Movements of scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) at Cocos Island, Costa Rica and between oceanic islands in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Many species of sharks form aggregations around oceanic islands, yet their levels of residency and their site specificity around these islands may vary. In some cases, the waters around oceanic islands have been designated as marine protected areas, yet ...
Elena Nalesso +11 more
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Halichoeres sanchezi n. sp., a new wrasse from the Revillagigedo Archipelago of Mexico, tropical eastern Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Labridae) [PDF]
PeerJA new labrid fish species, Halichoeres sanchezi n. sp., is described from eight specimens collected in the Revillagigedo Archipelago in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Mexico.
Benjamin C. Victor +2 more
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Rhodolitica on rhodoliths: a new stoloniferan genus (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2021 Rhodolitica occulta gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Clavulariidae) is described from Cocos Island National Park, Pacific Ocean, Costa Rica. The species was found at various islets and rocky outcrops around the island, 20−55 m in depth.
Odalisca Breedy +3 more
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An enigmatic new octocoral species (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Malacalcyonacea) from Isla del Coco National Park [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2023 Aliena parva gen. et sp. nov. is described from Cocos Island, Costa Rica. The species was found at various islets and rocky outcrops north and northwest of the island, 20–30 m in depth.
Odalisca Breedy +2 more
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Decolonizing through integration: Australia's off-shore island territories [PDF]
Island Studies Journal, 2016 Australia’s three small off-shore island territories – Norfolk Island in the Pacific Ocean and Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Group in the Indian Ocean – can be seen as monuments to 19th century British-style colonization, though their ...
Roger Wettenhall
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PLoS ONE, 2021 Understanding the link between seamounts and large pelagic species (LPS) may provide important insights for the conservation of these species in open water ecosystems.
Marta Cambra +9 more
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Nauplius, 2021 The Galapagos slipper lobster (Syllarides astori Holthuis, 1960) is a species extensively distributed on rocky and coral reefs, sand, and mud in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean, within the Gulf of California, Galapagos Archipelago, mainland Ecuador ...
Francisco J. Fernández-Rivera Melo +4 more
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Occurrence of the Phoronid Phoronopsis albomaculata in Cocos Island, Costa Rica. [PDF]
, 2010 v. ill. 23 cm.QuarterlyThe phoronid Phoronopsis albomaculata was collected in subtidal (28– 35 m) sandy sediments in Bahı´a Chatham during a benthic survey designed to describe the biota of Cocos Island (Isla del Coco), Costa Rica, a national park and ...
Cortes, Jorge +2 more
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Middle to Late Miocene Contractional Deformation in Costa Rica Triggered by Plate Geodynamics [PDF]
, 2017 Contractional deformation in Costa Rica is usually attributed to the subduction of the aseismic Cocos Ridge. In this work, we review the evidences for contraction in the middle to late Miocene, prior to the arrival of the Cocos Ridge at the Middle ...
Cascante, Monserrat +8 more
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Limitations of invasive snake control tools in the context of a new invasion on an island with abundant prey [PDF]
NeoBiotaIn October 2020, a new population of invasive brown treesnakes (Boiga irregularis) was discovered on the 33-ha Cocos Island, 2.5 km off the south coast of Guam.
Shane R. Siers +10 more
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