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A New Record of the Rare Crab Homolodromia robertsi Garth, 1973 (Crustacea; Decapoda; Homolodromiidae), from Cocos Island, Costa Rica

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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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Christine Roseeta Walker, Coco Island

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Christine Roseeta Walker is a Jamaican poet and novelist who lives near Manchester and studied Creative Writing at the University of Salford and at the University of Manchester. She organises reading workshops for people in care homes living with dementia.Her debut poetry collection, Coco Island, was published by Carcanet in 2024, and is based on her ...
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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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Ultraviolet radiation at Isla del Coco (Cocos Island) National Park, Costa Rica.

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2016
<p>Incoming solar energy that reaches the land surface is divided mainly in infrared, visible and UV. UV radiation has wave lengths from 100 to 400 nm. The World Health Organization recommends studies and monitoring of UV radiation because of its biological effects in living organisms.<strong> </strong>The use of automatic Davis ...
José L. Vargas, Eric J. Alfaro
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Bryophytes from the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (West Central Africa) : 3., contribution to the bryoflora of Rio Muni (continental region) [PDF]

, 1998
First results of the identification work of the collections made by Patxi Heras on Río Muni, the continental part of Equatorial Guinea, are offered.
Heras Pérez, Patxi, Infante Sánchez, Marta   +1 more
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Validation of linearity assumptions for using tsunami waveforms in joint inversion of kinematic rupture models: Application to the 2010 Mentawai M_w 7.8 tsunami earthquake [PDF]

, 2015
Tsunami observations have particular importance for resolving shallow offshore slip in finite-fault rupture model inversions for large subduction zone earthquakes.
Allgeyer, An, Avouac, Bai, Bai, Bai, Bilek, Bletery, Bürgmann, Freymueller, Goldstein, Hartzell, Hill, Ji, Johnson, Kaijura, Kanamori, Kikuchi, Kikuchi, Lay, Lay, Lay, Lay, Lay, Lay, Lay, Lorito, Massonnet, Melgar, Miyazaki, Newman, Okada, Pollitz, Romano, Romano, Romano, Saito, Satake, Satake, Satake, Satake, Satake, Scholz, Shen, Simons, Singh, Tanioka, Tong, Tsai, Wang, Wang, Watada, Yamazaki, Yamazaki, Yamazaki, Yokota, Yue, Yue, Yue, Yue, Yue, Zumberge   +61 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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The Christmas Island Seamount Province, Indian Ocean: Origin of Intraplate Volcanism by Shallow Recycling of Continental Lithosphere? [PDF]

, 2011
The east-west-trending Christmas Island Seamount Province (CHRISP, 1800x600 km) in the northeastern Indian Ocean is elongated orthogonal to present-day plate motion, posing the question if a mantle plume formed this volcanic belt.
Conrad, S., Gibbons, A., Hauff, Folkmar, Hoernle, Kaj, Müller, D., van den Bogaard, Paul, Werner, Reinhard   +6 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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