Vol. 73 No. 1 (2025): Revista de Biología Tropical (Rev. Biol. Trop.) RBT: Continuous publication (open issue) - 01 January - 31 December, 2025

BIOMEDICINE

Molecular determination of Helicobacter pylori and detection of beta-lactamases in clinical isolates from patients in Antioquia-Colombia

Yesenia Arango Poletty, Laura Mesa Muñoz, José Danilo Atehortúa, Rene Marcelo Escobar, Sergio Hernández, Andrés Castro, Henry Bautista Amorocho, Diego Enrique Vélez-Gómez, Alonso Martínez, Beatriz Salazar, Tania Pérez (Author)

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The performance of mass testing strategies for COVID-19: a case study for Costa Rica

Maikol Solís, Carlos Pasquier-Jaramillo, Santiago Núñez-Corrales, Germán Madrigal-Redondo, Andrés Gatica-Arias (Author)

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BIOTECHNOLOGY

Effects of seedlac on soil bacterial diversity: An indication of environmental safety

Thamilarasi Kandasamy, Mohammed F Ansari, Sajiya Ekbal, Kewal K Sharma (Author)

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BOTANY AND MICOLOGY

Diversity and vertical distribution of epiphytic orchids and bromeliads in two contrasting forests from Northeast Andes of Colombia

Diana P Joya , Diego Suescún, Sandra Y Espinosa , Paula A Morales-Morales (Author)

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Epiphytic macrolichen as indicators of environmental changes in a montane forest of Panama

Ana Vissuetti , Ángel Benítez, Rosa Villarreal, Eyvar Rodríguez-Quiel, Tina Antje Hofmann (Author)

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Sporogenesis and ultrastructure of spores in the fern Anemia hirsuta (Anemiaceae)

Edgar Javier Rincón-Barón, Carolina Santos-Heredia, Gerardo Andrés Torres-Rodríguez, Lilian M. Passarelli (Author)

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GENETICS

Insights from DNA barcoding endangered endemic Caridina shrimps (Decapoda: Atyidae) in Lindu Lake, Indonesia

Novalina Serdiati, Muhammad Safir, Akbar Marzuki Tahya, Muh Saleh Nurdin, Nur Hasanah, Abigail Mary Moore (Author)

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Terrestrial ecology

Bird composition of a Neotropical city of Chiapas, México: has a metacommunity structure?

Esteban Pineda Diez de Bonilla, Karina A. Vázquez-Morales, Ernesto Velázquez-Velázquez (Author)

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Aquatic ecology

Ecological Quality Index based on phytoplankton in the lower Magdalena River basin, Northern Colombia

René A. Rojas-Luna, Diana Pardo-Castañeda (Author)

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TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY

Forest covers of the Sinú River basin (Córdoba, Colombia): evidence of tropical dry-humid transitional forests

Merly Yenedith Carrillo-Fajardo, Carlos César Vidal-Pastrana, María Eugenia Morales-Puentes, Jesús Ballesteros-Correa (Author)

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Long-term monitoring of ocelots Leopardus pardalis (Carnivora: Felidae) in Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Stephanny Arroyo Arce, Ian Thomson, Kat Cutler, Alexander Oakley Oakley (Author)

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Two decades of jaguar and puma (Carnivora: Felidae) activity in lowland forest of eastern Ecuador

John Blake, Diego Mosquera, Gabriela Vinueza-Hidalgo, Bette Loiselle (Author)

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Bird composition of a Neotropical city of Chiapas, México: has a metacommunity structure?

Esteban Pineda Diez de Bonilla, Karina Vázquez-Morales, Ernesto Velázquez-Velázquez (Author)

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Effects of landscape structure on bird diversity in the Upper Magdalena Valley, Colombia

Valentina Ramos-Mosquera, Edwin O. López-Delgado, Miguel Moreno-Palacios (Author)

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Examining functional diversity in two plant communities under ecological restoration in Farallones de Cali, Colombia

Cristhian Ricardo Cardona Vaca, Alba Marina Torres González (Author)

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Composition, structure and regeneration strategy of Campnosperma panamense (Anacardiaceae) swamp forests in Darien, Panama

Alicia Ibáñez, Alexis Baules, María Alejandra Venegas, Celibeth Sanchez, Rodolfo Flores, Indra Candanedo (Author)

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Density, size and composition of howler monkeys, Alouatta palliata (Atelidae) and white-faced monkeys, Cebus imitator (Cebidae) in dry forest and reduced canopy areas, Costa Rica

VICTORIA ANTONELLA MARTINEZ DE ZORZI, Sebastián Tobar, Francisco Albergoli (Author)

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INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY

High richness and spatio-temporal turnover of insects in urban environments: A case in a Latin American capital

Héctor Aponte, Diego Aliaga-Barrera, Candy Carrera, Rafael Obando (Author)

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Presence of microplastics in macroinvertebrates of mangroves in the Colombian Pacific: are feeding behaviors determinant for its abundance?

María Alejandra Ariza Gallego, Enrique Javier Peña-Salamanca, Martha Lucía Palacios-Peñaranda, Camilo Andrés Quesada-Mora, Jaime Ricardo Cantera-Kintz (Author)

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AQUATIC ECOLOGY

Demographic variations of the spotted snapper Lutjanus guttatus (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica suggest the existence of two population units

Beatriz Farías-Tafolla, Alfonsina E. Romo-Curiel, Mario Espinoza, Ingo S. Wehrtmann (Author)

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Taxonomic richness, diversity, temporal variation, and ecological aspects of fish larvae in the Gulf of Tribugá, Colombia

Mariana Rondon, Alan Giraldo (Author)

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Marine macroalgae as habitat: effect of their morphology on the composition of polychaetes (Annelida: Polychaeta) and sipunculans (Annelida: Sipuncula)

Angie P. Ramírez Henao, Lizette Irene Quan Young, Luis F. Carrera Parra (Author)

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The influence of multiscale environmental variables on beta diversity of ichthyofauna in Andean lotic systems

Daniela Alejandra Becerra Infante, Oscar Felipe Moreno Mancilla, Yimy Herrera Martínez, Camilo Andrés Roa Fuentes (Author)

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Population dynamics and morphometry of the crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Decapoda: Cambaridae) introduced in Central Mexico

Cristian Alberto Espinosa-Rodríguez, Ivan Manuel Saavedra-Martínez, Laura Peralta-Soriano, Ligia Rivera-De la Parra, Alfonso Lugo-Vázquez (Author)

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Protozoos and metazoos present in two wastewater treatment systems and their relationship with the Sludge Biotic Index

Margarita Loría-Naranjo (Author)
Structure of fish communities in relation to habitat in Matusagaratí Lagoon, Darién, Panama

Samuel Valdés-Díaz, Humberto Arturo Garcés Botacio, Francisco Barahona, Indra Candanedo (Author)

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Motile macroinvertebrates and fishes sheltering in burrows with and without the Indo-Pacific Rock-boring Urchin Echinometra mathaei (Camarodonta: Echinometridae), at Mana Island, Fiji

Floyd Hayes, Antonio I. Robles, John C. Duncan (Author)
The effect of macrophytes on the presence and population structure of the red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Decapoda: Cambaridae) in neotropical ecosystems

Isabella Gonzalez Gamboa, Yimy Herrera Martinez, Yesid de los Ángeles González-Ruiz (Author)

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Association between the alga Spirogyra (Zygnemataceae) and heavy metals in sediments of the Chi River Basin in Northeast Thailand

Patarapong Kroeksakul, Arin Ngamniyom, Phanom Sutthisaksopon, Pakjirat Singhaboot (Author)

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Status of the coral formations of Bajo Nuevo Reef Complex, Western Caribbean, Colombia

Martha Catalina Gómez Cubillos, Carlos Andrés Daza Guerra, Nelson Alejandro Lozano Mendoza, Sven Zea (Author)

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Growth, recruitment and life history parameters of fish in Andean reservoirs

Jorge Luis Escobar Cardona, Luz Fernanda Jiménez Segura, Andres Felipe Galeano Moreno (Author)

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VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY

Comparative osteology of the caudal skeleton and vertebral column of the freshwater fish Tlaloc (Cyprinodontiformes: Profundulidae)

Sara E. Domínguez-Cisneros, Maritza F. Maza Cruz, Ernesto Velázquez (Author)

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Diversity and cultural value of the mastofauna associated with coffee plantations in Oaxaca, Mexico

Karina Madrid-Espinosa, Remigio Anastacio Guzmán-Plazola, Carlos García Estrada, Dulce María Ávila-Nájera, José Luis Pimentel Equihua (Author)

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Acoustic characterization of the threatened bat Neoeptesicus innoxius (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) and two sympatric species in western Ecuador

Carlos Restrepo-Giraldo, Andrea Au Hing-Cujilán, Tania Paz-Ramírez, Jaime A. Salas, Natalia Molina-Moreira (Author)

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Histological development of fish larvae Piaractus orinoquensis (Characiformes: Characidae) with emphasis on mouthparts

Nathaly Delgado-Castillo, Sandra Liliana Parada-Guevara, Juan Antonio Ramírez-Merlano, Edwin Gómez-Ramírez (Author)

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CONSERVATION

Mitochondrial sequencing to guide the management of endangered turtles in Colombia

Luis Alejandro Arias Sosa, Karen Giselle Rodríguez-Castro, María Helena Agudelo-González, Brayhan Ramos-Villalba, Sebastián Cuadrado-Ríos, Claudia Brieva, Carlos Miguel del Valle-Useche, Maria Camila Balcero-Deaquiz, Mario Vargas-Ramírez (Author)

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Effects of human disturbance on medium and large mammals in primary and secondary tropical forests in Southern Mexico

Rosa Elena Galindo-Aguilar, Mario C. Lavariega, María Jesús Pérez Hernández, Carlos A. López González, Octavio Cesar Rosas-Rosas (Author)

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Flora of high mountain tropical peatlands: threats and management measures, Talamanca Range, Costa Rica

Frank González, Yazmín León-Alfaro, Nieves López-Estébanez (Author)

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Carbon capture in Chondracanthus chamissoi (Gigartinaceae) algal meadows: a case study on the Peruvian coast

Ariana Cerna-Arrue, Héctor Aponte, Stephany Torres-Galarza (Author)

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