Vol. 55 (3-4)
Sep.-Dec. / Set.-Dic. 2007
CONTENTS / CONTENIDOS
Biomedicine / Biomedicina
S.O. Sam-Wobo, C.F. Mafiana, S.A. Onashoga & O.R.Vincent
MONRATE: A descriptive tool for calculation and prediction of re-infection of Ascaris lumbricoides (Ascaridida: Ascarididae)
Microbiology / Microbiología
Isabel Castillo-Machalskis, Haydelba D’Armas, Nora Malaver & Maximiano Núñez
Anti-bacterial activity of extracts from fungi collected from mangrove Rhizophora mangle (Rhizophoraceae)
roots in Venezuela [Spanish]
Yrma Gómez, Katiuska Gil, Elba González & Luz Marina Farías
Anti-fungi activity of organic extracts from the tree Fagara monophylla (Rutaceae) in Venezuela [Spanish]
Shristi Kumar, A.A.M. Hatha & K.S. Christi
Diversity and effectiveness of tropical mangrove soil microflora on the degradation of polythene carry
bags
Botany / Botánica
Gregory R. Goldsmith & Rakan A. Zahawi
The function of stilt roots in the growth strategy of Socratea exorrhiza (Arecaceae) at two neotropical
sites
Elizabeth Gordon & Sergio Pacheco
Prey composition in the carnivorous plants Utricularia inflata and U. gibba (Lentibulariaceae) from Paria
Peninsula, Venezuela
José Imery-Buiza
Karyological instability during pollen mother cells formation in Aloe vera (Aloaceae) [Spanish]
V.J. Odjegba & I.O. Fasidi
Changes in antioxidant enzyme activities in Eichhornia crassipes (Pontederiaceae) and Pistia stratiotes (Araceae) under heavy metal stress
Aquatic Invertebrates / Invertebrados Acuáticos
Luis Chasqui-Velasco, Elvira Alvarado Ch., Arturo Acero P. & Fernando A. Zapata
Effect of herbivorous and corallivorous fishes on the survival of transplanted corals in the
Colombian Caribbean [Spanish]
Claudia Angel-Pérez, Saúl J. Serrano-Guzmán & Miguel Ángel Ahumada-Sempoal
Reproductive cycle of the mollusk Atrina maura (Pterioidea: Pinnidae) in a coastal lagoon system
of the Mexican South Pacific [Spanish]
Lenin Arias-Rodriguez, Juan P. González-Hermoso, Horacio Fletes-Regalado, Luz Estela
Rodríguez-Ibarra & Gabriela Del Valle Pignataro
Kariotypes of the purple snails Plicopurpura pansa and Plicopurpura columellaris (Gastropoda:
Muricidae) [Spanish]
Rafael Flores-Garza, Pedro Flores-Rodríguez, Sergio García-Ibáñez
& Arcadio Valdés-González
Demography of the snail Plicopurpura pansa (Neotaenioglossa: Muricidae) and constitution of
the associated mollusk community, in Guerrero, Mexico [Spanish]
Gonzalo Hernández, Juan Bolaños, Isabel Magán & Karen Graterol
Morphology of the first zoea of the marine crabs Petrolisthes haigae and P. nobilii (Decapoda:
Porcellanidae) [Spanish]
Saúl Sarmiento-Náfate, Heldail A. Gil-López & Daisy Arroyo
Shrimp by-catch reduction using a short funnel net, in the Gulf of Tehuantepec, South Pacific,
Mexico
Terrestrial Invertebrates / Invertebrados Terrestres
Gilberto Avalos, Gonzalo D. Rubio, María E. Bar & Alda González
Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) associated with two degraded forests in the humid Chaco of
Corrientes, Argentina [Spanish]
Blanca Estela Mejía-Recamier & Gabriela Castaño-Meneses
Community structure of edaphic cunaxids (Acarina) from a lowland dry forest in Chamela,
México [Spanish]
Alejandro Parra-H. & Guiomar Nates-Parra
Variation of the orchid bees community (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in three altered habitats of the
Colombian “llano” piedmont [Spanish]
Edgar H. Varón, Paul Hanson, John T. Longino, Olger Borbón, Manuel Carballo & Luko Hilje
Temporal and spatial distribution of ants in a light gradient, in a coffee agroforestry system,
Turrialba, Costa Rica [Spanish]
Aquatic Vertebrates / Vertebrados Acuáticos
Jenny Acevedo, Wilberto Angulo, Manuel Ramírez & Luis A. Zapata
Reproduction of the fish Brotula clarkae (Pisces: Ophidiidae) in the Colombian Pacific [Spanish]
A.A. Ayoade & A.O.O. Ikulala
Length weight relationship, condition factor and stomach contents of Hemichromis bimaculatus,
Sarotherodon melanotheron and Chromidotilapia guentheri (Perciformes: Cichlidae) in Eleiyele
Lake, Southwestern Nigeria
Walter Gabriel Canto-Maza y María Eugenia Vega-Cendejas
Distribution, abundance and alimentary preferences of the fish Opsanus phobetron (Batrachoididae)
at the Chelem coastal lagoon, Yucatan, Mexico [Spanish]
Emma Guevara, Hernán Álvarez, Maite Mascaró, Carlos Rosas & Alberto Sánchez
Feeding habits and trophic ecology of the fish Lutjanus griseus (Pisces: Lutjanidae) associated
with submerged vegetation in Laguna de Términos, Campeche, Mexico [Spanish]
Ana L. Ibañez & Marco A. Romo-Coronel
Formation of ring marks in stocked tilapia juveniles (Oreochromis aureus/O. niloticus)
(Perciformes: Cichlidae)
M.S. Menezes & E.P. Caramaschi
Distribution and population structure of the fish Cyphocharax gilbert (Characiformes: Curimatidae)
in the Lower Paraíba do Sul River, Brazil
Hermes Pineda Santis, Lucy Arboleda Chacón, Amparo Echeverry Echavarria, Silvio
Urcuqui Inchima, Diego Pareja Molina, Martha Olivera Ángel & Juan Builes Gómez
Characterization of the genetic diversity of the fish Brycon henni (Characiformes: Characidae) in
central Colombia with RAPD markers [Spanish]
Terrestrial Vertebrates / Vertebrados Terrestres
Licidia Rojas Rojas & Minor Barboza Rodríguez
Population ecology of the mouse Peromyscus mexicanus (Rodentia: Muridae) in Poas Volcano
National Park, Costa Rica [Spanish]
Erratum
Yolanda E. Camacho-García & Terrence M. Gosliner
A new species of the zephyrinid nudibranch genus Janolus (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) from North
America and Costa Rica
