water sampling already ...
    • Effects of simulated overfishing on the succession of benthic algae and invertebrates in an upwelling-influenced coral reef of Pacific Costa Rica 

      Roth, Florian; Stuhldreier, Ines; Sánchez Noguera, Celeste; Morales Ramírez, Álvaro; Wild, Christian (2015)
      Overfishing and nutrient enrichment are among the major local stressors to coral reefs worldwide, as they can alter the benthic reef community by promoting fast growing algae and bioeroders. The Northern coast of Pacific ...
    • Elasmobranch bycatch associated with the shrimp trawl fishery off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, Central America 

      Clarke, Tayler McLellan; Espinoza Mendiola, Mario; Ahrens, Robert N. M.; Wehrtmann, Ingo S. (2015)
      Demersal sharks and rays are common yet vulnerable components of the bycatch in tropical bottom-trawl fisheries. Little is known about the elasmobranch assemblages associated with most of these fisheries, particularly ...
    • Evaluation of Extreme Waves Associated with Cyclonic Activity on San Andrés Island in the Caribbean Sea since 1900 

      Ortiz Royero, Juan Carlos; Plazas Moreno, José Manuel; Lizano Rodríguez, Omar Gerardo (2015)
      San Andrés Island is one of the most important tourist destinations in the Caribbean Sea. The extreme waves associated with storms and hurricanes since 1900 were studied. A total of 17 important events was identified in ...
    • Feeding ecology of common demersal elasmobranch species in the Pacific coast of Costa Rica inferred from stable isotope and stomach content analyses 

      Espinoza Mendiola, Mario; Munroe, Samantha E. M.; Clarke, Tayler McLellan; Fisk, Aaron T.; Wehrtmann, Ingo S. (2015)
      Knowledge of the feeding ecology and trophic interactions of marine species is essential to understanding food web dynamics and developing ecosystem-based management approaches. Given that many top predatory fishes have ...
    • Fishes from the Tusubres River basin, Pacific coast, Costa Rica: checklist, identification key and photographic album 

      Angulo Sibaja, Arturo; Molina Arias, Alex; Murase, Atsunobu; Miyazaki, Yusuke; Bussing Burhaus, William Albert; López Sánchez, Myrna I. (2015-05)
      A checklist of the fishes of the Tusubres River basin, Pacific coast of Costa Rica, compiled from field and museum surveys is herein presented. A total of 54 species, representing 47 genera and 27 families, were recorded. ...
    • Fixed-Nitrogen Loss Associated with Sinking Zooplankton Carcasses in a Coastal Oxygen Minimum Zone (Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica) 

      Stief, Peter; Lundgaard, Ann Sofie Birch; Morales Ramírez, Álvaro; Thamdrup, Bo; Glud, Ronnie N. (2017)
      Oxygen minimum zones (OMZs) in the ocean are of key importance for pelagic fixed-nitrogen loss (N-loss) through microbial denitrification and anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox). Recent studies document that zooplankton ...
    • Gastropods and bivalves taken as by-catch in the deep-water shrimp trawl-fishery along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, Central America 

      Villalobos Rojas, Fresia; Azofeifa Solano, Juan Carlos; Camacho García, Yolanda E.; Wehrtmann, Ingo S. (2017)
      Deep-water habitats are among the least studied but most vulnerable environments. By-catch data from deep-water fisheries in Latin America are limited, and detailed reports on associated molluscs are scarce. This study ...
    • Global Human Footprint on the Linkage between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Reef Fishes 

      Mora, Camilo; Aburto Oropeza, Octavio; Ayala Bocos, Arturo; Ayotte, Paula M.; Banks, Stuart; Bauman, Andrew G.; Beger, Maria; Bessudo, Sandra; Booth, David J.; Brokovich, Eran; Brooks, Andrew; Chabanet, Pascale; Cinner, Joshua E.; Cortés Núñez, Jorge; Cruz Motta, Juan José; Cupul Magaña, Amilcar Levi; DeMartini, Edward E.; Edgar, Graham J.; Feary, David A.; Ferse, Sebastian C. A.; Friedlander, Alan M.; Gaston, Kevin J.; Gough, Charlotte; Graham, Nicholas A. J.; Green, Alison; Guzmán Espinal, Héctor M.; Hardt, Marah J.; Kulbicki, Michel; Letourneur, Yves; López Pérez, Andrés; Loreau, Michel; Loya, Yossi; Martínez Iglesias, Camilo Ernesto; Mascareñas Osorio, Ismael; Morove, Tau; Nadon, Marc Olivier; Nakamura, Yohei; Paredes Ríos, Gustavo; Polunin, Nicholas V. C.; Pratchett, Morgan S.; Reyes Bonilla, Héctor; Rivera, Fernando; Sala, Enric; Sandin, Stuart A.; Soler, German; Stuart Smith, Rick D.; Tessier, Emmanuel; Tittensor, Derek P.; Tupper, Mark; Usseglio, Paolo; Vigliola, Laurent; Wantiez, Laurent; Williams, Ivor; Wilson, Shaun K.; Zapata, Fernando A. (2011)
      Difficulties in scaling up theoretical and experimental results have raised controversy over the consequences of biodiversity loss for the functioning of natural ecosystems. Using a global survey of reef fish assemblages, ...
    • Hierarchical spatial patterns in Caribbean reef benthic assemblages 

      Williams, Stacey M.; Chollett, Iliana; Roff, George; Cortés Núñez, Jorge; Dryden, Charlie S.; Mumby, Peter J. (2015)
      Aim: Coral assemblages on Caribbean reefs have largely been considered to be biogeographically homogeneous at a regional scale. We reassess this in three taxa (corals, sponges and octocorals) using three community attributes ...
    • Human Influences On Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Communities and Coral Reefs 

      Cortés Núñez, Jorge; Reyes Bonilla, Héctor (2016)
      Coral reefs world-wide have been impacted by direct and indirect human activity and natural disturbances. This has led to the degradation and disappearance of many reef structures. On a basin-wide scale, the natural impact ...
    • Importance of differentiating Orbicella reefs from gorgonian plains for ecological assessments of Caribbean reefs 

      Williams, Stacey M.; Mumby, Peter J.; Chollett, Iliana; Cortés Núñez, Jorge (2015)
      Region-wide assessments of coral cover typically rely on meta-analyses of small-scale ecological studies which have combined different coral reef habitats. This is particularly problematic on forereefs where at least 2 ...
    • Indicator-based management recommendations for an artisanal bottom-longline fishery in Costa Rica, Central America 

      Bystrom, Andy Benjamin; Naranjo Madrigal, Helven; Wehrtmann, Ingo S. (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 ...
    • Informe de la expedición científica CIMAR-COCO-I 

      Cortés Núñez, Jorge; Morales Ramírez, Álvaro; Lizano Rodríguez, Omar Gerardo; Gómez Ramírez, Eddy; Fernández García, Cindy; Vargas Montero, Maribelle; Vargas, José Luis; Sibaja Cordero, Jeffrey Alejandro; Salas, Eva; Nivia Ruiz, Jaime; García, Jairo; Ruiz Campos, Eleazar; Ghersinich, Nicola; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J. (2011-04-06)
      El proyecto “Conocimiento y gestión de medios marinos y coralinos del Área de Conservación Marina Isla del Coco” fue financiado por el Fondo Francés para el Medio Ambiente Mundial y la Universidad de Costa Rica. Del 9 al ...
    • Informe de la expedición científica UCR-UNA-COCO-I 

      Cortés Núñez, Jorge; Morales Ramírez, Álvaro; Lizano Rodríguez, Omar Gerardo; Acuña González, Jenaro; Moreno Díaz, Mary Luz; Sibaja Cordero, Jeffrey Alejandro; Gómez Ramírez, Eddy; García, Jairo; Gavlas, Ann Marie; Ruiz Campos, Eleazar; Quesada, Rebeca; Nivia Ruiz, Jaime; Troncoso, Jesús; Acuña, Fabián H.; Salazar Murillo, Alberto Jesús; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J. (2011-04-06)
      El proyecto “Interacción océano-atmósfera y la biodiversidad marina del Parque Nacional Isla del Coco, Costa Rica” fue financiado por el Consejo Nacional de Rectores (CONARE). Del 19 al 29 de abril del 2010, un grupo de ...
    • Informe de la expedición científica UCR-UNA-COCO-II 

      Cortés Núñez, Jorge; Brenes Rodríguez, Carlos; Acuña González, Jenaro; Ballestero Sakson, Daniel; Lizano Rodríguez, Omar Gerardo; Benavides, Rosario; Ruiz Campos, Eleazar; Delgado, Carlos; Corrales Ugalde, Marco; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J.; Esquivel Garrote, Octavio (2011-04-06)
      El proyecto “Interacción océano-atmósfera y la biodiversidad marina del Parque Nacional Isla del Coco, Costa Rica” es financiado por el Consejo Nacional de Rectores (CONARE). Del 2 al 10 de octubre del 2010, un grupo de ...
    • Informe de la expedición científica UCR-UNA-COCO-V 

      Morales Ramírez, Álvaro; Lizano Rodríguez, Omar Gerardo; Acuña González, Jenaro; Murillo, Daniela; Corrales Ugalde, Marco; León, Luis; Márquez Artavia, Amaru; Mora, Laura; Cortés Núñez, Jorge; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J.; Salazar, Juan Pablo; Ruiz Campos, Eleazar; Nivia Ruiz, Jaime; Salazar Murillo, Alberto Jesús; Vásquez, Manuel (2012-05-06)
      El proyecto “Interacción océano-atmósfera y la biodiversidad marina del Parque Nacional Isla del Coco, Costa Rica” es financiado por el Consejo Nacional de Rectores (CONARE). Del 13 al 23 de marzo del 2012, un grupo de ...
    • Informe de la expedición científica UCR-UNA-COCO-VI 

      Brenes Rodríguez, Carlos; Ballestero Sakson, Daniel; Acuña González, Jenaro; Delgado, Carlos; Corrales Ugalde, Marco; Jiménez, Fabiola; Cortés Núñez, Jorge; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J.; Márquez Artavia, Amaru; Ruiz Campos, Eleazar; Salazar, Juan Pablo (2012-07-23)
      El proyecto “Interacción océano-atmósfera y la biodiversidad marina del Parque Nacional Isla del Coco, Costa Rica” es financiado por el Consejo Nacional de Rectores (CONARE). Del 6 al 14 de julio del 2012, un grupo de ...
    • Informe de la expedición científica CIMAR-COCO-II 

      Cortés Núñez, Jorge; Morales Ramírez, Álvaro; Lizano Rodríguez, Omar Gerardo; Acuña González, Jenaro; Alvarado Barrientos, Juan José; Breedy Shadid, Odalisca; García, Jairo; Gavlas, Ann Marie; Ruiz Campos, Eleazar; Sibaja Cordero, Jeffrey Alejandro; Vargas, José Luis; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J. (2011-04-06)
      El proyecto “Conocimiento y gestión de medios marinos y coralinos del Área de Conservación Marina Isla del Coco” es financiado por el Fondo Francés para el Medio Ambiente Mundial (FFEM) y la Universidad de Costa Rica. Del ...
    • Informe de la expedición científica CIMAR-COCO-III 

      Cortés Núñez, Jorge; Lizano Rodríguez, Omar Gerardo; Acuña González, Jenaro; Vargas Montero, Maribelle; Alvarado Barrientos, Juan José; Gómez Ramírez, Eddy; García, Jairo; Gavlas, Ann Marie; Ruiz Campos, Eleazar; Vargas, José Luis; Martínez, Solciré; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J. (2011-04-06)
      El proyecto “Conocimiento y gestión de medios marinos y coralinos del Área de Conservación Marina Isla del Coco” es financiado por el Fondo Francés para el Medio Ambiente Mundial (FFEM) y la Universidad de Costa Rica. Del ...