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Assessing the species relationship of the bamboo collection at USDA-Tropical Agricultural Research Station at Mayaguez, Puerto Rico through DNA barcoding
(2019-12-09)
Bamboo is a grass that belongs to the subfamily Bambusoideae and has approximately 1400 different species distributed in 116 genera. This plant has been widely used by humans as a source of food, shelter, clothing and ...
Diversity of the Cabo Rojo solar salterns utilizing culture-dependent methods and description of two novel species
(2017)
Archaea compose the third domain of life and are most notable for the ability of some to thrive in extreme environments, such environment is that of high salinity. This project focused on the culturable haloarchaeal diversity ...
Inventario de hongos asociados a suelo enriquecido con guano de murciélago en cueva de los culebrones, en la Reserva Mata de Plátano (Arecibo,, Puerto Rico)
(2013)
A cave is defined as any natural area below the earth's surface that extends beyond the dark zone and is accessible to humans. Caves are considered extreme environments for life that provide resources to oligotrophic ...
Determination of Parvovirus B19 IgG in blood plasma of elementary school teachers of western Puerto Rico
(2013)
Parvovirus B19 (B19) is a common human pathogen responsible for erythema infectiosum.
Other disease manifestations include hydrops fetalis, transient aplastic crisis, arthropathy, and
persistent infections in adults. B19 ...
Ecología poblacional y reproductiva de Cordia bellonis Urb. (Boraginaceae), una especie en peligro
(2006)
Cordia bellonis Urb. is a rare and endemic shrub located in the Maricao and Río Abajo
Commonwealth Forests. No individuals were registered in the Susúa forest. The species grows
on serpentine and limestone soils, at edges ...
Effects of food concentration in the competition between larvae of the introduced cane toad (Rhinella marina) and the native white-lipped frog (Leptodactylus albilabris)
(2012)
Invasive species are a major focus within conservation biology. The widely introduced cane toad, Rhinella marina, has gained particular interest in studies of effects of invasive species on native communities. In this study ...
Uso de drones para la recuperación de esporas de hongos en la baja atmósfera
(2018-11-30)
Aerobiology is responsible for studying atmospheric biological particulate such as pollen and fungal spores. Dispersion of this particulate is widespread, so its capture can be difficult, and, for this reason, different ...
Revision and phylogeny of the Caribbean genus Apodrosus Marshall, 1922 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)
(2010)
The Caribbean weevil genus Apodrosus Marshall, 1922 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Polydrusini Schoenherr) is revised, including a redescription of A. argentatus Wolcott, 1924 (Dominican Republic, Vieques Island, ...
Species richness of cyanobacteria, diatoms, and ciliates in microbial mats of the Cabo Rojo salterns, Puerto Rico
(2008)
Seasonal rains and the inflowof seawater into the Cabo Rojo salterns, Puerto Rico, induce changes in the concentration of dissolved salts. These environmental variations should have an effect in the composition and species ...
Diversidad de Collembola (Hexapoda) asociados a Rhyzophora mangle en manglares de Puerto Rico.
(2006)
Collembolans are small hexapods characterized by the presence of a ventral tube
and a jumping organ known as a furcula, for which they are called springtails. Although
more than 700 species are recorded from the Neotropics, ...