Echinoderms, Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, Colombian Pacific: New reports and distributional issues [PDF]
Check List, 2009 A systematic list of echinoderms from Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary (MFFS) was prepared, based on localsampling, literature review and identification of specimens from Museo de Historia Natural Marina de Colombia(MHNMC) and from National Museum of ...
Bessudo, S. +2 more
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Rosso Malpelo (1878), infrahéroe y fantasma: mitologías de la mina y el infierno [PDF]
Estudios Humanísticos. Filología, 2014 Resumen Análisis del cuento Rosso Malpelo (“Malpelo el Pelirrojo”), publicado por el escritor naturalista y verista italiano Giovanni Verga en 1878. El cuento describe la dura explotación infantil en las minas italianas del siglo XIX.
José Manuel Pedrosa
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ENDEMIC SHALLOW REEF FISHES FROM MALPELO ISLAND: ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
Bulletin of Marine and Coastal Research, 2016 The fish species endemic to Malpelo Island have been scarcely studied, resulting in a lack of information on their densities and habitat preferences. The distribution and abundance of the endemic reef fish species of Malpelo were estimated using underwater visual census techniques.
Chasqui Velasco, Luis +2 more
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How many replicates to accurately estimate fish biodiversity using environmental DNA on coral reefs? [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Quantifying fish species diversity in rich tropical marine environments remains challenging. Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is a promising tool to face this challenge through the filtering, amplification, and sequencing of DNA traces from water ...
Salomé Stauffer +24 more
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Movements of scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) at Cocos Island, Costa Rica and between oceanic islands in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Many species of sharks form aggregations around oceanic islands, yet their levels of residency and their site specificity around these islands may vary. In some cases, the waters around oceanic islands have been designated as marine protected areas, yet ...
Elena Nalesso +11 more
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Human and conservation factors affect spatial variation of reef fish assemblages in Colombian Pacific reefs [PDF]
PeerJHumans have both negative and positive impacts on marine communities: human everyday activities can degrade ecosystems, while conservation efforts can support their protection and recovery.
Juan P. Quimbayo +4 more
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Halichoeres sanchezi n. sp., a new wrasse from the Revillagigedo Archipelago of Mexico, tropical eastern Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Labridae) [PDF]
PeerJA new labrid fish species, Halichoeres sanchezi n. sp., is described from eight specimens collected in the Revillagigedo Archipelago in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Mexico.
Benjamin C. Victor +2 more
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Population structure of Megabalanus peninsularis in Malpelo Island, Colombia [PDF]
Revista De Biologia Marina Y Oceanografia, 2016 Megabalanus peninsularis is a key species in the rocky shore, particularly in Malpelo Island in the Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP) where it dominates the mesolittoral zone and the infralittoral fringe. The size structure of M. peninsularis was determined to infer the population state (pyramid model) by measuring the basal diameter of individuals (n ...
Laura Velásquez-Jiménez +3 more
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Comisión a la isla de Malpelo (fosfatos)
Boletín Geológico, 1953 Este informe trata de una exploración a la Isla de Malpelo con el objeto de buscar fosfatos de origen animal y su manera de explotación. Después de hacer una descripción litológica de las formaciones que se encontraron, que son de origen ígneo, se ...
Alberto Sarmiento Alarcón
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The masquerade game: marine mimicry adaptation between egg-cowries and octocorals [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Background. Background matching, as a camouflage strategy, is one of the most outstanding examples of adaptation, where little error or mismatch means high vulnerability to predation.
Juan A. Sánchez +5 more
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