Vol. 57 (1-2)

Mar.-Jun. 2009

CONTENTS / CONTENIDOS

Forum / Foro

Eric Mellink & Mónica Riojas-López
Waterbirds and human-related threats to their conservation in Laguna Cuyutlán, Colima, México

Microbiology / Microbiología

Nivia J. Ríos Carrera, Misael Chinchilla Carmona, Olga M. Guerrero & Alfredo Castro Castillo
The immunosuppressant effect of T. lewisi (Kinetoplastidae) infection on the multiplication of Toxoplasma gondii(Sarcocystidae) on alveolar and peritoneal macrophages of the white rat

Jazzmin Arrivillaga, Patricia Salerno & Yadira Rangel
Asymmetric reproductive isolation between Lutzomyia pseudolongipalpis and Lutzomyia longipalpis (species C2), Neotropical vectors of visceral leishmaniasis (Diptera: Pshychodidae)

Okogwu Okechukwu I. & Ugwumba Alex O.
Cyanobacteria abundance and its relationship to water quality in the Mid-Cross River floodplain, Nigeria

Carolina Marín, Cristian Fonseca, Sidey Arias, Irene Villegas, Andrea García & Hikaru Ishihara
Bacteriological load of the fishes Cynoscion squamipinnis and Lutjanus gutattus in the marketing chain, Costa Rica

Marine Molluscs / Moluscos Marinos

Humberto Wright-López, Oscar Holguín-Quiñones, Francisco Arreguín-Sánchez & Irene Roque- Villada
Growth and mortality of the mother-of-pearl Pinctada mazatlanica in natural populations of the east coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico

Maria del Carmen Alejo-Plata, José Luis Gómez-Márquez, Samuel Ramos Carrillo & Jorge Eduardo Herrera- Galindo
Reproduction, diet and fishery of Octopus (Octopus) hubbsorum (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) in the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico

Marine Fishes / Peces Marinos

Guoping Zhu, Liuxiong Xu, Yingqi Zhou & Xinjun Chen
Growth and mortality rates of bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus (Perciformes: Scombridae) in the central Atlantic Ocean

Daniel Arceo-Carranza & Ma. Eugenia Vega-Cendejas
Spatial and temporal characterization of fish assemblages in a tropical coastal system influenced by freshwater inputs: northwestern Yucatan peninsula

Edwis Bravo, Nora Eslava & Leo González
Growth and mortality of the fish Haemulon aurolineatum (Teleostei: Haemulidae) from Southwest of Margarita Island, Venezuela

Xchel G. Moreno, L. Andrés Abitia, Araceli Favila, Francisco J. Gutiérrez & Devis S.
Palacios
Trophic ecology of the fish Arothron meleagris (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from Los Frailes reef, Southern Baja California, Mexico

Rosa L. Soto Rojas, Fernando Mejía-Arana, J. A. Palacios & Kazuhito Hiramatsu
Reproduction and growth of the fish Lutjanus guttatus (Pisces: Lutjanidae) in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica

Freshwater Biology / Biología Dulceacuícola

Jonathan Herrera-Vásquez
Community structure of aquatic insects in the Esparza River, Costa Rica

Ivette Liliana Torres-Castro, María Eugenia Vega-Cendejas, Juan Jacobo Schmitter-Soto, Rocío Rodiles-Hernández & Gerardo Palacio-Aponte
Ichthyofauna of karstic wetlands under anthropic impact: the “petenes” of Campeche, Mexico

Kemal Solak, Ali Alas, Muhittin Yılmaz & Ahmet Öktener
Biometry of the fishes Barbus plebejus and Barbus capito from Coruh Basin, Turkey

P.A. Araoye
Physical factors and their influence on fish species composition in Asa Lake, Ilorin, Nigeria

Gregory Ejikeme Odo, Nwani Christopher Didigwu & Joseph Effiong Eyo
The fish fauna of Anambra river basin, Nigeria: species abundance and morphometry

Regina Sánchez Merino, Miriam Y. Fermín Benítez & Angélica Mendoza Estrada
Selectivity of zooplankton and trophic overlap between size Menidia humboldtiana fish
(Atheriniformes: Atherinopsidae) in the reservoir Danxhó, Mexico

Patricia Trujillo-Jiménez & Miguel Ángel Castro-Lara
Diet of the chub, Notropis moralesi (Pisces: Cyprinidae) in the Amacuzac River, Morelos, Mexico

Terrestrial Plants / Plantas Terrestres

Xiao-Tao Lü, Jian-Wei Tang, Zhi-Li Feng & Mai-He Li
Diversity and aboveground biomass of lianas in the tropical seasonal rain forests of Xishuangbanna, SW China

Ryoichi Doi & Senaratne Leelananda Ranamukhaarachchi
Soil dehydrogenase in a land degradation-rehabilitation gradient: observations from a savanna site with a wet/dry seasonal cycle

Eddy Martínez Quesada
Relationship between antophyte foliar morphology and abiotic factors in the main rainforests of Eastern Cuba

Eliane Ceccon & Patricia Hernández
Seed rain dynamics following disturbance exclusion in a secondary tropical dry forest in Morelos, Mexico

Antonio Vera, Maritza Martínez, Yin Ayala, Sadieth Montes & Anderson González
Floristic and physiognomic characteristics of disturbed thorny xerophytic scrubland in Punta de Piedras, Miranda Municipality, Zulia State, Venezuela

Juan Pablo Torretta & Alicia M. Basilio
Pollen dispersion and reproductive success of four tree species of a xerophytic forest from Argentina

Denis Coelho de Oliveira & Rosy Mary dos Santos Isaias
Influence of leaflet age in anatomy and possible adaptive values of the midrib gall of Copaifera langsdorffii (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae)

José Luis Melandri & Narcisana Espinoza de Pernía
Wood anatomy of tribe Detarieae and comparison with tribe Caesalpinieae (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) in Venezuela

Javier Ruiz, Douglas H. Boucher, Diego Ruiz-Moreno & Cherryl Ingram-Flóres
Recruitment dynamics of the tropical rainforest tree Dipteryx oleifera (Fabaceae) in eastern Nicaragua

Terrestrial Invertebrates / Invertebrados Terrestres

Gilberto Avalos, Miryam P. Damborsky, María E. Bar, Elena B. Oscherov & E. Porcel
Composition of the Araneae (Arachnida) fauna of the provincial Iberá Reserve, Corrientes, Argentina

Adriana Troyo, Mayra E. Solano, Ólger Calderón-Arguedas, Misael Chinchilla, Rónald Sánchez & Gustavo A. Gutiérrez-Espeleta
Prevalence of fur mites (Acari: Atopomelidae) in non-human primates of Costa Rica

Paulo Enrique C. Peixoto & Paulo De Marco Jr.
No size or density effect on alternative mate-locating tactics in the tropical damselfly Hetaerina rosea males (Odonata: Calopterygidae)

Sebastian A. Pelizza, Claudia C. López Lastra, Arnaldo Maciá, Vilma Bisaro & Juan J. García
Effect of water quality in mosquito breeding sites on the pathogenicity and infectivity of zoospores from the fungus Leptolegnia chapmanii (Straminipila: Peronosporomycetes)

Terrestrial Vertebrates / Vertebrados Terrestres

Jay M. Savage & Federico Bolaños
An enigmatic frog of the genus Atelopus (Family Bufonidae) from Parque Nacional Chirripó, Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica

John L. Guittar, Fiona Dear & Christopher Vaughan
Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao, Psittaciformes: Psittacidae) Nest Characteristics in the Osa Peninsula Conservation Area (ACOSA), Costa Rica

Christopher Vaughan, Mark Bremer & Fiona Dear
Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) (Psitaciformes: Psittacidae) Parental Nest Visitation in Costa Rica: Implications for Research and Conservation

Alexis Cerezo, Chandler S. Robbins & Barbara Dowell
Modified-habitat use by tropical forest-dependent birds in the Caribbean region of Guatemala

Jonathan A. Guzmán, Guillermo D’Elía & Juan Carlos Ortiz
Geographic variation of the fox Lycalopex culpaeus (Mammalia, Canidae) in Chile: taxonomic implications

Juana Luis, Lorena Ramírez, Agustín Carmona, Guadalupe Ortiz, Jesús Delgado & René Cárdenas
Paternal behavior and testosterone plasma levels in the Volcano Mouse Neotomodon alstoni (Rodentia: Muridae)

Conservation / Conservación

Michael Van Hulle & Christopher Vaughan
The effect of human development on mammal populations of the Punta Leona Private Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica