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Microbial mats in the Turks and Caicos Islands reveal diversity and evolution of phototrophy in the Chloroflexota order Aggregatilineales [PDF]

Environmental Microbiome, 2020
Genome-resolved metagenomic sequencing approaches have led to a substantial increase in the recognized diversity of microorganisms; this included the discovery of novel metabolic pathways in previously recognized clades, and has enabled a more accurate ...
Lewis M. Ward, Usha F. Lingappa, John P. Grotzinger, Woodward W. Fischer   +3 more
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Tetracha Hope 1838 of the Turks and Caicos Islands (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae) [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2011
A new species, Tetracha (Neotetracha) naviauxi, and a new subspecies, Tetracha (Tetracha) sobrina caicosensis, are described from the Turks and Caicos Islands. The key to Tetracha species in Naviaux (2007) is adapted to accommodate T. naviauxi.
Robert D. Ward, Robert Davidson, David Brzoska   +2 more
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The complete mitogenome and phylogenetic analysis of Thalassa montezumae Mulsant, 1850 (Coleoptera: coccinellidae) [PDF]

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources
Thalassa montezumae Mulsant is a coccinellid species recently discovered as predator of the pine tortoise scale Toumeyella parvicornis. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of T.
Immacolata Iovinella, Lucrezia Giovannini, Giuseppe Mazza, Bryan Naqqi Manco, Agostino Strangi   +4 more
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Investigating the influence of Diadematidae scuticociliatosis on host microbiome composition [PDF]

mSystems
Mass mortality of Diadematidae urchins, caused by the Diadema antillarum scuticociliatosis Philaster clade (DScPc), affected the Caribbean in spring 2022 and subsequently spread to the eastern Mediterranean, Red Sea, and western Indian Ocean.
Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas, Christopher M. DeRito, Isabella T. Ritchie, Christina A. Kellogg, James S. Evans, Alizee Zimmerman, Stacey M. Williams, Marilyn Brandt, Moriah Sevier, Samuel Gittens, Kayla A. Budd, Matthew Warham, William C. Sharp, Gabriel A. Delgado, Alwin Hylkema, Kimani Kitson-Walters, Jean-Pascal Quod, Mya Breitbart, Ian Hewson   +18 more
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African swine fever incursion risks in Latin America and the Caribbean: informal and legal import pathways [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
African swine fever (ASF) is a devastating hemorrhagic disease of swine with high mortality rates and severe socioeconomic impacts on affected pig industries.
Guillermo Arcega Castillo, Michelle L. Schultze, Rachael Schulte, Rachel A. Schambow, Luis Pablo Hervé-Claude, Emilio A. León, Andres M. Perez   +6 more
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Readiness to deliver integrated cardiovascular, kidney and metabolic care in primary healthcare: phase II of HEARTS 2.0 in 26 countries in the Americas [PDF]

BMJ Global Health
WHO’s Global HEARTS is the largest worldwide effort to improve hypertension control through standardised care. HEARTS in the Americas is its regional adaptation.
Patrick Van der Stuyft, Pedro Ordunez, Sonia Angell, Andres Rosende, Jeffrey Brettler, Esteban Londono, Ramon Martinez-Piedra, Libardo Rodriguez, Mariana Lisbeth Rodriguez de la Cerda, Kerry-Ann Renaud-Thomas, Vicente Aleixandre Benites-Zapata, Yadexy Carbay, Maria Clapperton, Miguel Angel Diaz Aguilera, Roxana Salamanca Kacic, Leeann Sills, Salvador Tamayo Muñiz, Hannah Carolina Tavares Domingos, Jerry Toelsie, Yamile Valdes Gonzalez, Natalia Vensentini, Matias Villatoro   +21 more
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The skull of the Turks and Caicos rock iguana, Cyclura carinata (Squamata: Iguanidae) [PDF]

PeerJ
We provide a detailed and first description of the skull, hyoid apparatus, and trachea of the Turks and Caicos rock iguana, Cyclura carinata (Squamata: Iguanidae). Cyclura is a radiation of iguanas restricted to islands of the Caribbean Sea.
Chloe Lai, Simon G. Scarpetta
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Somatic growth dynamics of West Atlantic hawksbill sea turtles: a spatio‐temporal perspective [PDF]

Ecosphere, 2016
Somatic growth dynamics are an integrated response to environmental conditions. Hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) are long‐lived, major consumers in coral reef habitats that move over broad geographic areas (hundreds to thousands of ...
Karen A. Bjorndal, Milani Chaloupka, Vincent S. Saba, Carlos E. Diez, Robert P. van Dam, Barry H. Krueger, Julia A. Horrocks, Armando J. B. Santos, Cláudio Bellini, Maria A. G. Marcovaldi, Mabel Nava, Sue Willis, Brendan J. Godley, Shannon Gore, Lucy A. Hawkes, Andrew McGowan, Matthew J. Witt, Thomas B. Stringell, Amdeep Sanghera, Peter B. Richardson, Annette C. Broderick, Quinton Phillips, Marta C. Calosso, John A. B. Claydon, Janice Blumenthal, Felix Moncada, Gonzalo Nodarse, Yosvani Medina, Stephen G. Dunbar, Lawrence D. Wood, Cynthia J. Lagueux, Cathi L. Campbell, Anne B. Meylan, Peter A. Meylan, Virginia R. Burns Perez, Robin A. Coleman, Samantha Strindberg, Vicente Guzmán‐H., Kristen M. Hart, Michael S. Cherkiss, Zandy Hillis‐Starr, Ian F. Lundgren, Ralf H. Boulon Jr, Stephen Connett, Mark E. Outerbridge, Alan B. Bolten   +45 more
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Fisher choice may increase prevalence of green turtle fibropapillomatosis disease [PDF]

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2015
Disease in wildlife populations is often controlled through culling. But when healthy individuals are removed and diseased individuals are left in the population, it is anticipated that prevalence of disease increases.
Thomas B Stringell, Wesley V Clerveaux, Brendan J Godley, Quinton ePhillips, Susan eRanger, Susan eRanger, Peter B Richardson, Peter B Richardson, Amdeep eSanghera, Annette C Broderick   +9 more
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An ecosystems perspective for food security in the Caribbean: Seagrass meadows in the Turks and Caicos Islands [PDF]

Ecosystem Services, 2015
Susan Baker, Jessica Paddock, Richard Kf Unsworth   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources