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A new vanilla species from Costa Rica closely related to V. planifolia (Orchidaceae)
(European Journal of Taxonomy, 2017-02-22)
We describe a new vanilla species growing in sympatry with Vanilla planifolia Jacks. ex Andrews (Orchidaceae) in the province of Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. The morphology of the reproductive and vegetative organs ...
Dinámica de uso de suelo y sitios prioritarios para la restauración forestal del Corredor Biológico Río Tibás, Costa Rica
(2019-06)
An evaluation was conducted on landscape elements (land use, access roads, slopes, and environmental fragility) and trends in the use of soil during the period 2005-2016 in the area proposed for the Biological Corridor ...
Composición y estructura forestal del Corredor Biológico Interurbano Río Tibás, Heredia, Costa Rica
(2018-01)
This research had as objective to determine the forest structure and floristic composition of the “Tibás River Interurban Biological corridor” region. We delimit three elevational zones/strata in the area and established ...
Design of a monitoring network as a participative management tool: physical and chemical quality of groundwater in three sub-basins in the Central Valley of Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2019-01-31)
The groundwater of the Barva, Upper Colima, and Lower Colima aquifers, located in the western part of the Central Valley of Costa Rica represents the main source of drinking water in this region. The purpose of this study ...
Isotopic composition in precipitation and groundwater in the northern mountainous region of the Central Valley of Costa Rica
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
The linkage between precipitation and recharge is still poorlyunderstood in the Central America region. This study focuses onstable isotopic composition in precipitation and groundwater in the northern mountainous region ...
Análisis del hábitat del jaguar (Panthera onca, Carnivora: Felidae) en la península de Osa, Costa Rica: una perspectiva de paisaje
(Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, 2013)
We made a Landscape analysis of the jaguar habitat (Panthera onca) at the Osa Peninsula (OP), Costa Rica. We quantified the value of ecological variables (forest coverage, jaguar records, terrain roughness and presence of ...
Bacterias luminiscentes: Alternativa para la evaluación de la contaminación marino costera en Costa Rica
(Colegio de Biólogos (Costa Rica), 2014-07-12)
Se lograron aislar bacterias luminiscentes del Golfo de Nicoya,
Costa Rica. Se discuten las aplicaciones actuales de estos
microorganismos como bioindicadores de contaminación ambiental
y su potencial como alternativa ...
Detección molecular de secuencias de ADN transgénico en alimentos de consumo humano y animal en Costa Rica
(Universidad de Costa Rica (Costa Rica), 2017-07-06)
Desde la introducción de los cultivos genéticamente modificados (GM), ha habido un crecimiento continuo en adopción de la tecnología
y en la comercialización de alimentos y piensos
derivados de cultivos GM alrededor ...
Diversity of Aerobic Bacteria Isolated from Oral and Cloacal Cavities from Free-Living Snakes Species in Costa Rica Rainforest
(Hindawi Limited (Reino Unido), 2017-08-20)
Costa Rica has a significant number of snakebites per year and bacterial infections are often complications in these animal bites.
Hereby, this study aims to identify, characterize, and report the diversity of the bacterial ...
Saxitoxin Poisoning in Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) Linked to Scavenging on Mass Mortality of Caribbean Sharpnose Puffer Fish (Canthigaster rostrata-Tetraodontidae)
(Frontiers Media (Suiza), 2019-12-17)
Fish within the family Tetraodontidae are potential sources of both endogenous
tetrodotoxins (TTXs) and dietary derived saxitoxins (STXs). Ingestion of fish tissues
containing these toxins by other vertebrates can lead ...