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. ...

The diversity of tropical marine organisms has not been studied as intensively as the terrestrial biota worldwide. Additionally, marine biodiversity research in the tropics lags behind other regions. The 43,000 ha Sector ...

Numerous experiments have shown that ocean acidification impedes coral calcification, but knowledge about in situ reef ecosystem response to ocean acidification is still scarce. Bahía Culebra, situated at the northern ...

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 26 de marzo al 03 de abril del 2011, un ...

Costa Rica cuenta con aproximadamente 1 500 km de costa en los cuales se localizan humedales que ofrecen una gran variedad de servicios ecosistémicos, entre ellos, la protección costera. La cuantificación de este servicio ...

Echinoderms within the Eastern Tropical Pacific have mainly been studied in association with coral reefs. Investigations on echinoderms associated with soft-bottoms and estuaries are still scarce. The present study reports ...

The midsummer drought (MSD) in Central America is characterised in order to create annual indexes representing the timing of its phases (start, minimum and end), and other features relevant for MSD forecasting such as the ...

Marine methane seeps are typically observed in cold, anoxic and organic-rich deep-sea environments, such as in the Black Sea, where methane emissions fuel the authigenic accretion of calcium carbonate structures via microbial ...