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Insecticidal activity of ethanolic plant extracts on Aedes aegypti larvae
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2023-06-01)
The objective of this study was to determine the larvicidal activity against A. aegypti of ethanolic extracts of plants commonly found in Costa Rica. [Methodology] Larvicidal activity of ethanolic extracts of plants was ...
Áreas verdes urbanas, una caracterización paisajística y biológica aplicada a una microcuenca de la Gran Área Metropolitana de Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2022-07-30)
Este artículo presenta una caracterización paisajística y biológica de las áreas verdes urbanas (AVU)
de la microcuenca del río Bermúdez, provincia de Heredia, Costa Rica. Esta caracterización se basa
en una clasificación ...
What do we Think About Water?Public Perception of the Current Situation of Water Resources in Costa Rica: an Indicator of Water Understanding and Management
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2020-01)
The objective of this research was to determine the level of knowledge and perception of the Costa Rican population about water for human consumption, general concepts, the impact of human activities, the ...
Ensamblaje de insectos con actividad nocturna en dos arrozales de los Llanos Noroccidentales de Venezuela
(Museo de Biología de la Universidad del Zulia, 2020-06-30)
In order to contribute to our knowledge on assemblages of nocturnal insects associated with rice crops in Venezuela, two rice fields located in Acarigua and Turén, Portuguesa State, were studied. Sampling was carried out ...
Population status of the American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus (Reptilia: Crocodylidae) and the spectacled caiman, Caiman crocodilus (Reptilia: Alligatoridae) in the Costa Rican North Caribbean
(Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri (Italia), 2021-11-15)
Along the Costa Rican Caribbean shoreline, it is possible to find two species
of crocodilians, the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) and the spectacled caiman
(Caiman crocodilus). This region can be divided ...
Landscape analysis for the American crocodile Crocodylus acutus (Reptilia: Crocodilidae) in northwestern Costa Rica
(Instituto de Biología de la UNAM (México), 2022-10-18)
Northwest Costa Rica has the largest crocodile population in the country, but it is also an important area of the
human population growth, tourism, crops, and aquaculture, that have generated great changes in the region. ...
Ex situ culture of coral species Porites lobata (Scleractinia: Poritidae) and Pocillopora damicornis (Scleractinia: Pocilloporidae), Costa Rica: first assessment and implications
(Universidad de Costa Rica (Costa Rica), 2023-04-30)
Introduction: Coral reefs worldwide decline has prompted coral restoration as a viable strategy to rewild vulnerable,
foundational coral species. Stony corals are now propagated by thousands in both in-water and ex ...
La unión y formación de poros de las actinoporinas están determinadas por las propiedades fisicoquímicas de la membrana
(Academia de Ciencias de Cuba (Cuba), 2022)
Introducción. Las actinoporinas (AP) son proteínas formadoras de poro (PFP) que se asocian
a membranas conduciendo a la muerte celular. Sticholysinas I y II (St, StI/II) se encuentran
entre las AP más potentes descritas ...
Panorama of the Intracellular Molecular Concert Orchestrated by Actinoporins, Pore-Forming Toxins from Sea Anemones
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (Suiza), 2021-08-13)
Actinoporins (APs) are soluble pore-forming proteins secreted by sea anemones that
experience conformational changes originating in pores in the membranes that can lead to cell
death. The processes involved in the binding ...
Marine aquaculture in the pacific coast of Costa Rica: Identifying the optimum areas for a sustainable development
(Elsevier (Países Bajos), 2022-03-15)
Sustainable marine aquaculture requires the definition of adequate areas for its development, where the productive
activity has a lower impact on the environment and avoid conflicts with other coastal activities. The ...