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Desarrollo y perspectivas de la genética humana en Costa Rica
(Acta Pediátrica Costarricense 12:87-94, 1998)
The development and perspectives of human genetics in Costa Rica are analyzed In relation to research, human resources formation, and social and scientific impact. A review of the scientific literature during the last 25 ...
Abundancia, biomasa y floración de Thalassia testudinum (Hydrocharitaceae) en el Parque Nacional Cahuita, Caribe de Costa Rica
Tesis de Licenciatura en Biología con Énfasis en Botánica
(2007)
Tesis publicada en: Rev. Biol. Trop. (Int. J. Trop. Biol. ISSN-0034-7744) Vol. 56 (Suppl. 4): 175-189, December 2008.
Entre agosto 2003 y agosto 2006 se estudiaron tres sitios representativos del Parque Nacional Cahuita ...
The mechanical career of Councillor Orffyreus, confidence man
(2013-05)
In the early 18th century, J. E. E. Bessler, known as Orffyreus, constructed several wheels that he claimed could keep turning forever, powered only by gravity. He never revealed the details of his invention, but he ...
Contribuciones al estudio de las métricas en análisis de datos
(2012-10-25)
Nos hemos planteado estudiar la dependencia de los resultados al cambiar las métricas para el mtodo de Análisis en Componentes Principales (A.C.P.). En efecto, para este análisis el problema de la escogencia de la distancia ...
Freshwater Decapod Diversity and Conservation in Central America and the Caribbean
(2016)
This chapter provides an overview of the species diversity and conservation status of the freshwater decapods in Central America and the Caribbean islands that date back to the late 1800s in both areas. The majority of the ...
A new Muricea species (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia) from the eastern tropical Pacific
(2016)
The genus Muricea is considered abundant and widely distributed along the eastern Pacific. Its occurrence in shallow waters has been recognised; however species from deeper than 30 m have been rarely recorded. During the ...
Nicolemma garitai Retana-Salazar 2007 y su diferenciación de Aurantothrips orchidaceus (Bagnall 1909): caracterización, distribución y estudio microfotográfico.
Nicolemma garitai Retana-Salazar 2007 and the diferentiation of Aurantothrips orchidaceus (Bagnall 1909): characterization, distribution and microphotographic study.
(2016)
En este trabajo se presenta una sinopsis de los caracteres que diferencian a Aurantothrips orchidaceus (Bagnall 1909) y Nicolemma garitai Retana-Salazar 2007, y se analiza la evidencia que justifica porqué deben considerarse ...
Negative thermal expansion near two structural quantum phase transitions Connor
(2017-12-18)
Recent experimental work has revealed that the unusually strong, isotropic structural negative thermal
expansion in cubic perovskite ionic insulator ScF3 occurs in excited states above a ground state tuned very near a ...
Elasmobranch bycatch associated with the shrimp trawl fishery off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, Central America
(2015)
Demersal sharks and rays
are common yet vulnerable components
of the bycatch in tropical bottom-trawl
fisheries. Little is known
about the elasmobranch assemblages
associated with most of these fisheries,
particularly ...
Euphausiids (Crustacea: Euphausiacea) from a hotspot of marine biodiversity, Isla del Coco, Costa Rica, Eastern Tropical Pacific
Eufáusidos (Crustacea: Euphausiacea) de un punto caliente de biodiversidad marina, Isla del Coco, Costa Rica, Pacífico Tropical Oriental
(2016)
Euphausiids have been well studied in several regions of the Pacific Ocean; however, there is less information regarding euphausiids in Costa Rican waters. We analyzed euphausiid specimens collected around Isla del Coco ...