Vol. 61 No. 2 (2013): Volume 61 – Regular number 2 – June 2013

Articles

Julián Monge Nájera, Vanessa Nielsen Muñoz, Ana Beatriz Azofeifa Mora

493–500

Subject and authorship of records related to the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) in BINABITROP, a comprehensive database about Costa Rican biology

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MICROBIOLOGY

Francisco Valadez, Gabriela Rosiles González, Antonio Almazán Becerril, Martin Merino Ibarra

971–979

Planktonic Cyanobacteria of the tropical karstic lake Lagartos from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

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Loretta Piccolo Johanning, Vivian Kellerman Guterman, Idalia Valerio Campos, Misael Chinchilla Carmona

981–990

Immunosuppressor effect of Trypanosoma musculi (Mastigophora: Trypanosomatidae) on experimental toxoplasmosis

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Paulo Ivan Fernandes Júnior, Gilmara Maria Duarte Pereira, Liamara Perin, Luana Mesquita da Silva, Alexandre Cardoso Baraúna, Francilene Muniz Alves, Samuel Ribeiro Passos, Jerri Édson Zilli

991–999

Diazotrophic bacteria isolated from wild rice Oryza glumaepatula (Poaceae) in the Brazilian Amazon

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ECOLOGY

Paula Venier, Marcelo Cabido, Arnaldo Mangeaud, Guillermo Funes

501–514

Seedlings growth and survival of five Acacia (Fabaceae) species that coexists in neotropical semiarid forests of Argentina, under different light and water availability conditions

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Claudia Patricia Flórez Flórez, Juan Diego León Peláez, Nelson Walter Osorio Vega, Manuel Fernando Restrepo Llano

515–529

Nutrient dynamics in forest plantations of Azadirachta indica (Meliaceae) established for restoration of degraded lands in Colombia

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AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES

Héctor Reyes Bonilla, Laura Elena Escobosa González, Amílcar L. Cupul Magaña, Pedro Medina Rosas, Luis E. Calderón Aguilera

583–594

Community structure of zooxanthellate corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) in Carrizales coral reef, Pacific coast, Mexico

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Evandro Severino Rodrigues, Joelson Musiello Fernandes, Álvaro A.S. Moura, Geisa M.P. Branco, Victor O.C. Canéo

595–602

Fecundity, reproductive seasonality and maturation size of Callinectes sapidus females (Decapoda: Portunidae) in the Southeast coast of Brazil

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Liseth Pérez, Julia Lorenschat, Julieta Massaferro, Christine Pailles, Florence Sylvestre, Werner Hollwedel, Gerd Oltmann Brandorff, Mark Brenner, Gerald Islebe, María del Socorro Lozano, Burkhard Scharf, Antje Schwalb

603–644

Bioindicators of climate and trophic state in lowland and highland aquatic ecosystems of the Northern Neotropics

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Yuself R. Cala, Alberto de Jesús Navarrete, Frank A. Ocaña, José Oliva Rivera

645–655

Density and reproduction of the Queen Conch Eustrombus gigas (Mesogastropoda: Strombidae) at Cabo Cruz, Desembarco del Granma National Park, Cuba

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Pablo E. Gutiérrez Fonseca, Alonso Ramírez, Gerardo Umaña, Monika Springer

657–668

Freshwater macroinvertebrates from Cocos Island, Costa Rica: species and comparison with other islands of the Eastern Tropical Pacific

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Iván Hernández Ávila, Alejandro Tagliafico, Nestor Rago

669–682

Composition and structure of the macrofauna associated with beds of two bivalve species in Cubagua Island, Venezuela

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Ramón Nieto Bernal, Luis Chasqui V., Angélica María Rodríguez R., Erick Castro G., Diego L. Gil Agudelo

683–700

Composition, abundance and distribution of populations of commercially important gastropods in La Guajira, Colombian Caribbean

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Mairin Lemus, Nilis Rojas, Luisa Rojas Astudillo, Kyung Chung

701–709

Metallothioneins in Perna viridis (Bivalvia: Mytilidae): seasonal variation and its relation to reproductive biology

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TERRESTRIAL INVERTEBRATES

Armando Luis Martínez, Jorge Llorente Bousquets

711–733

A new subspecies of Heraclides androgeus (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) and its biogeographical aspects

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Samuel Eduardo Otavo, Ángela Parrado Rosselli, Jorge Ari Noriega

735–752

Scarabaeoidea superfamily (Insecta: Coleoptera) as a bioindicator element of anthropogenic disturbance in an amazon national park

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François Feer

753–768

Variations in dung beetles assemblages (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) within two rain forest habitats in French Guiana

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AQUATIC VERTEBRATES

Patricia Trujillo Jiménez, Jacinto Elias Sedeño Díaz, Julio A. Camargo, Eugenia López López

769–786

Reproductive traits and population structure of Astyanax aeneus (Characiformes: Characidae) from a subtropical river in Mexico

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Regina Sánchez, Abigahil Ochoa, Angélica Mendoza

787–796

Diet, selectivity and trophic overlap between the sizes of Silverside Menidia humboldtiana (Atheriniformes: Atherinopsidae) in the reservoir Tiacaque, Mexico

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Luz Marina Rojas, Claunis Mata, Aridays Oliveros, Raquel Salazar Lugo

797–806

Histology of gill, liver and kidney in juvenile fish Colossoma macropomum exposed to three temperatures

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Martha A. Perera Garcia, Manuel Mendoza Carranza, Wilfrido Contreras Sánchez, Allyse Ferrara, Maricela Huerta Ortiz, Raúl E. Hernández Gómez

807–819

Comparative age and growth of common snook Centropomus undecimalis (Pisces: Centropomidae) from coastal and riverine areas in Southern Mexico

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Fernando Mendoza Díaz, Arturo Serrano, Liliana Cuervo López, Alejandra López Jiménez, José A. Galindo, Agustín Basañez Muñoz

821–828

Concentración de Hg, Pb, Cd, Cr y As en hígado de Carcharhinus limbatus (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) capturado en Veracruz, México

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Tatiana Correa Herrera, Luz Fernanda Jiménez Segura

829–840

Reproductive biology of Lutjanus guttatus (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) in Utría National Park, Colombian Pacific

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Iris Banda Villanueva, Jorge Contreras Lozano, Juan García Salas, Hugo González Páez

841–848

Food habits and winter diet of Charadrius melodus (Charadriiformes: Charadriidae) in Boca Ciega, Tamaulipas, Mexico

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Ariel Adriano Chi Espínola, María Eugenia Vega Cendejas

849–858

Feeding habits of Sphoeroides testudineus (Perciformes: Tetraodontidae) in the lagoon system of Ria Lagartos, Yucatán, Mexico

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Carlos A. García Alzate, César Román Valencia, Hernán Ortega

859–873

Hyphessobrycon taphorni and H. eschwartzae (Teleostei: Characidae) two new species of fish in the basin of Madre de Dios river, Peru

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TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES

Carolina Elizabet Antoniazzi, Javier Alejandro López, Marta Duré, Diego Alejandro Falico

875–886

Feeding of two amphibian species (Anura: Hylidae) during the low temperatures season and its relationship with energy storage in Santa Fe, Argentina

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Evi A.D. Paemelaere, Craig Guyer, F. Stephen Dobson

887–895

The role of microhabitat in predation on females with alternative dorsal patterns in a small Costa Rican anole (Squamata: Dactyloidae)

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Francisco Javier Sahagún Sánchez, Jaime Castro Navarro, Humberto Reyes Hernández

897–925

Geographic distribution of birds in the Sierra Madre Oriental of San Luis Potosí, México: a regional analysis of conservation status

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Israel Martínez Cedillo, Roberto Carmona, David H. Ward, Gustavo D. Danemann

927–935

Habitat use patterns of the Black Brant Branta bernicla nigricans (Anseriformes: Anatidae) in natural and artificial areas of Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico

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Héctor C. Olguín Monroy, Cirene Gutiérrez Blando, César A. Ríos Muñoz, Livia León Paniagua, Adolfo G. Navarro Sigüenza

937–969

Biogeographic regionalization of the mammals of tropical evergreen forests in Mesoamerica

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BOTANY

Carolina Seas Carvajal, Gerardo Avalos

531–537

Distribution of bioluminescent fungi across old-growth and secondary tropical rain forest in Costa Rica

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Rafael Acuña Castillo, Walter Marín Méndez

539–546

Comparative anatomy of leaflets of Zamia acuminata and Z. pseudomonticola (Zamiaceae) in Costa Rica

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Diego Fernando Escobar Escobar, Alba Marina Torres G.

547–556

Morphology, ecophysiology and germination of seeds of the Neotropical tree Alibertia patinoi (Rubiaceae)

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Erich Neurohr Bustamante, Julián Monge Nájera, Víctor Hugo Méndez Estrada

557–563

Use of a Geographic Information System and lichens to map air pollution in a tropical city: San José, Costa Rica

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José Fernando Gil, José Miguel Cotes, Mauricio Marín

565–575

Detection and molecular characterization of Potato virus S (PVS, Carlavirus) from Colombia

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Carlos Antonio Fernandes Santos, Renata Natália Cândido de Souza Gama

577–582

An AFLP estimation of the outcrossing rate of Spondias tuberosa (Anacardiaceae), an endemic species to the Brazilian semiarid region

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