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Informe de la expedición científica CIMAR-COCO-I
(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 ...
Seasonal changes of the microplankton community along a tropical estuary
(2015-11)
Microplankton organisms are an important link in the transfer of matter and energy between the benthic–pelagic microbial food web and higher trophic levels in estuaries. Although tropical estuaries are among the most ...
Importance of differentiating Orbicella reefs from gorgonian plains for ecological assessments of Caribbean reefs
(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 ...
Polychaetes associated with decaying wood in Térraba mangrove, South Pacific, Costa Rica
Poliquetos asociados a madera en descomposición en el manglar de Térraba, Pacífico Sur, Costa Rica
(2015)
The present study shows spatial patterns in the faunal assemblage of decaying wood and sediments, with emphasis on the polychaetes. The survey was executed across a salinity gradient in a tropical mangrove estuary of Costa ...
Marine Biodiversity of Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Reefs
(2017)
The eastern tropical Pacific (ETP) is an isolated oceanic region exposed to extreme oceanographic conditions, including low salinity, low pH, high temperatures during El Niño, and low temperatures during La Niña and seasonal ...
Coral Reef Conservation in the Eastern Tropical Pacific
(2017)
This chapter reviews and evaluates coral reef conservation strategies along the eastern tropical Pacific (ETP), a narrow biogeographic region on the Pacific American coast that extends from southern Baja California, Mexico ...
Human Influences On Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Communities and Coral Reefs
(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 ...
Cambios en la cobertura de manglares en Bahía Culebra, Pacífico Norte de Costa Rica (1945-2010)
Changes in mangrove coverage in Culebra Bay, North Pacific of Costa Rica (1945-2010)
(2016)
Los manglares tienen gran importancia ecológica, económica, riqueza natural y prestan servicios ambientales. No obstante, son amenazados por la sobreexplotación, la contaminación y el cambio de uso de suelo. Costa Rica ...
Variability of the Caribbean low-level jet during borealwinter: large-scale forcings
(2016)
An index capturing the anomalies of the zonal wind at 925 hPa from 1950 to 2010 was defined to explore the relationship between the fluctuations of the Caribbean low-level jet (CLLJ) and the main climate variability modes ...
Marine litter of Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica 2021 (Data matrix)
Basura marina del Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica 2021 (Matriz de datos)
(2022-01-27)
This data comes from a study with quantification of marine litter along the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica, during January 2021. The study was carried out by CIMAR, Universidad de Costa Rica and published in Marine Pollution ...