Browsing Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas by Subject "PACIFIC COAST"
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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 ... -
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 ...