• Dye‐sensitized Devices: Photovoltaic and Photoelectrolytic Applications 

      Solera Rojas, José Andrés; Ledezma Gairaud, Marisol; Pineda Cedeño, Leslie William (2018-11)
      Dye‐sensitized approach along with stability and surface robustness in titanium dioxide (TiO2) against photocorrosion and degradation has been widely studied and applied in several important applications. This chapter ...
    • DynACof: A process-based model to study growth, yield and ecosystem services of coffee agroforestry systems 

      Vezy, Rémi; Le Maire, Guerric; Christina, Mathias; Georgiou, Selena; Imbach, Pablo; Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J.; Blitz Frayret, Céline; Charbonnier, Fabien; Lehner, Peter; Loustau, Denis; Roupsard, Olivier (2020)
      The DynACof model was designed to model coffee agroforestry systems and study the trade-offs to e.g. optimize the system facing climate changes. The model simulates net primary productivity (NPP), growth, yield, mortality, ...
    • Dynamical delimitation of the Central American Dry Corridor (CADC) using drought indices and aridity values 

      Quesada Hernández, Luis Eduardo; Calvo Solano, Oscar David; Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Pérez Briceño, Paula Marcela; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J. (2019)
      The Central American Dry Corridor (CADC) is a sub-region in the isthmus that is relatively drier than the rest of the territory. Traditional delineations of the CADC’s boundaries start at the Pacific coast of southern ...
    • Dynamical downscaling of historical climate over CORDEX Central America domain with a regionally coupled atmosphere–ocean model 

      Cabos Narvaez, William David; Sein, Dmitry V.; Durán Quesada, Ana María; Liguori, Giovanni; Koldunov, Nikolay V.; Martínez López, Benjamín; Álvarez García, Francisco José; Sieck, Kevin; Limareva, Natalia; Pinto, Joaquim G. (2018-08)
      The climate in Mexico and Central America is influenced by the Pacific and the Atlantic oceanic basins and atmospheric conditions over continental North and South America. These factors and important ocean–atmosphere coupled ...
    • Dynamical theory for the battery's electromotive force 

      Alicki, Robert; Gelbwaser Klimovsky, David; Jenkins Villalobos, Alejandro; von Hauff, Elizabeth (2021-03-23)
      We propose a dynamical theory of how the chemical energy stored in a battery generates the electromotive force (emf). In this picture, the battery's half-cell acts as an engine, cyclically extracting work from its underlying ...
    • Dynamics in benthic community composition and influencing factors in an upwelling-exposed coral reef on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica 

      Stuhldreier, Ines; Sánchez Noguera, Celeste; Roth, Florian; Jiménez Centeno, Carlos; Rixen, Tim; Cortés Núñez, Jorge; Wild, Christian (2015-11-24)
      Seasonal upwelling at the northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica offers the opportunity to investigate the effects of pronounced changes in key water parameters on fine-scale dynamics of local coral reef communities. This ...
    • Early diverging lineages within Cryptomycota and Chytridiomycota dominate the fungal communities in ice-covered lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica 

      Rojas Jiménez, Keilor Osvaldo; Wurzbacher, Christian; Bourne, Elizabeth Charlotte; Chiuchiolo, Amy; Priscu, John C.; Grossart, Hans-Peter (2017-11)
      Antarctic ice-covered lakes are exceptional sites for studying the ecology of aquatic fungi under conditions of minimal human disturbance. In this study, we explored the diversity and community composition of fungi in five ...
    • Eastern Pacific 

      Ruiz Robinson, Néstor Manuel; Fernández García, Cindy; Riosmena Rodríguez, Rafael; Rosas Alquicira, Edgar F.; Konar, Brenda; Chenelot, Heloise; Jewett, Stephen C.; Melzer, Roland R.; Meyer, Roland; Försterra, Günter; Häussermann, Vreni; Macaya, Erasmo C. (2017)
      In the Eastern Pacific (EP) the only region where rhodolith beds have been well studied in terms of taxonomy, ecology, distribution and conservation status is the Gulf of California. Outside this region the knowledge of ...
    • Eastern Pacific coastal dynamics and the Intra-Americas summer low level jet 

      Trasviña Castro, Armando; Amador Astúa, Jorge Alberto (2005)
      It is generally agreed that the circulation of the Eastern Pacific off México and Central America is forced in the summer by the large-scale circulation, namely the North Equatorial Countercurrent, and in the winter by ...
    • Eastern Pacific Coral Reef Provinces, Coral Community Structure and Composition: An Overview 

      Glynn, Peter W.; Alvarado Barrientos, Juan José; Banks, Stuart; Cortés Núñez, Jorge; Feingold, Joshua S.; Jiménez, Carlos E.; Maragos, James E.; Martínez, Priscilla; Maté Touriño, Juan Laurentino; Moanga, Diana A.; Navarrete, Sergio A.; Reyes Bonilla, Héctor; Riegl, Bernhard; Rivera, Fernando; Vargas Ángel, Bernardo; Wieters, Evie A.; Zapata, Fernando A. (2017)
      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 recognized, including mainland and island localities ...
    • Eavesdropping avoidance and sound propagation: the acoustic structure of soft song 

      Vargas Castro, Luis Esteban; Sandoval Vargas, Luis Andrés; Searcy, William A. (2017-12)
      Many species use low-amplitude (soft) song during close range interactions with conspecifics, such as in aggressive encounters or courtship displays. It has been suggested that soft song is adapted to limit eavesdropping ...
    • Echinoderm diversity of a tropical estuary in the largest river basin of the Costa Rican Pacific, Eastern Tropical Pacific 

      Azofeifa Solano, Juan Carlos; Mena González, Sebastián; Alvarado Barrientos, Juan José; Chacón Monge, José Leonardo; Clarke, Tayler McLellan; Herrera Correal, Juliana; Wehrtmann, Ingo S. (2017)
      Echinoderms within the Eastern Tropical Pacific have mainly been studied in association with coral reefs. Investigations on echinoderms associated with soft-bottoms and estuaries are still scarce. The present study reports ...
    • Echinoderm research perspectives: A Central American bibliometric review 

      Alvarado Barrientos, Juan José; Fabregat Malé, Sònia (2021)
      Introduction: Central America, a narrow strip of land dividing the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, has a high diversity of marine and terrestrial species. Echinoderms are one of the most diverse marine groups with 420 reported ...
    • Echinosepala 

      Pupulin, Franco (2020)
      Subtribe Pleurothallidinae is the largest and one of the most recently and intensely diversified groups in the Orchidaceae family. Estimates suggest that with a whopping 5500 species recognized today, pleurothallids represent ...
    • El Eclipse total de Sol del 11 de Julio de 1991: Aspectos Generales. 

      Azofeifa Alvarado, Daniel E.; Fernández Rojas, Walter; Villalobos M., José Alberto (San José, CR: Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 1992)
      El 11 de junio de 1991 ocurrió un eclipse total de sol, el cual se pudo observar en casi todo el territorio de Costa Rica. El presente artículo explica en que consistió el fenómeno y describe las características principales ...
    • Ecological and Public Health Effects of Microplastics Pollution 

      Arias Andrés, María de Jesús; Rojas Jiménez, Keilor Osvaldo (2022-01)
      Humans and ecosystems are constantly exposed to microplastics (MP). The magnitude of contamination, their ubiquity, and high persistence over time raise serious concerns about their effects on ecosystems, wildlife, and ...
    • Ecological aspects of myxomycete assemblages in two Brazilian Cerrado landscapes 

      Leonardo Silva, Lucas; Cristina Moreira, Izabel; Camilo Cotrim, Carlos Filipe; Rojas Alvarado, Carlos Alonso; Xavier Santos, Solange (2021)
      We investigated the ecological aspects of the myxobiota associated with both the mesophilic and gallery forests from a fragment of the Cerrado biome located in the municipality of Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil. Myxomycete assemblages ...
    • Ecological assessments of the coral reef communities in the Eastern Caribbean and the effects of herbivory in influencing coral juvenile density and algal cover 

      Williams, Stacey M.; Sánchez Godínez, Cristina; Newman, Steven P.; Cortés Núñez, Jorge (2017)
      Caribbean reefs have been unevenly surveyed, with many areas lacking baseline data. In this study, the current status of Orbicella reefs, a structurally complex forereef habitat, was quantified in an understudied region, ...
    • Ecological Correlates of Range Size in the Tent-Making Bat Artibeus watsoni 

      Chaverri Echandi, Gloriana; Quirós Ruiz, Óscar Enrique; Kunz, Thomas H. (2007-04)
      We examined variation in foraging- and roosting-range size in the tent-making bat Artibeus watsoni. We radiotracked 42 individuals at 2 sites in the Golfito Wildlife Refuge and 6 sites at Corcovado National Park, southwestern ...
    • Ecological Correlates of Roost Fidelity in the Tent-Making Bat Artibeus watsoni 

      Chaverri Echandi, Gloriana; Quirós Ruiz, Óscar Enrique; Gamba Rios, Melquisedec; Kunz, Thomas H. (2007-05)
      Roost switching is a common occurrence in bats, yet the causes and consequences of such behavior are poorly understood. In this study we explore the ecological correlates of roost fidelity in the tent‐making bat Artibeus ...