Revista de Biología Tropical ISSN Impreso: 0034-7744 ISSN electrónico: 2215-2075

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Vol. 61 No. 3 (2013): Volume 61 – Regular number 3 – September 2013
Volume 61 – Regular number 3 – September 2013

ECOLOGY

Gerardo Avalos, Mauricio Fernández Otárola, James Theodore Engeln
1415–1424
Successional stage, fragmentation and exposure to extraction influence the population structure of Euterpe precatoria (Arecaeae)
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Mayrene Guimarais, Adán Zúñiga, Fabián Pina, Felipe Matos
1425–1432
Hurricane Paloma’s effects on seagrasses along Jardines de la Reina archipelago, Cuba
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J. Antonio Guzmán Q., Roberto A. Cordero S.
1433–1444
Growth and photosynthetic performance of five tree seedlings species in response to natural light regimes from the Central Pacific of Costa Rica
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Róssalyn Hoyos G., Ligia Estela Urrego G., Álvaro Lema T.
1445–1461
Natural regeneration response in mangroves of the Gulf of Urabá (Colombia) to the environmental and intra-annual climate variability
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Emmanuel Taiwo Idowu, Oyenmwen Judith Aimufua, Yomi Onilude Ejovwoke, Bamidele Akinsanya, Olubumi Adetoro Otubanjo
1463–1473
Toxicological effects of prolonged and intense use of mosquito coil emission in rats and its implications on malaria control
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Esteban Jiménez Sánchez, Roberto Quezada García, Jorge Padilla Ramírez
1475–1491
Necrophilous beetles diversity (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Silphidae, Staphylinidae and Trogidae) in a semiarid area of Zapotitlán de las Salinas valley, Puebla, Mexico
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Michael E. Loik, Rebecca J. Cole, Karen D. Holl, Gabriel C. Sady
1493–1507
Photosynthesis of seedlings of Otoba novogranatensis (Myristicaceae) and Ruagea glabra (Meliaceae) in abandoned pasture, secondary forest and plantation habitats in Costa Rica
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David Monteagudo Sabaté, Moisés Armando Luis Martínez
1509–1520
Altitudinal richness patterns of Papilionidae, Pieridae and Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera) in Mexican mountain areas
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Eric J. Fuchs, Tatiana Robles, James L. Hamrick
1521–1533
Distribución espacial de Guaiacum sanctum (Zygophyllaceae) en relación con la cobertura de dosel en el Parque Nacional Palo Verde, Costa Rica
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AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES

Rosalinda Abeytia, Héctor M. Guzmán, Odalisca Breedy
1157–1160
Species composition and bathymetric distribution of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) on the Southern Mexican Pacific coast Rosalinda
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Eugenio Alberto Aragón Noriega
1167–1174
Individual growth modeling of the penshell Atrina maura (Bivalvia: Pinnidae) using a multi model inference approach
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Rodolfo Enrique del Río Rodríguez, Daniel Pech, Sonia Araceli Soto Rodriguez, Monica Isela Gomez Solano, Atahualpa Sosa Lopez
1175–1188
A ten-month diseases survey on wild Litopenaeus setiferus (Decapoda: Penaeidae) from Southern Gulf of Mexico
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Juan Figueroa, David Mero
1189–1199
Length of capture and reproduction of green spiny lobster Panulirus gracilis (Decapoda: Palinuridae) from the coast of Manabí, Ecuador.
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Milena Gucic, Edilmar Cortés Jacinto, Denis Ricque Marie, Luis Rafael Martínez Córdova
1201–1213
Apparent carbohydrate and lipid digestibility of feeds for whiteleg shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei (Decapoda: Penaeidae), cultivated at different salinities
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Carolina Esther Melgar Valdes, Everardo Barba Macías, Carlos Alfonso Álvarez González, Cristian Tovilla Hernández, Alberto J. Sánchez
1251–1228
Microorganisms effect with probiotic potential in water quality and growth of the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Decapoda: Penaeidae) in intensive culture
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Marco A. Romero, Estrella Villamizar, Nora Malaver
1229–1241
Community structure of sponges (Porifera) in three reefs at Morrocoy National Park, Venezuela and its correspondence with some environmental variables
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TERRESTRIAL INVERTEBRATES

Gilberto Avalos, María Esther Bar, Elena Beatriz Oscherov, Alda González
1243–1260
Spider diversity in cultures of Citrus sinensis (Rutaceae) in Corrientes province, Argentina
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Cristina Sainz Borgo, Bernardo Leal, Aivlé Cabrera, José V. Hernández
1261–1273
Mandibular and postpharyngeal gland secretions of Acromyrmex landolti (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as chemical cues for nestmate recognition
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Daniela Yepes Gaurisas, Juan David Sánchez Rodríguez, Cátia Antunes de Mello Patiu, Marta Wolff Echeverri
1275–1287
Synanthropy of Sarcophagidae (Diptera) in La Pintada, Antioquia-Colombia
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AQUATIC VERTEBRATES

Juan P. Ramírez Herrejón, Lissette S. Castañeda Sam, Rodrigo Moncayo Estrada, Javier Caraveo Patiño, Eduardo F. Balart
1289–1300
Trophic ecology of the exotic Lerma livebearer Poeciliopsis infans (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) in the Lago de Pátzcuaro, Central Mexico
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Andrés Arellano Torres, Daniel Hernández Montaño, Carlos Meléndez Galicia
1301–1312
A comparative analysis of three length based methods for estimating growth of the tilapia Oreochromis aureus (Perciformes: Cichlidae) in a tropical lake of Mexico
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Rigoberto Beltrán Alvarez, Jesús Sánchez Palacios, Juan Pedro Ramírez Lozano, Adolfo Armando Ortega Salas
1313–1325
Micropterus salmoides (Pisces: Centrarchidae) reproduction in the Gustavo Díaz Ordaz reservoir, Sinaloa, México
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Natalia P.A. Bezerra, Cezar A.F. Fernandes, Fernanda V. Albuquerque, Vanessa Pedrosa, Fábio Hazin, Paulo Travassos
1327–1339
Reproduction of Blackfin tuna Thunnus atlanticus (Perciformes: Scombridae) in Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, Equatorial Atlantic, Brazil
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Elizabeth Cuevas, Juan Pérez Carlos, Iván Méndez
1341–1349
Effect of environmental factors and fishing effort allocation on catch of the Spotted Eagle Ray Aetobatus narinari (Rajiformes: Myliobatidae) in Southern Gulf of Mexico
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Vineet Kumar Dubey, Uttam Kumar Sarkar, Ajay Pandey, Wazir Singh Lakra
1351–1363
Fish communities and trophic metrics as measures of ecological degradation: a case study in the tributaries of the river Ganga basin, India
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César Román Valencia, Raquel I. Ruiz C., Donald C. Taphorn, Néstor J. Mancera Rodriguez, Carlos A. García Alzate
1365–1387
Three new species of Hemibrycon (Characiformes: Characidae) from the Magdalena River Basin, Colombia
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BOTANY

Aleikar Vásquez Suárez, Miguel Guevara, Mayelys González, Roraysi Cortez, Bertha Arredondo Vega
1003–1013
Growth and biochemical composition of Thalassiosira pseudonana (Thalassiosirales: Thalassiosiraceae) cultivated in semicontinuous system at different culture media and irradiances
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Brigitte Gavio, Viviana P. Reyes Gómez, Michael J. Wynne
1015–1023
Crouania pumila sp. nov. (Callithamniaceae: Rhodophyta), a new species of marine red algae from the Seaflower International Biosphere Reserve, Caribbean Colombia
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Lizandro Adal Beltrán Gutiérrez, Gina Mariela Valencia Ramos
1025–1037
Anatomic characterization of growth-rings in 80 potential tree species for dendrocronological studies in the Central forest, Perú
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María Esther Díaz Martínez, Alejandro Alarcón, Ronald Ferrera-Cerrato, Juan José Almaraz Suarez, Oscar García-Barradas
1039–1052
Casuarina equisetifolia (Casuarinaceae) growth in soil with diesel and application of biostimulation and bioaugmentation
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Ana Sílvia Franco Pinheiro Moreira, José Pires de Lemos Filho, Rosy Mary dos Santos Isaias
1053–1065
Structural adaptations of two sympatric epiphytic orchids (Orchidaceae) to a cloudy forest environment in rocky outcrops of Southeast Brazil
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Edgar Javier Rincón Baron, Gerardo Andrés Torres, Cristina Hilda Rolleri
1067–1081
Sporogenesis and spores of Equisetum bogotense (Equisetaceae) from mountain areas of Colombia
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Sanghamitra Samantaray, Ashok Kumar Bishoyi, Satyabrata Maiti
1083–1094
Plant regeneration from callus cultures of Vitex trifolia (Lamiales: Lamiaceae): a potential medicinal plant
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Laura Yesenia Solís Ramos, Laura Miranda Carballo, Marta Valdez Melara
1095–1107
Establishment of cell suspension cultures of two Costa Rican Jatropha species (Euphorbiaceae)
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Rodolfo Omar Varela, Patricia Liliana Albornoz
1109–1118
Morpho-anatomy, imbibition, viability and germination of the seed of Anadenanthera colubrina var. cebil (Fabaceae)
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Aurelia Vite, María T. Pulido, Juan C. Flores Vázquez
1119–1131
State strategy for Cycad (Zamiaceae) conservation: A proposal for the State of Hidalgo, Mexico
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Róger Moya, Michael C. Wiemann, Carlos Olivares
1133–1156
Identification of endangered or threatened Costa Rican tree species by wood anatomy and fluorescence activity
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