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Non‐Stationarity of the Spatial Footprints of Storm Surges
Abstract Storm surges can cause extreme coastal flooding across large and sometimes geographically disconnected areas. Understanding their spatial footprints is essential for effective risk assessment and emergency planning. Previous studies have delineated the spatial footprints of extreme storm surges at global and regional scales, assuming that they
Alejandra R. Enriquez +5 more
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The gryllacridid Brachybaenus domingensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated from specimens collected in various localities of the Dominican Republic.
Daniel E. Perez-Gelabert
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Archaeology of marronage in the Caribbean Antilles
The archaeological study of maroons in the Caribbean Antilles presents both opportunities and challenges. On small islands, runaways had few places where they could seek refuge from slavery and elude capture for long periods of time.
Theresa Ann Singleton
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Larvas de nematoides encontradas em anfíbios no nordeste da Argentin [PDF]
Five species of amphibians, Leptodactylus podicipinus, Scinax acuminatus, S. nasicus, Rhinella fernandezae and Pseudis paradoxa, were collected in Corrientes province, Argentina and searched for larval nematodes.
Gonzalez, Cynthya Elizabeth +1 more
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Tomographic Imaging of Slab Segmentation and Deformation in the Greater Antilles
We present a new tomographic P wave model of the upper mantle in the east Caribbean region. The model was built using 3‐D finite frequency sensitivity kernels and ~20,000 teleseismic P and PP traveltime residuals from 535 events recorded across 130 ...
Cooper W. Harris +2 more
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Threatened bryophytes of the neotropical rain forest : a status report [PDF]
Tropical deforestation, inevitably, leads to the local loss of bryophyte species. Recent studies show that the degree of species loss may vary considerably and depends on the scale or amount of habitat change that has occurred.
Gradstein, Stephan Robbert
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Economic Significance of Tourism in The Lesser Antilles
The objective of the article is an attempt to assess the economic significance of tourism in chosen islands of the Lesser Antilles. Diversification of the significance of tourism in economy between particular islands of the Lesser Antilles is very ...
Piraszewska Katarzyna
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Exploitation, secondary extinction and the altered trophic structure of Jamaican coral reefs [PDF]
Coral reef communities of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean have a long history of anthropogenic disturbance, driven by the exploitation for food of both vertebrate and invertebrate species.
Peter D. Roopnarine, Rachel A. Hertog
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Fase sexual de los helechos Odontosoria schlechtendalii y Odontosoria scandens (Dennstaedtiaceae)
Los resultados de los estudios sobre morfogénesis de la fase sexual de Odontosoria schlechtendalii y O. scandens son presentados en este trabajo. En O. schechlechtendalii y O.
Beatriz Granados +2 more
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A review of the genus Oosternum Sharp of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae)
The representatives of the genus Oosternum Sharp, 1882 occurring in the West Indies are revised. Ten species are recorded, of which seven are here described as new: Oosternum andersoni sp. n. (Cuba), O. bacharenge sp. n.
Albert Deler-Hernández +2 more
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