Vol. 51 (3-4)
Sep.-Dec. / Set.-Dic. 2003
CONTENTS / CONTENIDOS
Editorial
Julián Monge-Nájera, Catalina Benavides-Varela & Bernal Morera
A name for Biología Tropical
Forum / Foro
José Luis Ochoa, Erick Núñez-Vázquez & Jorge Saad†
Spanish terms used to describe “red tides”. [Spanish]
Microbiology / Microbiología
K. Kathiresan
Polythene and Plastics-degrading microbes from the mangrove soil
Biomedicine / Biomedicina
Mildred García González1, Teresita Coto Morales, Gerardo A. Soto Rodríguez & Liliana Pazos
Sub-chronic toxicity and test of eye irritability of leaf aqueous extract from Plantago major (Plantaginaceae). [Spanish]
Adriana Troyo & Misael Chinchilla
In vitro multiplication of Toxoplasma gondii and Trypanosoma cruzi in mouse, rat, and hamster astrocytes
Mary C. Setzer, Debra M. Moriarity, Robert O. Lawton, William N. Setzer, Glenn A. Gentry & William A. Haber
Phytomedicinal potential of tropical cloudforest plants from Monteverde, Costa Rica
Botany / Botánica
Beatriz Granados, Blanca Pérez-García & Aniceto Mendoza
Sexual phase of the ferns Odontosoria schlechtendalii and Odontosoria scandens (Dennstaedtiaceae). [Spanish]
Ana Hine-Gómez & Lisette Valverde-Cerdas
In vitro establishment of Cryptomeria japonica (Taxocidaceae). [Spanish]
Ivonne San Martin-Gajardo & L. Patricia C. Morellato
Inter and intraspecific variation on reproductive phenology of the Brazilian Atlantic forest Rubiaceae: ecology and phylogenetic constraints
Roberta Castillo M., Manuel Livera M., Alicia E. Brechú F. & Judith Márquez-Guzmán
Sexual compatibility between two types of Hylocerus (Cactaceae) [Spanish]
Elida M. Vargas, Emilio Castro, Gabriel Macaya & Oscar J. Rocha
Variation in fruit and seed size from 38 wild populations of Phaseolus lunatus (Fabaceae) from Central Valley, Costa Rica [Spanish]
Patricia S. Hoc, Shirley M. Espert, Susana I. Drewes & Alicia D. Burghardt
Polymorphism of Phaseolus vulgaris var. aborigineus (Fabaceae). Evidences of natural hibridation [Spanish]
Aquatic Invertebrates / Invertebrados Acuáticos
Carlos Álvarez Silva, María Guadalupe Miranda Arce & Graciela De Lara-Isassi
The family Pontellidae (Crustacea: Copepoda) in La Ventosa Bay, Oaxaca, Mexico: Systematics and basic ecology [Spanish]
Ana Denisse Re-Araujo & M. De Jesús Acosta Ruiz
Lecithin essay in the diet of young Penaeus vannamei (Crustacea: Decapoda) [Spanish]
Alfredo Campaña Torres, Humberto Villarreal Colmenares, Roberto Civera Cerecedo & Luis Rafael Martínez Córdova
Effect of diet protein on the development of young Australian lobsters, Cherax quadricarinatus (Decapoda: Parastacidae) [Spanish]
Terrestrial Invertebrates / Invertebrados Terrestres
María F. Achinelly & Juan J. García
Effect of temperature on longevity and infection with the nematode Strelkovimermis spiculatus (Nemata: Mermithidae), a parasite of culicid mosquitoes [Spanish]
Mario Vargas V. & Jorge V. Vargas C.
Male and mosquito larvae survey at the Arenal-Tempisque irrigation project, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
R.D. Briceño
Sexual behavior of mutant strains of the medfly Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Aquatic Vertebrates / Vertebrados Acuáticos
Welber Senteio Smith, Miguel Petrere Jr. & Walter Barrella
The fish fauna in tropical rivers: The case of the Sorocaba river basin, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Luis Amado Ayala-Pérez, Julia Ramos Miranda & Domingo Flores Hernández
The fish community in Laguna de Términos: compared current structure [Spanish]
Germán Pequeño R. & Sylvia Sáenz B.
Characteristics of Carcharhinus galapagensis from Salas y Gómez Island, Chile (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae)
Terrestrial Vertebrates / Vertebrados Terrestres
William W. Lamar & Mahmood Sasa
A new species of hognose pitviper, genus Porthidium, from the southwestern Pacific of Costa Rica (Serpentes: Viperidae)
William W. Lamar
A new species of slender coralsnake from Colombia, and its clinal and ontogenetic variation (Serpentes: Elapidae: Leptomicrurus)
