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A new species of Leucostethus (Anura, Dendrobatidae) from Gorgona Island, Colombia [PDF]

open access: yesZooKeys, 2021
We describe a new species of Leucostethus from Gorgona Island, a small (13 km2) island located 35 km from the Pacific coast of southern Colombia. The new species most resembles L. argyrogaster and L. fugax from western Amazonia at 340–870 m elev. in Peru
Taran Grant, Wilmar Bolívar-García
doaj   +5 more sources

Genetic Characterization of Caiman crocodilus (Crocodilia: Alligatoridae) on Gorgona Island, Colombia

open access: yesBiology
This study examines the genetic variation and structure of the spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) on Gorgona Island, Colombia, compared to continental populations.
Natalia Londoño   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Flora of the Island of Gorgona (Tuscan Archipelago, Italy)

open access: yesWebbia, 2011
Summary After centuries of trubled history, in 1869 the Island of Gorgona (Tuscan Archipelago, Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) became a rural penal colony and, as a consequence, of difficult access. At present, with its prison, the island is part of the Tuscan Archipelago National Park, created in 1996, the largest marine park in Europe.
exaly   +2 more sources

Octocoral densities and mortalities in Gorgona Island, Colombia, Tropical Eastern Pacific

open access: yesRevista de Biología Tropical, 2014
Owing to the decrease of reef organisms in general, it has become essential to study populations that are prone to marine diseases, with the purpose of developing accurate survivorship predictions and in turn alarm on triggers and drivers of disease ...
Juan A. Sánchez   +5 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Shredders are abundant and species-rich in tropical continental-island low-order streams: Gorgona Island, Tropical Eastern Pacific, Colombia

open access: yesRevista de Biología Tropical, 2014
Macroinvertebrate shredders may have been overlooked in tropical streams due to the geographical bias of early studies, methodological limitations, and the complex influences of local-scale factors.
Magnolia Longo, Juan F. Blanco
doaj   +6 more sources

Spatiotemporal variability of oxygen concentration in coral reefs of Gorgona Island (Eastern Tropical Pacific) and its effect on the coral Pocillopora capitata [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2023
Dissolved oxygen concentration (DO) is one of the main factors limiting benthic species distribution. Due to ocean warming and eutrophication, the ocean is deoxygenating. In the Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP), deep waters with low DO (
Ana Lucia Castrillón-Cifuentes   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Condiciones oceanográficas en isla Gorgona, Pacífico oriental tropical de Colombia Oceanographic conditions off Gorgona Island, eastern tropical Pacific of Colombia

open access: yesLatin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 2008
La zona de influencia costera de isla Gorgona es un área marina protegida localizada en el Pacífico Oriental Tropical (POT) de Colombia. Aunque alberga uno de los arrecifes coralinos más desarrollados del POT, la caracterización de las condiciones ...
Alan Giraldo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Historical Use of Lime in Some Islands of the Tuscan Archipelago (Italy) Where Stone for Lime Is Almost Absent

open access: yesGeosciences, 2023
The Tuscan Archipelago lies between the Ligurian Sea to the north and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the south and between Corsica to the west and the Tuscan coast to the east.
Silvia Rescic   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Heterophrynus armiger Pocock, 1902 (Amblypygi: Phrynidae): First record from Colombia, with notes on its historic distribution records and natural history [PDF]

open access: yesCheck List, 2014
The phrynid whip spider Heterophrynus armiger is herein cited for the first time from a precise locality in Colombia. Additional data on its natural history are provided. This species has been found in disturbed and preserved forest areas of Isla Gorgona,
Carlos Víquez   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

The Italian wall lizard, Podarcis siculus campestris, unexpected presence on Gorgona Island (Tuscan Archipelago)

open access: yesActa Herpetologica, 2022
We here report the unexpected presence of the Italian wall lizard (Podarcis siculus campestris) on Gorgona Island, in the Parco Nazionale Arcipelago Toscano (Tuscan Archipelago, Tyrrhenian Sea, Tuscany, Central Italy). Field observations were carried out
Marco Alberto Luca Zuffi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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