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Independent evolutionary lineage of the clingfish Gobiesox adustus (Gobiesocidae) from Isla del Coco, Costa Rica

open access: yes, 2020
Introduction: Isla del Coco is an important protected area for marine fauna in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. In this area, the species that inhabit the intertidal zone have been subject to few studies.
Eloísa Torres-Hernández   +5 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Isla del Coco / Cocos Island: la isla que hizo grande a Costa Rica

open access: yesRevista de Biología Tropical, 2018
Unos 500 km al SW de la península de Nicoya, frente a las costas de Ecuador y Colombia, se halla la Isla del Coco con 24 km², abundante agua dulce y vegetación exuberante, que incluye árboles y dos especies de palmeras: Cocos nucifera L. y Euterpe precatoria Mart.
Morales Sánchez, Carlos
core   +7 more sources

Community structure of coral reef zooplankton in Isla del Coco National Park, a natural World Heritage site in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

open access: yesRevista de Biología Tropical, 2020
Introduction: Zooplankton is a major link between primary producers and the following trophic levels, and in coral reefs they represent an energy source for corals and involve complex assemblies integrating a wide variety of species form different ...
Octavio Esquivel-Garrote   +1 more
semanticscholar   +8 more sources

Facilitative interspecific interactions in marine vertebrates across scales: from individuals to ecosystems. [PDF]

open access: yesBiol Rev Camb Philos Soc
ABSTRACT Facilitative interspecific interactions (FIIs) confer benefits to at least one participant without detriment to others. Although often less emphasised than antagonistic interactions in ecological studies, this review highlights the significant ecological role of FIIs across biological scales – from individual behaviours to population ...
Vontobel ED   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Catálogo actualizado de las plantas vasculares del Parque Nacional Isla del Coco, Costa Rica

open access: yesRevista de Biología Tropical, 2020
Introducción: La flora de la Isla del Coco ha sido objeto de diversos esfuerzos de recolecta, estudios y publicaciones desde hace más de 300 años, hasta llegar a registrarse 263 especies; no obstante, una exploración reciente permitió determinar que se ...
A. Estrada-Chavarría   +2 more
semanticscholar   +5 more sources

Presentación del libro: Isla del Coco, patrimonio natural y cultural de Costa Rica

open access: yesRevista Clínica de la Escuela de Medicina UCR-HSJD, 2016
ISLA DEL COCO – Patrimonio natural y cultural de Costa Rica es un libro que aborda en una forma integral aspectos geográficos, históricos, legales y naturales de la isla; así como la narrativa de las vivencias del autor durante sus viajes a este Parque ...
Luis Fernando Briceño Rodríguez
doaj   +4 more sources

Rasgos morfológicos alrededor de la Isla del Coco y de sus montes submarinos vecinos, Pacífico de Costa Rica

open access: yesRevista de Biología Tropical, 2017
Se utilizaron los datos batimétricos GEBCO-08 de la UNESCO para estudiar las provincias marinas alrededor de la Isla del Coco. Se analizaron las montañas submarinas que tuvieran menos de 1000m de profundidad en esta cordillera.
O. Lizano
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Dynamic and growth of the forests of the Isla del Coco National Park, Costa Rica

open access: yesRevista de Biología Tropical, 2020
Introduction: Islands are essential for world biodiversity. Isla del Coco National Park is an oceanic island in which a tropical rain forest grows; however, its ecology and the effect of introduced species are poorly understood.
Rafael Bonilla-Mata, L. Acosta-Vargas
semanticscholar   +5 more sources

Characterization of deepwater invertebrates at Isla del Coco National Park and Las Gemelas Seamount, Costa Rica

open access: yesRevista de Biología Tropical, 2012
The deepwater faunas of oceanic islands and seamounts of the Eastern Tropical Pacific are poorly known. From 11-22 September 2009, we conducted an exploration of the deepwater areas around Isla del Coco National Park and Las Gemelas Seamount, located ...
Richard M. Starr   +4 more
doaj   +6 more sources

Sipunculans and Echiurans of Isla del Coco (Cocos Island), Costa Rica

open access: yesZootaxa, 2010
The sipunculan fauna of Isla del Coco was found to be quite diverse with eleven species reported. Several of the sipunculan species, as well as the echiuran Thalassema steinbecki, have been encountered previously from Pacific Costa Rica. More surprising is the occurrence of several species of sipunculans not previously known from the eastern Pacific ...
HARLAN K. DEAN   +4 more
core   +4 more sources

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