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Bryophytes of Cocos Island, Costa Rica: diversity, biogeography and ecology

Revista de Biología Tropical, 1999
A total of 98 liverwort species (43 genera, 10 families), 54 moss species (33 genera, 17 families) and one species of hornwort have been reported for Cocos Island (5°32’N, 87°04’W), Costa Rica. Over 60% of the bryophytes have a Neotropical or Pantropical
Gregorio Dauphin
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The ants of Cocos Islands

, 1919
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Coconut Leaf Age and Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Herbivory Influence Leaflet Nutrients, Metals, and Lignin

Horticulturae, 2018
The coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB, Oryctes rhinoceros L.) is a serious pest of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) in many tropical regions, however the influences of CRB herbivory on the coconut leaf chemistry are unknown.
Thomas E. Marler
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Preventing establishment: an inventory of introduced plants in Puerto Villamil, Isabela Island, Galapagos.

PLoS ONE, 2007
As part of an island-wide project to identify and eradicate potentially invasive plant species before they become established, a program of inventories is being carried out in the urban and agricultural zones of the four inhabited islands in Galapagos ...
Anne Guézou, Paola Pozo, Christopher Buddenhagen   +2 more
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A New Record of the Rare Crab Homolodromia robertsi Garth, 1973 (Crustacea; Decapoda; Homolodromiidae), from Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Arthropoda
In the American Museum of Natural History, New York, there is an old specimen labelled as “Holodromia harrisonwilliamsi Boone, MS name” that was collected from Cocos Island in 1925. This name has never been published. An examination of the specimen shows
Christopher B. Boyko, Peter K. L. Ng
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Marine biodiversity of an Eastern Tropical Pacific oceanic island, Isla del Coco, Costa Rica

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2012
Isla del Coco (also known as Cocos Island) is an oceanic island in the Eastern Tropical Pacific; it is part of the largest national park of Costa Rica and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Jorge Cortés
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High Genetic Diversity in Geographically Remote Populations of Endemic and Widespread Coral Reef Angelfishes (genus: Centropyge)

Diversity, 2013
In the terrestrial environment, endemic species and isolated populations of widespread species have the highest rates of extinction partly due to their low genetic diversity.
Philip L. Munday, Geoffrey P. Jones, Jean-Paul A. Hobbs, Lynne van Herwerden, Dean R. Jerry   +4 more
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Impact of Global Warming on Coral Reefs

Walailak Journal of Science and Technology, 2011
In this paper, we review coral reef responses to climate variability and discuss the possible mechanisms by which climate impacts the coral reef ecosystem. Effects of oceanographic variables such as sea temperature, turbulence, salinity, and nutrients on
Sirilak CHUMKIEW, Mullica JAROENSUTASINEE, Krisanadej JAROENSUTASINEE   +2 more
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Ocurrence of the sea anemone Telmatactis panamensis (Verrill, 1869) (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) at Isla del Coco National Park, Costa Rica

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2012
The sea anemone fauna of Isla del Coco National Park (also known as Cocos Island Nacional Park), Pacific Costa Rica is poorly known. In the present work we report the first occurrence of the species Telmatactis panamensis. Individuals of this sea anemone
Fabián H. Acuña, Jorge Cortés, Agustín Garese   +2 more
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USE OF ANVILS AND OTHER FEEDING BEHAVIOUR OBSERVED IN CEBUS IMITATOR, COIBA ISLAND, PANAMA

Tecnociencia, 2017
Preliminary data of primate feeding behaviour on the continental island of Coiba was collected as a baseline study of feeding behaviour in Cebus imitatorat coastal sites. Coiba Island is located on the South Pacific side of Panama, in the Chiriquí Gulf.
Pedro G. Méndez-Carvajal, Samuel Valdés-Díaz   +1 more
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