Browsing by Author "Fonseca, Luis"

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    • Downward but stable trend in the abundance of arribada olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivccea) at Nancite Beach, Costa Rica (1971-2007) 

      Fonseca, Luis; Murillo, Grettel A; Guadamúz, Lenín; Spínola, Romero M; Valverde, Roldán A. (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2009)
      – Although the olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) is the most abundant sea turtle in the world, the species has exhibited a significant decrease in the size of arribadas at Nancite Beach, Costa Rica, since ...

    • Examining the Role of Transmission of Chelonid Alphaherpesvirus 5 

      Chaves, Andrea; Aguirre, A. Alonso; Blanco-Peña, Kinndle; Moreira Soto, Andrés; Monge, Otto; Torres, Ana M.; Soto-Rivas, José L.; Lu, Yuanan; Chacón, Didiher; Fonseca, Luis; Jiménez, Mauricio; Gutierrez-Espeleta, Gustavo A.; Lierz, Michael (EcoHealth, 2017-05)
      Marine turtle fibropapillomatosis (FP) is a devastating neoplastic disease characterized by single or multiple cutaneous and visceral fibrovascular tumors. Chelonid alphaherpesvirus 5 (ChHV5) has been identified as the ...