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Crecimiento bacteriano en el área de la Parguera: Respuesta a factores climáticos y al flujo de agua proveniente del área de Guánica
(2008)
The temporal and spatial variability of bacterial abundance (BA), production (BP) and respiration (BR) was compared to phytoplankton biomass, salinity, temperature, turbidity, and fluorescence of dissolved organic matter ...
Spectral properties and population dynamics of the harmful dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides (Margalef) in southwestern Puerto Rico
(2008)
Recurrent blooms of the potentially ichthyotoxic dinoflagellate Cochlodinium
polykrikoides were observed since 1958 at Bahía Fosforescente, a bioluminescent bay in
southwestern Puerto Rico. Despite its potential deleterious ...
Evaluation of ground water from the Lajas valley for low salinity culture of the Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei
(2008-05)
The ability of the Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) to acclimate to and
survive in low salinity ground water from southwestern Puerto Rico was evaluated using post
larval shrimp and well water from the Lajas ...
Spatial and temporal variation of chromophoric dissolved organic matter absorption in the Caribbean
(2008-04)
Spatial and temporal variation of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter
(CDOM) absorption was studied in the course of diverse research cruises through the
Caribbean region. CDOM absorption and spectral slopes showed ...
Genetic variability and fine-scale population structure in the threatened species Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis around Puerto Rico
(2008)
The population genetic structure of the zooxanthellate corals Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis were used as a proxy to understand connectivity between reefs. Sequences of the mitochondrial control region were recovered ...
Assessment of coral reef community structure using water optical properties
(2008)
Measuring and monitoring the underwater light field is essential for coral reef
ecological assessments since the health of these communities are affected or influenced
by nutrients, sediments, and other materials that ...
Nutrient distribution across the insular shelf of La Parguera Puerto Rico: Assessment by algal tissue nitrogen
(2008)
A survey was conducted to investigate possible presence of an inshore to shelf edge gradient in % nitrogen (%N) and stable nitrogen isotope ratio (δ15N; ‰ vs. air) in tissues of the rhodophyte Acanthophora spicifera and ...
Isolation and identification of the fecal pollution indicators Enterococcus spp. from seagrass Thalassia testudinum at la Parguera Puerto Rico and the use of enterococci for microbial source tracking
(2008)
The occurrence and persistence of the fecal contamination indicators Enterococcus
spp. were studied in La Parguera, southwestern Puerto Rico, as an initial step in
microbial source tracking (MST). The scientific literature ...
Population ecology of the demosponge Amphimedon compressa
(2008)
The population ecology of Amphimedon compressa was investigated at La Parguera, Southwest coast of Puerto Rico. A preliminary survey on the distribution, abundance and population size-structure of this sponge was initially ...
Distribution of exotic Australian crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (Von Martens, 1868) in Puerto Rico
(2008)
The crustacean Cherax quadricarinatus (redclaw), a crayfish from Australia that is
widely cultured, was introduced illegally into Puerto Rico in the beginning of 1997. They
escaped from a single culture facility at the ...