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Genetic diversity and structure of Pocillopora spp. corals in the Gulf of Papagayo, Costa Rica

Discover Oceans
Understanding the genetic diversity and connectivity of coral populations is necessary for their adequate management, especially considering global climate change.
Randall Hidalgo-Sánchez, Juan José Alvarado, Emanuel Araya-Valverde, Edgardo Díaz-Ferguson   +3 more
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WWLLN Hot and Cold-Spots of Lightning Activity and Their Relation to Climate in an Extended Central America Region 2012–2020

Atmosphere, 2022
Lightning activity has been recognized to have, historically, social and environmental consequences around the globe. This work analyzes the space-time distribution of lightning-densities (D) in an extended Central America region (ECA).
Jorge A. Amador, Dayanna Arce-Fernández
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The Gulf of Tehuantepec and adjacent areas: spatial and temporal variation of satellite-derived photosynthetic pigments

Ciencias Marinas, 1997
Photosynthetic pigment concentrations retrieved from data generated from 1978 to 1986 by the sensor Coastal Zane Color Scanner were used to describe the seasonal and interannual variation of phytoplankton biomass of the Gulf of Tehuantepec and adjacent ...
SE Lluch-Cota, S Álvarez-Borrego, E Santamaría-Ángel, F Müller-Karger, S Hernández-Vázquez   +4 more
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Rapid bioerosion in a tropical upwelling coral reef.

PLoS ONE, 2018
Coral reefs persist in an accretion-erosion balance, which is critical for understanding the natural variability of sediment production, reef accretion, and their effects on the carbonate budget. Bioerosion (i.e.
André Wizemann, Sri D Nandini, Ines Stuhldreier, Celeste Sánchez-Noguera, Max Wisshak, Hildegard Westphal, Tim Rixen, Christian Wild, Claire E Reymond   +8 more
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Coral Reef Community Structure and Photophysiology Differ Between Upwelling and Non-Upwelling Locations on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Reef-building corals and coralline algae form the calcium carbonate frameworks that underpin tropical coral reefs, yet in some locations, coral cover has declined by ~50% in recent decades due to marine heatwaves and other stressors.
Dar Golomb, Kayla M. Cayemitte, Grace K. Saba, Lori M. Garzio, Maxim Gorbunov, Clinton Haldeman, Juan José Alvarado, Tali Mass, Fiorella Prada   +8 more
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Upwelling increases net primary production of corals and reef-wide gross primary production along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2015
Photosynthetic production is a key ecosystem service provided by tropical coral reefs, but knowledge about the contribution of corals and other reef-associated organisms and the controlling environmental factors is scarce.
Ines eStuhldreier, Ines eStuhldreier, Celeste eSánchez-Noguera, Celeste eSánchez-Noguera, Florian eRoth, Florian eRoth, Jorge eCortés, Tim eRixen, Christian eWild, Christian eWild   +9 more
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Impact of upwelling events on the sea water carbonate chemistry and dissolved oxygen concentration in the Gulf of Papagayo (Culebra Bay), Costa Rica: Implications for coral reefs

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2012
The Gulf of Papagayo, Pacific coast of Costa Rica, is one of the three seasonal upwelling areas of Mesoamerica. In April 2009, a 29-hour experiment was carried out at the pier of the Marina Papagayo, Culebra Bay.
Tim Rixen, Carlos Jiménez, Jorge Cortés   +2 more
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Aspectos legales del Polo Turístico Golfo de Papagayo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica: régimen especial Legal aspects of the Golfo de Papagayo Tourist Project, Guanacaste, Costa Rica: special regime

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2012
El Golfo de Papagayo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, es la región de mayor desarrollo turístico en el país. El Proyecto Turístico Golfo de Papagayo (PYGP) es producto de un estudio que contrata el Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica (BCIE) para ...
María Virginia Cajiao
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Box-Jenkins analysis for shark landings in Costa Rica

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2004
Sharks are highly vulnerable to intense and prolonged fishery extraction. This article analyzes the data on shark landings from the artisan fishing fleet on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast between 1988 and 1997.
Roger Bonilla, Juan B Chavarría
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Atmospheric forcing of cool subsurface water events in Bahía Culebra, Gulf of Papagayo, Costa Rica

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2012
Bahía Culebra, at Gulf of Papagayo on the north Pacific coast of Costa Rica, is an area of seasonal upwelling where more intense cooling events may occur during some boreal winter weeks mainly.
Eric J. Alfaro, Jorge Cortés
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