Genetic diversity and structure of Pocillopora spp. corals in the Gulf of Papagayo, Costa Rica [PDF]
Discover OceansUnderstanding the genetic diversity and connectivity of coral populations is necessary for their adequate management, especially considering global climate change.
Randall Hidalgo-Sánchez +3 more
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Mass falls of crustacean carcasses link surface waters and the deep seafloor. [PDF]
Ecology, 2023 Ecology, Volume 104, Issue 2, February 2023.
Simon-Lledó E +6 more
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Rapid bioerosion in a tropical upwelling coral reef. [PDF]
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 +8 more
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The Global Sink of Available Potential Energy by Mesoscale Air-Sea Interaction. [PDF]
J Adv Model Earth Syst, 2020 Abstract The thermal component of oceanic eddy available potential energy (EPE) generation due to air‐sea interaction is proportional to the product of anomalous sea surface temperature (SST) and net air‐sea heat flux (SHF). In this study we assess EPE generation and its timescale and space‐scale dependence from observations and a high‐resolution ...
Bishop SP, Small RJ, Bryan FO.
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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 [PDF]
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 +2 more
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Effects of Seasonal Upwelling on Inorganic and Organic Matter Dynamics in the Water Column of Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The Gulf of Papagayo at the northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica experiences pronounced seasonal changes in water parameters caused by wind-driven coastal upwelling.
Ines Stuhldreier +5 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 [PDF]
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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Bleaching susceptibility and recovery of Colombian Caribbean corals in response to water current exposure and seasonal upwelling. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2013 Coral bleaching events are globally occurring more frequently and with higher intensity, mainly caused by increases in seawater temperature. In Tayrona National Natural Park (TNNP) in the Colombian Caribbean, local coral communities are subjected to ...
Bayraktarov E +4 more
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The Diurnal Cycle of East Pacific Convection, Moisture, and CYGNSS Wind Speed and Fluxes
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 128, Issue 8, 27 April 2023., 2023 Abstract The far eastern tropical Pacific is one of the rainiest locations on Earth. This region is characterized by a robust diurnal cycle with precipitation initiating over the Andes mountains in Colombia in the late afternoon and moving offshore overnight while organizing into mesoscale convective systems (MCSs).
Emily M. Riley Dellaripa +2 more
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Atmospheric circulation types controlling rainfall in the Central American Isthmus
International Journal of Climatology, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 197-218, January 2023., 2023 Adjusted coefficients of determination show how low‐level circulation impacts daily variability in vertically integrated moisture flux divergence (VIMFD) and precipitation over the Pacific slope of Central America. Mechanisms forcing the circulation are explored.
Fernán Sáenz +5 more
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