Vol. 52 (4)
December / Diciembre 2004
CONTENTS / CONTENIDOS
Benjamin Kiersch, Ralf Mühleck† & Günter Gunkel
Macrophytes from some high Andean lakes of Ecuador and their low potential as bioindicators of eutrophication [Spanish]
Gerardo Avalos & Stephen S. Mulkey
Photochemical eficiency of adult and young leaves of the neotropical understory shrub Psychotria limonensis (Rubiaceae) in response to changes in the light environment
S.L. Camargo-Ricalde & S.S. Dhillion
Use and management of Mimosa species in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, a tropical semi-arid region in Mexico (Fabaceae-Mimosoideae)
José F. Cicció
A source of almost pure methyl chavicol: volatile oil from the aerial parts of Tagetes lucida (Asteraceae) cultivated in Costa Rica
Elvira M. Alvarado Ch., Rocío García U. & Alberto Acosta
Sexual reproduction of the reef-building coral Diploria labyrinthiformis (Scleractinia: Faviidae), in the Colombian Caribbean
Roshan E. Roy
Akumal’s reefs: Stony coral communities along the developing Mexican Caribbean coastline
María Catalina Reyes-Nivia, Jaime Garzón-Ferreira & Alberto Rodríguez-Ramírez
Live coral predation by fish in Tayrona Nature National Park, Colombian Caribbean. [Spanish]
Ernesto Brugnoli-Olivera, Edgardo Díaz-Ferguson, Mariana Delfino-Machin, Alvaro Morales-Ramírez & Arturo Dominici Arosemena
Composition of the zooplankton community, with emphasis in copepods, in Punta Morales, Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica
Yinett M. Reverol, José G. Delgado, Yajaira G. de Severeyn & Héctor J. Severeyn
Embrionary and larval development of the marine clam Tivela mactroides (Bivalvia: Veneridae) in Zulia State, Venezuela
Juan José Alvarado
Abundance of the sea urchin Centrostephanus coronatus (Echinoidea: Diadematidae) in the Costa Rican Pacific [Spanish]
Renán Calvo
Dipteran parasitoidism on larvae of Caligo atreus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Cartago, Costa Rica [Spanish]
Francisco Hernández-Chavarría, Alejandro Hernández & Ana Sittenfeld
The “windows”, scales, and bristles of the tropical moth Rothschildia lebeau (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)
E. Aldana & E. Lizano
Defecation index and reproductive success of Triatoma maculata (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) under laboratory conditions [Spanish]
Ricardo Marroquín M, Silvia Bor A. & M. Carlota Monroy E.
A mass collection of Triatoma ryckmani (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from Stenocereus eichlamii (Cactaceae) in the semiarid region of Guatemala
Jorge Günther & Ricardo Jiménez-Montealegre
Effect of the probiotic Bacillus subtilis on the growth and food utilization of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) under laboratory conditions [Spanish]
Mario Urriola Hernández, Jorge Cabrera Peña & Maurizio Protti Quesada
Fertility, fecundity and gonadosomatic index of Poecilia reticulata (Pisces: Poeciliidae) in Heredia, Costa Rica [Spanish]
Patricia Devezé Murillo, Juan Lorenzo Reta Mendiola & Basilio Sánchez Luna
Culture of Poecilia reticulata (Pisces: Poecilidae) in tropical water bodies, Veracruz, México [Spanish]
Agustín A. Rojas-Herrera, Maite Mascaró & Xavier Chiappa-Carrara
Feeding habits of the fishes Lutjanus peru and Lutjanus guttatus (Pisces: Lutjanidae) of Guerrero, México [Spanish]
Thays Allen Peña, Mayré Jiménez & Sioliz Villafranca
Abundance and species richness of fish associated to Thalassia testudinum at Cariaco Gulf, Venezuela [Spanish]
Felipe Neri Melo Barrera & Roberto Felix Uraga
Size and age structure of the striped marlin Tetrapturus audax (Pisces: Xiphidae), at Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, México [Spanish]
J.R. Mendelson III, E.D. Brodie, Jr., J.H. Malone, M.E. Acevedo, M.A. Baker, N.J. Smatresk & J.A. Campbell
Factors associated with the catastrophic decline of a cloudforest frog fauna in Guatemala
Akinsola I. Akinpelu & Oluseye A. Oyedipe
A twelve-month field study of the West African Thrush Turdus pelios (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae). Part 1: food and feeding ecology
Adriana A. Bueno, Marina J. Lapenta, Fátima Oliveira & José C. Motta-Junior
Association of the “IUCN vulnerable” spiny rat Clyomys bishopi (Rodentia: Echimyidae) with palm trees and armadillo burrows in southeastern Brazil
