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Shore Fishes from Islands of the Mona Passage, Greater Antilles with Comments on Their Zoogeography
(Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 41, No. 4, 716-743, 2005, 1995-12)The geology, physical conditions, size, and position within the Caribbean may all play a role in shaping the fauna of islands in the Mona Passage. This paper describes the ichthyofauna of Mona, Monito,and Desecheo by ... -
Variations in Morphology and Coloration in the Black Hamlet, Hypoplectrus nigricans(Teleostei: Serranidae)
(Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 40, No. 1, 150-154, 2004, 2004-04)Black hamlet (Hypoplectrus nigricans) was observed to vary in coloration and morphology in Puerto Rico, Mexico and Belize. H. nigricans from Puerto Rico exhibited a larger, grayish body (pectoral fins transparent), with ... -
New Locality, Depth, and Size Records and Species Character Modifications of Some Caribbean Deep-Reef/Shallow Slope Fishesand a New Host and Locality Record for the Chimaera Cestodarian
(Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 40, No. 1, 88-119, 2004, 2004-04)New geographic localities are noted for chimaera cestodarian, Gyrocotyle rugosa, from the central Atlantic; it and Antillean snake eel, Ophichthus spinicauda; Caribbean lanternshark, Etmopterus hillianus; and dwarf cat ... -
New Records of Marine Fishes from the Puerto Rican Plateau
(Carribean Journal of Science, Vol. 40, No. 1, 70-87, 2004, 2004-04)Forty-six new records of marine fishes to the Puerto Rican Plateau are reported here with notes on their habitat and life history. The lack of previous reports of many of these species is due to three main reasons: poorly ... -
Structural Control on Cave Development in Cretaceous Limestone, Southern Puerto Rico
(Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 40, No. 2, 276–280, 2004, 2004-08)Surveys of Sistema Los Chorros (815m length) and Sistema Vientos (600 m) represent the first cave maps from southern Puerto Rico published in the last quarter century. These are the largest caves known in that area. They ... -
The Occurrence of Stemonitis Splendens (Myxomycota: Stemonitales) on Rhizophora Mangle
(Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 40, No. 2, 273-276, 2004, 2004-08)We reported the occurrence of the myxomycete Stemonitis splendens on red mangrove,Rhizophora mangle. Although S. splendens was reported previously from Puerto Rico, its presence on R. mangle suggests that mangroves, although ... -
Foraging Behavior, Home Range, Movements and Activity Patterns of Epicrates inornatus (Boidae) at Mata de Plátano Reserve in Arecibo, Puerto Rico
(Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 40, No. 3, 343–352, 2004, 2004-12)Observations of foraging behavior of the Puerto Rican boa (Epicrates inornatus) were performed at a cave entrance beginning one hour before sunset until one hour after sunrise. Boas captured bats from 1745 h to 0600 h, but ... -
Distribution and Relative Abundance of Humpback Whales off Western Puerto Rico during 1995-1997
(Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 41, No. 1, 101-107, 2005, 2005-04)Observations of humpback whales (position, number and presence of calf) were obtained from a commercial whale-watching vessel during January to March 1995 to 1997 along the northwestern coast of Puerto Rico. These data ... -
Floods, Habitat Hydraulics and Upstream Migration of Neritina virginea (Gastropoda: Neritidae) in Northeastern Puerto Rico
(Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 41, No. 1, 55-74, 2005, 2005-04)Massive upstream migrations of neritid snails (Neritidae: Gastropoda) occur in tropical and subtropical streams worldwide, but their seasonality and proximate causes are unknown. We monitored massive upstream migrations ... -
Impact of a White Plague-II Outbreak on a Coral Reef in the Archipelago Los Roques National Park, Venezuela
(Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 41, No. 4, 815-823, 2005, 2005-12)During the last quarter of 2000, an outbreak of white plague disease (WPD-II) caused significant coral tissue mortality in several reef building species (Montastraea species complex, Colpophyllia natans and Stephanocoenia ... -
A Non-toxic Scanning Electron Microscopy Method to Study the Reproductive Structures of Agaricales Using Sample Fixation in the Field
(Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 41, No. 4, 857-860, 2005, 2005-12)We present a rapid and non-toxic method to prepare lamellae and related structures from Agaricales for Scanning Electron Microscopy(SEM). The morphologies of the basidia and basidiospores of Gymnopus subpruinosus, basidiospores ... -
Helminthora anomala sp. nov. (Liagoraceae, Rhodophyta) from Puerto Rico
(Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 41, No. 4, 834-842, 2005, 2005-12)A new species of Helminthora, H. anomala Vélez et Vega (Liagoraceae, Rhodophyta), is described from Puerto Rico. This new species has curved carpogonial branches in median positions on cortical fascicles, with dumbbell-shaped ... -
Flower Phenology and Sexual Maturation: Partial Protandrous Behavior in Three Species of Orchids
(Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 42, No. 1, 75-80, 2006, 2006-04)Plants have theoretically multiple alternatives for preventing self pollination and consequently the effect of inbreeding, such as sequential flowering, dichogamy and self–incompatibility to name a few. We investigated the ... -
Effects of Hurricane Georges on the Resident Avifauna of Maricao State Forest, Puerto Rico
(Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 42, No. 1, 81-87, 2006-04)Hurricane Georges crossed the island of Puerto Rico on 21-22 September 1998. Maricao State Forest, a montane reserve in southwestern Puerto Rico, was struck by Georges after being spared by hurricanes since 1932. I documented ... -
A First Survey of the Earthworms of Bosque del Pueblo, Puerto Rico
(Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 42, No. 3, 366-370, 2006, 2006-12)The oligochaeto fauna of Bosque del Pueblo, located in the central mountain region of Puerto Rico, was surveyed for the first time. Organisms were hand-sorted from forty two samples from three typical plant associations ... -
Occurrence of Juvenile Nassau Grouper, Epinephelus striatus (Teleostei: Serranidae), off Mona Island, Puerto Rico: Considerations of Recruitment Potential
(Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 42, No. 2, 264-267, 2006, 2006-12)In the wider Caribbean, the Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) is considered a commercially important fish. However, its former abundance has declined precipitously in many areas due to overfishing. In Mona Island, ... -
Differences Between Epigeic Earthworm Populations in Tank Bromeliads from Puerto Rico and Dominica
(Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 42, No. 3, 380-385, 2006, 2006-12)Large differences were found between the abundance, biomass and distribution of epigeic earthworms in the bromeliads of montane forests in Puerto Rico and Dominica. In Dominica they occurred in more than 90% of plants and ... -
Montanegra arenaria (Agaricaeceae, Basiodiomyocota), a New Record for Puerto Rico
(Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 42, No. 2, 244-246, 2006, 2006-12)The euagaric Montagnea arenaria (Basidiomycota) is reported from a dry region of southwestern Puerto Rico. This is a new record for Puerto Rico, and only the second record of this fungus in the Caribbean. The Puerto Rican ... -
Microbiological Surface-water Quality of the Río Grande de Añasco Watershed, Puerto Rico
(Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 42, No. 2, 151-163, 2006, 2006-12)Sediments and the persistence of fecal and streptococcal indicator bacteria in surface waters have been identified as the main water-quality impairments in Puerto Rico. Identification of temporal variations in bacterial ... -
A Fluorescent Marking and Re-count Technique Using the Invasive Earthworm, Pontoscolex corethrurus (Annelida: Oligochaeta)
(Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 42, No. 3, 371-379, 2006, 2006-12)We used a fluorescence technique to mark and re-count the invasive earthworm, Pontoscolex corethrurus from PVC tubes established in a forest and a recently abandoned pasture in Puerto Rico to test the effects of the labeling ...