The coast of Honduras, Central America, represents the southern end of the Mesoamerican
Barrier Reef System, although its marine resources are less extensive and studied than …

The queen conch (Aliger gigas) is a culturally and economically important molluskan fishery
resource in the Caribbean region showing increasing signs of over harvest. Shallow-water …

Se presenta la distribución de arrecifes coralinos a lo largo de la costa de las islas de
Bastimentos, Solarte, Carenero y Colón (ca. 120 km), Provincia de Bocas del Toro, Panamá …

Abstract The Cayos Cochinos archipelago forms part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef
System (MBRS) and is one of the first marine protected areas (MPAs) created in Honduras in …

This study provides a first evaluation of the biological impact of a marine fishery reserve on
the stock of queen conch (Strombus gigas) in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The density and …

Modelling sexual dimorphism has important implications for understanding the evolution of
size relationships among and within organisms. We present a composite model for the …

Queen conch (Lobatus gigas) is a large herbivorous gastropod, found across the Caribbean,
which forms the basis of important dive fisheries. Conch have a two‐phase shell growth …

We analyzed the trophic functioning of two Caribbean coral reefs with different disturbances,
comparing their biomass flows, ecosystem development, and resilience. Cayos Cochinos is …

Cultural and economic demands for queen conch, Lobatus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758), have led
to the overexploitation of this iconic species throughout its range in the wider Caribbean …

There is little quantitative information by which to assess the recent importance of diving to
the scientific community. This review is a bibliographic analysis of the papers published from …