Rev. Biol. Trop.
Vol. 54(1)
March
2006
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GENETICS AND BACTERIOLOGY
Lizbeth Salazar-Sánchez , Lilliana Chaves, Mayra Cartin, Gudrun Schuster, Karin Wulff, Winnie Schröder & Falko H. Herrmann
Common polymorphisms and cardiovascular factors in patients with myocardial infarction of Costa Rica
Glen Arrieta & Ana M. Espinoza
Characterization of a Bacillus thuringiensis strain collection isolated from diverse Costa Rican natural ecosystems
Ana Teresa Fournier, María del Mar Gamboa & María Laura Arias
Genes that encode botulism neurotoxins A, B, E and F in Neotropical bee honey identified with the Polymerase Chain Reaction
Lenin Arias-Rodriguez, Salomón Páramo-Delgadillo & Alicia de la Luz Durán-González
Citogenetic characterization of the tropical freshwater fish Parachromis managuensis (Pisces: Cichlidae) [Spanish]
Mario Santoro, Carlos Mario Orrego & Giovanna Hernández Gómez
Cloacal and nasal bacterial flora of Lepidochelys olivacea (Testudines: Cheloniidae) at the North Pacific coast of Costa Rica [Spanish]
A.B. Idowu, M.O. Edema & A.O. Adeyi
Distribution of bacteria and fungi in the earthworm Libyodrillus violaceous (Annelida: Oligochaeta), a native earthworm from Nigeria
Giselle Lutz, Max Chavarría, María Laura Arias & Julio F. Mata-Segreda
Microbial degradation of palm (Elaeis guineensis) biodiesel
BOTANY
José A. Ramos-Zapata, Roger Orellana & Edith B. Allen
Establishment of Desmoncus orthacanthos Martius (Arecaceae): effect of inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizae
Marco V. Gutiérrez & Louis S. Santiago
A comparison of sap flow measurements and potometry in two tropical lowland tree species with contrasting wood properties
M. Casas-Valdez, H. Hernández-Contreras, A. Marín-Álvarez, R.N. Aguila-Ramírez, C.J. Hernández-Guerrero, I. Sánchez-Rodríguez & S. Carrillo-Domínguez
The seaweed Sargassum (Sargassaceae) as tropical alternative for goats’ feeding [Spanish]
AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
Akinsanya B. & O.A. Otubanjo
Helminth parasites of Clarias gariepinus (Clariidae) in Lekki Lagoon, Lagos, Nigeria
A.C. Fonseca E., H.K. Dean & J. Cortés
Non-colonial coral macro-borers as indicators of coral reef status in the south Pacific of Costa Rica
Erhan Mutlu & Mehmet Betil Ergev
Dynamics and ecology of an Indo-Pacific conch, Conomurex persicus (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southeastern Turkey
Leticia E. Torres & Kent Rylander
Diversity and abundance of littoral cladocerans and copepods in nine Ecuadorian highland lakes
Liliana A. Fernández & Mónica L. López Ruf
Aquatic Coleoptera and Heteroptera inhabiting waterbodies from Berisso, Buenos Aires province, Argentina
ECOLOGY
Peter M. Sherman
Influence of land crabs Gecarcinus quadratus (Gecarcinidae) on distributions of organic carbon and roots in a Costa Rican rain forest
AQUATIC VERTEBRATES
Marina Y. De la Vega-Salazar
Conservation status of Goodeidae familiy fishes (Cyprinodontiformes) from the Mexican Central Plateau [Spanish]
Tabares, C.J., Montoya A.F., Arboleda L., Echeverri A., Restrepo L.F. & Olivera-Angel M.
Effect of pluviosity and sun shine on sperm production and seminal characteristics of the fish Brycon henni (Pisces: Characidae) [Spanish]
Carlos González-Gándara, Silvia del Carmen Trinidad-Martínez & Víctor Manuel Chávez-Morales
Ichthyofauna associated to Thalassia testudinum at Lobos Reef, Veracruz, Mexico: diversity and abundance [Spanish]
G. Lucano-Ramírez, S. Ruiz-Ramírez & J.A. Rojo-Vázquez
Size composition and reproductive cycle of Pseudupeneus grandisquamis (Pisces: Mullidae) in the Central Mexican Pacific [Spanish]
César Román-Valencia, Raquel I. Ruiz C. & Ramiro Barriga
Una nueva especie de pez del género Hemibrycon (Characiformes: Characidae) [Spanish]
TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES
Jesús Pacheco, Gerardo Ceballos, Gretchen C. Daily, Paul R. Ehrlich, Gerardo Suzán, Bernal Rodríguez-Herrera & Erika Marcé
Diversity, natural history and conservation of mammals from San Vito de Coto Brus, Costa Rica [Spanish]
