Advances in our knowledge of eastern tropical Pacific (ETP) coral reef biogeography and
ecology during the past two decades are briefly reviewed. Fifteen ETP subregions are …

Presentación El referéndum sobre el TLC-CA fue el estreno-bastante complicado-del marco
regulatorio del referéndum en Costa Rica. Este marco regulatorio está conformado, en lo …

The eastern tropical Pacific (ETP) is an isolated oceanic region exposed to extreme
oceanographic conditions, including low salinity, low pH, high temperatures during El Niño …

The alien coral Tubastraea spp. has invaded Atlantic coral reefs since 1940s, but their
effects on native coral assemblages are poorly understood. In this study the effects on coral …

Coral populations and structural coral reefs have undergone severe reductions and losses
respectively over large parts of the Galápagos Islands during and following the 1982–83 El …

Costa Rica has coral communities and reefs on the Caribbean coast and on the Pacific
along the coast and off-shore islands. The Southern section of the Caribbean coast has …

Our present knowledge of marine macroalgal diversity for the Central American Pacific coast
is limited by the short history of investigations (ca. 100 years) and few algal specialists …

Background Costa Rica is located in the southern section of the Central American Isthmus,
which emerged around 3 million years ago and separates the two largest oceans of the …

Bioerosion is a natural process in coral reefs. It is fundamental to the health of these
ecosystems. In the Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP) coral reefs, the most important bioeroders …

Costa Rica is privileged to have two coasts: the Caribbean coast is almost a straight line of
212 km, while the coastline along the Pacific is much more complex and substantially longer …