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Caribbean sea tropical cyclone occurrences in the last six decades and their impacts in central america and the caribbean islands
(2011-02-25)
The study of the tropical cyclones activity in the Caribbean (Figs. 1 & 2), and their historic characterization in the Central American region, is a basic element to mitigate their impact over different regions of the ...
Un método para evaluar el enriquecimiento de metales en sedimentos marinos en Costa Rica
(Revista Biología Tropical 60 (2): 197-211, 2012-04-01)
A method to evaluate metal enrichment in marine sediments. In order to evaluate metal enrichment in sediments , a method is proposed and tested in Bahia Culebra and the Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica through the normalization ...
Búsqueda y caracterización de proteínas biopesticidas novedosas a partir de cepas de Bacillus thuringiensis
(1999)
En la actualidad se desarrollan y se cultivan comercialmente plantas transgénicas que expresan endotoxinas de Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) como biopesticida para el control específico de insectos. Sin embargo, se teme que ...
Actividades Socioeconómicas que emplean recursos naturales de la zona marítimo-terrestre y marina en Costa Rica y su relación con la variabilidad climática
Socio-economic activities using natural resources of the Marine and Terrestrial-Marine Zone in Costa Rica and its relation to climate variability
(2017)
La variabilidad climática podría tener efectos negativos sobre la productividad de las actividades que se desarrollan en las zonas costeras. Siendo Costa Rica un país en el que las actividades costeras relacionadas con ...
First record of the sea anemone Bunodosoma californicum (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica
(2015-05)
We report the first record of the sea anemone Bunodosoma californicum on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, extending its southern distribution. Four specimens were collected from an artificial breakwater in Mata de Limón, ...
Establishing the Internet in Costa Rica: Co-optation and the closure of technological controversies
(2011-12)
Research in science and technology studies has devoted significant attention to technological controversies and the mechanisms that actors employ to resolve them. This article contributes to this literature by developing ...
25 Years of the Internet in Central America: an interview with Guy de Téramond
(2017-10)
January 2018 marks the 25th anniversary of the first dedicated Internet connection in Central America. Little is known about the conditions that characterised the early development of the Internet in this part of the globe. ...
Clima y temperatura sub-superficial del mar en Bahía Culebra, Golfo de Papagayo, Costa Rica
Climate and subsurface sea temperature in Bahía Culebra, Costa Rica
(Revista Biología Tropical, 60 (2): 159-171, 2012-04)
Bahía Culebra, Golfo de Papagayo, Costa Rica is a seasonal upwelling area. To determine the relationship of climate and the subsurface temperature variability at Bahía Culebra, we analyzed nine records of sea subsurface ...
Promotion of breastfeeding in Costa Rica: the Puriscal study
(1988-09-01)
The decline in rate and duration of breastfeeding in urban areas in developing
countries seems to have resulted from the transition from extended to nuclear
cofamilies
and exposure of young mothers to influences affecting ...
"Base de datos sobre instituciones públicas de Costa Rica y Nicaragua, 1840-1940”. Una propuesta para el análisis comparativo de Centroamérica
“Database on public institutions of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, 1840-1940”. A proposal for the comparative analysis of Central America
(2017)
El presente artículo tiene como principal objetivo presentar la “Base de datos sobre instituciones públicas de Costa Rica y Nicaragua, 1840 y 1940”. Esta fue desarrollada como parte de un proyecto del Programa Estado de ...