scholarly journals Record of Baird’s tapir Tapirus bairdii at the La Suerte Biological Field Station in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica.

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
LaRoy S E Brandt ◽  
Maggie Singleton
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
Tropical Forests ◽  
New Record ◽  
Field Station ◽  
Cascading Effect ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Reproductive Rates ◽  
Biological Field ◽  
Ecological Functioning

Widely recognized as the largest terrestrial mammal in the Neotropics, the globally endangered, IUCN Red-listed, Baird’s tapir Tapirus bairdii has been in a continual decline due to habitat loss, localized hunting, and their low reproductive rates. Because of its ecological role, the loss of this species is likely to have a cascading effect on a number of species that are important to the ecological functioning of the remaining fragments of tropical forests across Central America. As efforts continue to identify regions where this species still persists throughout its known range, we report here a new record of T. bairdii in the Caribbean lowlands of northeast Costa Rica. Although T. bairdii may have historical existed in the region surrounding the field station, they were believed to be extirpated with only anecdotal reports suggesting their continued existence.

scholarly journals Record of Baird’s tapir Tapirus bairdii at the La Suerte Biological Field Station in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica.

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
LaRoy S E Brandt ◽  
Maggie Singleton
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
Tropical Forests ◽  
New Record ◽  
Field Station ◽  
Cascading Effect ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Reproductive Rates ◽  
Biological Field ◽  
Ecological Functioning

Widely recognized as the largest terrestrial mammal in the Neotropics, the globally endangered, IUCN Red-listed, Baird’s tapir Tapirus bairdii has been in a continual decline due to habitat loss, localized hunting, and their low reproductive rates. Because of its ecological role, the loss of this species is likely to have a cascading effect on a number of species that are important to the ecological functioning of the remaining fragments of tropical forests across Central America. As efforts continue to identify regions where this species still persists throughout its known range, we report here a new record of T. bairdii in the Caribbean lowlands of northeast Costa Rica. Although T. bairdii may have historical existed in the region surrounding the field station, they were believed to be extirpated with only anecdotal reports suggesting their continued existence.

scholarly journals Proposal to Disseminate the Knowledge of Tsunamis in the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica, Central America

2014 ◽  
Vol 02 (03) ◽  
pp. 85-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Fernández Arce ◽  
Daniel Solís ◽  
Juan Luis Porras ◽  
Gino González
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
Caribbean Coast ◽  
The Caribbean

scholarly journals New reports of echinoderms on the Caribbean continental slope of central America

Zoosymposia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-12
Author(s):  
SERGIO CAMBRONERO-SOLANO ◽  
R. BENAVIDES ◽  
F. A. SOLÍS-MARÍN ◽  
J. J. ALVARADO
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
Continental Slope ◽  
Benthic Communities ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Variation Theory ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
Marine Diversity ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Ocean Carbon

The Caribbean is considered a unique biogeographic region that represents an important hotspot of marine diversity in the Atlantic Ocean. The Caribbean Continental Slope of Central America (CCCA) is a largely unexplored area that exhibits a variety of habitats. Among this unstudied biodiversity, special importance has been given to the benthic communities associated with deep bottoms, a diverse group that plays a major role in the ocean carbon cycling and nutrient flux. Echinoderms are one of the main benthic deep sea taxa, in which Holothuroidea is the globally dominant class. We present the results from the first exploratory fishing survey campaign on the CCCA, done under the regional coordination of OSPESCA (Central America Fisheries and Aquaculture Organization) on board of the R/V Miguel Oliver in January 2011. Data was collected from a total of 96 trawls arranged in 25 transects that started in Panama and finished in Belize. A Lofoten bottom trawling net was dragged for 30 min between 0 to 1500m depth. The major component of the total invertebrate catch was Holothuroidea with a biomass of 593 kg (16.49% of the total) and represented by seven species. The following are new reports for the Caribbean: Bathyplotes natans in Honduras and Guatemala, Bentothuria funebris in Panama, Benthodytes sanguinolenta in Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Belize; Hansenothuria sp. in Panama, Costa Rica and Honduras. Paroriza pallens extends its distribution to Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras, Zygothuria lactea its reported in Panama. We also present the first records of the crinoid Neocomatella pulchella in Honduras, theasteroid Cheiraster (Cheiraster) planusin Panama, and, for Costa Rica (Asteroidea: Doraster constellatus and Echinoidea: Clypeaster euclastus).Holothurians are the predominant invertebrate fauna in terms of biomass in the entire region of the CCCA. These findings suggest that CCCA presents a high echinoderm biodiversity  and also supports the ecoregional variation theory. We report higher echinoderm biomass (75%) in the Southwestern Caribbean compared to Western Caribbean ecoregion. The information presented in this paper establishes the baseline information of echinoderms depth fauna in the Caribbean of Central America, and opens new opportunities for future research.

scholarly journals Digitaria eriantha (pangola grass).

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanine Vélez-Gavilán
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
South America ◽  
Central America ◽  
Perennial Grass ◽  
Riparian Areas ◽  
Digitaria Eriantha ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Tropical Forages ◽  
Viable Seeds

Abstract D. eriantha is a perennial grass not considered as a serious weed in some countries, but a competitive and aggressive weed in others (PROTA, 2016; Tropical Forages, 2016; Weeds of Australia, 2016). The species is listed as invasive in Central America (Costa Rica), the Caribbean (Cuba), South America (Colombia, Ecuador) and Oceania (Australia, USA-Hawaii) (Oviedo Prieto et al., 2012; PIER, 2016). Catasús Guerra (2015), however, argues that the species should not be on the list of the invasive species for Cuba, due to lack of spread as it is being over-grazed and not producing viable seeds. It is on the list of the top 200 most invasive species in Queensland, Australia, forming dense populations in riparian areas, open woodlands and on some beaches (Weeds of Australia, 2016).

Scaling Down

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul F. Steinberg
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Real Estate ◽  
Central America ◽  
Tropical Forests ◽  
English Language ◽  
Water Volume ◽  
School Uniforms ◽  
Dirt Road ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Long Time

Dominical is a small town nestled on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, where tropical forests spill onto the sandy shores of its world-renowned beaches. Dominical has a laid-back atmosphere of surf shops, open-air restaurants, and children in school uniforms weaving between the puddles and rocks on their way to class. But behind the scenes, something else is going on in Dominical. A clue can be found alongside the dirt road that runs through the center of town, where a billboard for Century 21 Real Estate depicts a happy couple overlooking their oceanfront property, accompanied by the English-language caption “Your Piece of Paradise!” The sign provides a glimpse of the larger forces at play in this remote corner of Central America. A frenzy of speculative real estate development is underway, led by foreigners vying for their own piece of paradise before the remaining lots are all sold by the local farmers whose families have inhabited the land for generations. One such farmer is Juan Carlos Madrigal. I visited Juan Carlos with a group of students in 2008 during one of my annual trips to Costa Rica, to learn more about how local landowners are coping with these pressures. This land has been in his family for a long time, its towering tropical forest encompassing tree plantations, bean, and cocoa crops, and sweeping views of the ocean. After a hike across the property, we cooled off in a swimming hole below a large waterfall, one of many in the area, which thundered down from the lush jungle above, the water volume swollen by seasonal rains. After toweling off we sat down and began the interview, discussing his vision for the future of this land. A humble yet dignified man with wrinkles deepened from decades of farming, Madrigal reported that a group of Americans had recently approached him with an offer to buy his property for a million dollars. Shaking his head, he said that of course he refused.

Living in Islands of Forests: Nutritional Ecology of the Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata) at La Suerte Biological Field Station, North-Eastern Costa Rica

2015 ◽  
pp. 525-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flavia Occhibove ◽  
Claudia Ferro ◽  
Marco Campera ◽  
Gian Battista Liponi ◽  
Silvana M. Borgognini-Tarli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Nutritional Ecology ◽  
Alouatta Palliata ◽  
Howler Monkey ◽  
Field Station ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Biological Field
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