Vol. 54 (Suppl. 3)
2006
Proceedings of 32nd Scientific Meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean (AMLC)
by Norman J. Quinn & Jorge Cortés
CONTENTS / CONTENIDOS
Lucy Bunkley-Williams & Ernest H. Williams, Jr.
New records of parasites for culture Cobia, Rachycentron canadum (Perciformes: Rachycentridae) in Puerto Rico
V.H. Garrison, W.T. Foreman, S. Genualdi, D.W. Griffin, C.A. Kellogg, M.S. Majewski,
A. Mohammed, A. Ramsubhag, E.A. Shinn, S.L. Simonich & G.W. Smith
Saharan dust: a carrier of persistent organic pollutants, metals and microbes to the Caribbean?
Judith C. Lang & Robert N. Ginsburg
A vision for regular, rapid assessments of the tropical northwestern Atlantic’s coral reefs
I. Nagelkerken
Relationship between anthropogenic impacts and bleaching-associated tissue mortality of corals
in Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles)
A.W. Bruckner & R.J. Bruckner
The recent decline of Montastraea annularis (complex) coral populations in western Curaçao: a
cause for concern?
D.L. Gil-Agudelo, G.W. Smith & E. Weil
The white band disease type II pathogen in Puerto Rico
Elizabeth Kadison, Richard S. Nemeth, Steve Herzlieb & Jeremiah Blondeau
Temporal and spatial dynamics of Lutjanus cyanopterus (Pisces: Lutjanidae) and L. jocu spawning
aggregations in the United States Virgin Islands
S.C.C. Steiner & S.M.Williams
A recent increase in the abundance of the echinoid Diadema antillarum in Dominica (Lesser
Antilles): 2001-2005
Norman J. Quinn & Barbara L. Kojis
Evaluating the potential of natural reproduction and artificial techniques to increase Acropora
cervicornis populations at Discovery Bay, Jamaica
Carlos Lira, Juan Bolaños, Gonzalo Hernández & Jesús Hernández
A case of bilateral cheliped hypertrophya crab Uca cumulanta (Decapoda: Ocypodidae)
[Spanish]
Johanna Fernández & Mayré Jiménez P.
Mollusc community structure and trophic relations in the rochy littoral zone in Sucre State,
Venezuela [Spanish]
Juan Bolaños, Carlos Lira, Gonzalo Hernández & Régulo López
The crab Heterocrypta tommasii (Decapoda: Parthenopidae): an addition to the carcinofauna of
Venezuela [Spanish]
Sioliz Villafranca & Mayré Jiménez
Mollusc communities associated with the green mussel Perna viridis (Mollusca: Bivalvia) and
their trophic relations on the north coast of Araya Peninsula, Sucre State, Venezuela [Spanish]
D.E. Williams & M.W. Miller
Morphology offers no clues to asexual vs. sexual origin of small Acropora cervicornis (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) colonies
M.M. Nugues & I. Nagelkerken
Status of aspergillosis and sea fan populations in Curaçao ten years after the 1995 Caribbean epizootic
Ernest H. Williams, Jr. & Lucy Bunkley-Williams
Three anomalies: A scythebill in the Greater Antillean Grackle (blackbird), a crown pattern in the Rock Beauty (angelfish), and a double spot in the Butter Hamlet (grouper), and their possible
genetic significance
Ernest H. Williams, Jr., Lucy Bunkley-Williams, Caroline S. Rogers & Robert Fenner
New geographic records of Hamlets, Hypoplectrus spp. (Serranidae), in the Caribbean Sea
Lucy Bunkley-Williams, Ernest H. Williams, Jr. & Abul K.M. Bashirullah
Isopods (Isopoda: Aegidae, Cymothoidae, Gnathiidae) associated with Venezuelan marine fishes (Elasmobranchii, Actinopterygii)
Arda Kazanjian & Milagros Fariñas
Biological activity of an aqueons extract of the sponge Aplysina lacunosa (Porifera: Aplysinidae) [Spanish]
