Eastern Pacific coral reef provinces, coral community structure and composition: an overview

PW Glynn, JJ Alvarado, S Banks, J Cortés… - Coral reefs of the …, 2017 - Springer
Advances in our knowledge of eastern tropical Pacific (ETP) coral reef biogeography and
ecology during the past two decades are briefly reviewed. Fifteen ETP subregions are …

[HTML][HTML] Costa Rica's marine protected areas: status and perspectives

JJ Alvarado, J Cortés, MF Esquivel… - Revista de biología tropical, 2012 - scielo.sa.cr
With 51 100km2 of terrestrial area and 589 000km² of national waters, Costa Rica is
considered one of the countries with the greatest biodiversity. It has approximately 3.5% of …

The deepwater fishery along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, Central America

IS Wehrtmann, V Nielsen-Muñoz - Latin American Journal of Aquatic …, 2009 - lajar.cl
Global catches of marine fishery resources declined during the last decades; however, there
has been a trend of increasing exploitation of deepwater resources that are especially …

[HTML][HTML] Marine biodiversity of an eastern tropical Pacific oceanic island, Isla del Coco, Costa Rica

J Cortés - Revista de Biología Tropical, 2012 - scielo.sa.cr
Isla del Coco (also known as Cocos Island) is an oceanic island in the Eastern Tropical
Pacific; it is part of the largest national park of Costa Rica and a UNESCO World Heritage …

[PDF][PDF] Actividades pesqueras dependientes de la ictiofauna en el Pacífico Norte de Costa Rica

F Villalobos-Rojas, J Herrera-Correal… - Revista de Biología …, 2014 - redalyc.org
Resumen El Pacífico Norte (PN) costarricense alberga una gran diversidad de peces. Esta
diversidad sustenta dos de las principales actividades económicas desarrolladas en el PN …

Accumulation of heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Pb, Ni, Zn) in sediments, macroalgae (Cryptonemia crenulata) and sponge (Cinachyrella kuekenthali) of a coral reef in …

S Méndez, C Ruepert, F Mena, J Cortés - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
Moín, on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, is a multi-use coastal zone with a variety of
human activities that can cause metal pollution. With the purpose of assessing the current …

[HTML][HTML] Marine biodiversity baseline for Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica: published records

J Cortés - ZooKeys, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The diversity of tropical marine organisms has not been studied as intensively as the
terrestrial biota worldwide. Additionally, marine biodiversity research in the tropics lags …

[HTML][HTML] Identificación de las prioridades de conservación de la biodiversidad marina y costera en Costa Rica

JJ Alvarado, B Herrera, L Corrales, J Asch… - Revista de Biología …, 2011 - scielo.sa.cr
Costa Rica es un país reconocido por su alta diversidad de especies y ecosistemas, tanto
en sus ambientes terrestres como marinos. A pesar de esta importancia, presenta un rezago …

[PDF][PDF] The Caribbean coastal and marine ecosystems

J Cortés - Costa Rican Ecosystems, 2016 - researchgate.net
Background The Caribbean coast of Costa Rica is bounded on the north by the Río San
Juan at the border with Nicaragua, and to the south by the Río Sixaola at the border with …

Seagrasses of Costa Rica: from the mighty Caribbean to the dynamic meadows of the Eastern Tropical Pacific

J Samper-Villarreal, BI van Tussenbroek… - Revista de Biología …, 2018 - revistas.ucr.ac.cr
Seagrass meadows are declining worldwide, mostly attributed to anthropogenic
disturbances. Understanding the dynamics of these meadows is urgent in order to establish …