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Northernmost occurrence and geographic distribution of Scyllarides astori Holthuis, 1960 (Scyllaridae) in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

open access: yesNauplius, 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
doaj   +1 more source

Occurrence of the Phoronid Phoronopsis albomaculata in Cocos Island, Costa Rica. [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

Limitations of invasive snake control tools in the context of a new invasion on an island with abundant prey [PDF]

open access: yesNeoBiota
In 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
doaj   +3 more sources

Genetic Insights Into the Introduction History of Black Rats Into the Eastern Indian Ocean

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Islands can be powerful demonstrations of how destructive invasive species can be on endemic faunas and insular ecologies. Oceanic islands in the eastern Indian Ocean have suffered dramatically from the impact of one of the world’s most destructive ...
Vicki A. Thomson   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Middle to Late Miocene Contractional Deformation in Costa Rica Triggered by Plate Geodynamics [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

A new species of planthopper in the genus Patara (Hemiptera: Derbidae) on coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) from the island of Barbuda.

open access: yesZootaxa, 2021
The island of Barbuda was recently surveyed for the presence of Haplaxius crudus to establish the risk of Lethal Yellowing to palms on the island. After extensive collecting, H. crudus was not found on the island.
B. Bahder, J. Gore-Francis, C. Bartlett
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Geometry and seismic properties of the subducting Cocos plate in central Mexico [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The geometry and properties of the interface of the Cocos plate beneath central Mexico are determined from the receiver functions (RFs) utilizing data from the Meso America Subduction Experiment (MASE).
Clayton, R. W., Jackson, J. M., Kim, Y.
core   +1 more source

Crossing the borders: First record of Bleeding Wrasse, Polylepion cruentum Gomon, 1977 (Labriformes, Labridae), in the Northern Peru

open access: yesPapéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2021
The Labridae is a species-rich family of colorful fishes distributed globally in different habitats. Polylepion cruentum was described based on type material collected from the Gulf of California, and Quepos, Pacific coast of Costa Rica.
Ricardo Britzke   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sailing the Archipelago in a Boat of Rhymes Pantun in the Malay World [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The extremely popular poetic form from Insular Southeast Asia, the pantun, travelled from its unknown source throughout the Malay Archipelago, first in Malay, then in the languages of Southeast Asia.
Salleh, M. H. (Muhammad)
core   +4 more sources

Submergence and uplift associated with the giant 1833 Sumatran subduction earthquake: Evidence from coral microatolls [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
The giant Sumatran subduction earthquake of 1833 appears as a large emergence event in fossil coral microatolls on the reefs of Sumatra's outer-arc ridge.
Edwards, R. Lawrence   +4 more
core   +1 more source

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