Vol. 63, Supplement 1 (2015): Marine scientific research in the South Pacific of Costa Rica: efforts to the conservation

El Área de Conservación Osa (ACOSA) en el Pacífico sur de Costa Rica, es uno de los sitios biodiversos más importantes del mundo. En su zona marina destacan las formaciones coralinas, las playas de anidación y zonas de agregación de tortugas marinas, los sistemas de humedales, las playas arenosas y costa rocosa, agregaciones de rayas y tiburones, los peces marinos y su geomorfología.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v63i1

Articles

First Pages and Contents

SERGIO AGUILAR

| published: 2016-02-03

Coastal aggregation of marine turtles in waters of the South Pacific of Costa Rica.

Rubén Venegas-Li, José David Palacios Alfaro, Damián Martínez Fernández

1-8 | published: 2016-02-03

Productividad primaria en el Humedal Nacional Térraba-Sierpe, Costa Rica

Gerardo Umaña Villalobos, Jenaro Acuña González, Jairo García Céspedes, Grettel Agüero Alfaro, Juan Carlos Zúñiga Peña, Eddy Gómez Ramírez, Jorge Picado Barboza

9-28 | published: 2016-02-03

La dinámica oceanográfica frente al Humedal Nacional Térraba-Sierpe y su relación con la muerte del manglar

Omar G. Lizano

29-46 | published: 2016-02-03

Spatial distribution of mangrove species and their association with the substrate sediment types, estuarine sector Térraba-Sierpe National Wetlands, Costa Rica

Raquel Marcela Barrantes Leiva, Alexis Cerdas Salas

47-60 | published: 2016-02-03

Polychaetes associated with decaying wood in Térraba mangrove, South Pacific, Costa Rica

Jeffrey A. Sibaja-Cordero, Silvia Echeverría-Sáenz

61-74 | published: 2016-02-03

Spatial and temporal salinity distribution in the water column of the estuarine sector of the Térraba Sierpe National Wetland, Costa Rica.

Jorge Picado Barboza

75-96 | published: 2016-02-03

Marine Fishes of Caño Island Biological Reserve: Reef fish community structure and updated list for the coastal fish.

Eva Salas, Cristina Sánchez-Godínez, Andrea Montero-Cordero

97-116 | published: 2016-02-03

Nesting and conservation of the Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) in playa Drake, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica (2006-2012).

Robert James, David Melero

117-129 | published: 2016-02-03

Oceanographic features of Golfo Dulce, Costa Rican Pacific: a review for decision-making in marine conservation

Álvaro Morales-Ramírez, Jenaro Acuña-González, Omar Lizano, Eric Alfaro, Eddy Gómez

131-160 | published: 2016-02-03

Hidrography and river plumes in Golfo Dulce, south pacific of Costa Rica.

Fernando Rincón-Alejos, Daniel Ballestero-Sakson

161-181 | published: 2016-02-03

Sharks and rays caught by artisanal bottom line in Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica.

Andrés López-Garro, Ilena Zanella

183-198 | published: 2016-02-03

Structural complexity of mangroves in Playa Blanca, Escondido and Rincón de Osa, Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica.

Jimena Samper-Villarreal, Ana Margarita Silva-Benavides

199-208 | published: 2016-02-03

Natural regeneration capacity of the mangrove forest of Tortuga Estuary, Osa, Puntarenas, Costa Rica.

Elena Vargas-Fonseca

209-218 | published: 2016-02-03

Osa Conservation Area (Costa Rica) coral ecosystems: structure and conservation needs.

Juan José Alvarado, Andrés Beita-Jiménez, Sebastián Mena, Cindy Fernández-García, Ana Gloria Guzmán-Mora

219-259 | published: 2016-02-03

Occurrence and distribution patterns of several marine vertebrates in Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica

Brooke L. Bessesen

261-272 | published: 2016-02-03

Benthic macrofauna found in Sandy beaches from Osa Conservation Area, Puntarenas, Southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica.

Marco Corrales-Ugalde, Jeffrey A. Sibaja-Cordero

273-285 | published: 2016-02-03

Population structure and distribution of Anadara tuberculosa Sowerby (1833) (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the mangroves of Golfito and Playa Blanca, Puerto Jiménez, Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica.

Ana Margarita Silva-Benavides, Roger Bonilla

287-298 | published: 2016-02-03

Whale shark, Rhincodon typus (Orectolobifoms: Rhincodontidae) feeding aggregations in Golfo Dulce, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Juan Diego Pacheco-Polanco, David Herra-Miranda, Lenin Oviedo-Correa, Wagner Quirós-Pereira, Christine Figgener

299-306 | published: 2016-02-03

Abundance, reproduction and length of scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini (Carcharhiniformes: Sphyrnidae) in the artisanal fishery in Golfo Dulce, Pacific of Costa Rica

Ilena Zanella, Andrés López-Garro

307-317 | published: 2016-02-03

Longtail stingray Dasyatis longa, (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) catches in the artisanal fisheries of Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica.

Andrés López-Garro, Ilena Zanella

319-327 | published: 2016-02-03

Shallow reef fishes around “La Viuda” rocky islet, Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica.

Gerardo Emigdio Palacios-Martínez

329-338 | published: 2016-02-03

Features Lepidochelys olivacea Nesting (Testudinata: Cheloniidae) between 2010 and 2012 in Playa Tortuga Ojochal, Osa, Puntarenas, Costa Rica.

Oscar Brenes Arias, Lorena Bonilla Bonilla, Adrián Bonilla Salazar, Agustín Vega Delgado

339-349 | published: 2016-02-03

Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica, an important foraging ground for the Pacific hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

Didiher Chacón-Chaverri, David A. Martínez-Cascante, David Rojas, Luis G. Fonseca

351-362 | published: 2016-02-03

Catch per unit effort and population structure of the Pacific green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica.

Didiher Chacón-Chaverri, David A. Martínez-Cascante, David Rojas, Luis G. Fonseca

363-373 | published: 2015-04-01

Nest-site selection of Lepidochelys olivacea (Testudines: Cheloniidae) in the South Pacific region of Costa Rica.

Andrés Ávila-Aguilar

375-381 | published: 2015-04-01

Conservation and reproductive activity of Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) in solitary nesting beach Punta Banco, South Pacific of Costa Rica: Management recommendations from sixteen years of monitoring.

Sandra Viejobueno Muñoz, Randall Arauz

383-394 | published: 2015-04-01

Diversity of cetaceans in coastal seascape Golfo Dulce, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Lenin Oviedo, David A. Herra-Miranda, Juan Diego Pacheco-Polanco, Christine Figgener, Amaru Márquez-Artavia, Wagner Quiros-Pereira, Miguel Iñiguez

395-406 | published: 2015-04-01

Geomorphology, erosion and sedimentation in coastal zones of the Burica peninsula.

Vanessa Rojas Herrera

407-416 | published: 2015-04-01