Browsing by Subject "PACIFIC COAST"
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A first estimation of tsunami hazard of the Pacific coast of Costa Rica from local and distant seismogenic sources
(Springer, 2021-06-04)Costa Rica has been affected by several local and distant tsunamis in the past, but the historical information is scarce and incomplete. Its Pacific coast stretches for over a thousand kilometers, and tsunami hazard has ... -
A novel host-adapted strain of SalmonellaTyphimurium causes renal disease in olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) in the Pacifc
(Springer Nature, 2019-06)Salmonella spp. are frequently shed by wildlife including turtles, but S. enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium or lesions associated with Salmonella are rare in turtles. Between 1996 and 2016, we necropsied 127 ... -
Extensive blooms due to Cochlodinium polykrikoides: New to Costa Rica
(Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commision, UNESCO, 2004-10-01)At the beginning of April of 2004 an extensive bloom produced by Cochlodinium polykrikoides was detected, embracing the whole Pacific coast of Costa Rica. The bloom was characterized by a red-oxide colour and was located ... -
First record of non-indigenous Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidae) in Golfo de Nicoya, Pacific Coast of Costa Rica
(REABIC, 2018)The caprellid Paracaprella pusilla from the Western Atlantic Ocean is reported for the first time in Golfo de Nicoya, Pacific coast of Costa Rica, representing the third registered invasion of this species in the Eastern ... -
Lepidochelys olivacea status and its relationship with nest management on the eastern coast in the Pacifico of Guatemala
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2021)Marine turtles are reptiles that have lived in the Earth’s oceans and nested on the beaches starting several million years ago and also have coexisted with coastal communities since humans colonized beach areas across the ... -
Modeling the Tsunami Potential along the Pacific Coast of Central America
(2018)Along the Pacific of Central America the Cocos plate subducts beneath the Caribbean plate, at the Middle America Trench (MAT). There are no records of mega earthquakes originated there; probably associated to the low ... -
Occurrence and predominance of the fish killer Cochlodinium polykrikoides on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica
(2006-07-01)Water samples were collected at several points along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica (10°00’N, 84°15’E) fortnightly from January 2003 to June 2004. During this period, dense red-ochre discolourations dominated by Cochlodinium ... -
The structure and function of dry weather mangrove on the Pacific Coast of Central America, with emphasis on Avicennia bicolor forests
(Estuaries Research Federation, 2013)Mangrove forests along the Pacific Coast of Central America cover around 4,000 km2. Most of this coast is occupied with tropical dry forest mangroves where basal areas range between 6 and 20 m2 ha−1 and canopy heights ... -
Tsunami Exercises on a Remote Basis: Costa Rican experiences
(Seismological Society of America, 2021-04-21)As part of the guidelines to obtain the Tsunami Ready recognition from IOC/ UNESCO, the Pacific communities of Tamarindo and Uvita were required to perform a tsunami exercise. On the 16 March 2020 started in Costa Rica the ...