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Novelties and notes in Lindsaea (Lindsaeaceae) from Mexico and central America
(Phytotaxa 296 Vol.2 147-160, 2017)
Three new species of Lindsaea are described and illustrated from Mesoamerica: L. angustipinna, L. fuscopetiolata and L.
mesoamericana. Additionally, the status of L. quadrangularis subsp. subalata is modified to L. subalata ...
Spontaneous spawning, ontogeny and growth in captivity of Cynoscion squamipinnis
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2016-09-03)
The croakers or drums are commercial species, which have been overfished in the Nicoya Gulf, Costa Rica. This study aimed to describe, for the first time, the reproduction and the ontogeny of weakfish, Cynoscion squamipinnis ...
Contrasting patterns of leaf trait variation among and within species during tropical dry forest succession in Costa Rica
(Nature Publishing Group, 2018-01-10)
A coordinated response to environmental drivers amongst individual functional traits is central to the plant strategy concept. However, whether the trait co-ordination observed at the global scale occurs at other ecological ...
Pollination by nitidulid beetles in the hemi-epiphytic aroid Monstera lentii (Araceae: Monsteroideae)
(Functional Ecology of Plants, 2017-06)
Among aroids (Araceae family) with bisexual flowers, the reproductive biology of the neotropical genus Monstera (Subfamily Monsteroideae) is misunderstood. Nothing is known about the reproductive phenology and the sparse ...
Aspects of the reproductive biology of the data-deficient Mustelus minicanis and M. norrisi (Chondrichthyes: Triakidae) in the southern Caribbean Sea
(Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2017-05)
Reproduction and maturation in the economically important, but data-deficient, Mustelus minicanis and M. norrisi were analysed using catches of populations exploited by a gillnet fishery during two years in the southern ...
New sighting of seagrasses in the Eastern Tropical Pacific (Bahía Potrero, Costa Rica)
(Elsevier B.V., 2018-07-22)
Seagrass meadows provide a multitude of ecosystem services, yet they are currently threatened and declining worldwide due to anthropogenic impacts. Current knowledge of seagrass presence in the Eastern Tropical Pacific ...
Isolation and partial purification of a hemolytic sphingomyelin-inhibitable fraction from the sea anemone Anthopleura nigrescens
(2014-03)
Actinoporins are highly hemolytic pore-forming proteins with a molecular mass of around 20 kDa and high affinity for sphingomyelin-containing membranes. On the crude extract of the sea anemone Anthopleura nigrescens, the ...
First description of macropterous male and female of Cryphocricos latus (Heteroptera: Naucoridae) Usinger
(2013-03-29)
The macropterous male and female of Cryphocricos latus are herein described for the first time; both were collected in Alajuela, Costa Rica. Notes to separate this species from other macropterous species of the genus are given.
Desove espontáneo, ontogenia y crecimiento en cautiverio de Cynoscion squamipinnis (Perciformes: Sciaenidae)
(Revista de Biologia Tropical Vol.64 No.3 991 - 1005, 2016-04-04)
Las corvinas son especies de interés comercial que han sido sobreexplotadas en el Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica. El objetivo de este estudio fue describir por primera vez, el desove espontáneo y la ontogenia de las larvas ...
Understory bat roosts, availability and occupation patterns in a Neotropical rainforest of Costa Rica
(Revista de Biología Tropical, 2016-07-03)
The strong link between bats and their roosts is widely recognized as being particularly significant. Despite this, roosting ecology of bats is poorly understood and much of the basic information is still unknown. In this ...