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Vicariance and dispersal in Caribbean biogeography
(1996)
The species diversity and phylogenetic relationships of West Indian vertebrates are incompletely known, but several lines of evidence support a dispersal origin for most of the fauna. Crother and Guyer have contested much ...
Determination of gender in cetaceans by the polymerase chain reaction
(1992)
We determined the gender of a variety of cet can species, including both ondotocetes and mysticetes, using the polymerase chain reaction for amplification of the sex chromosome specific regions ZFY/ZFX and SRY. This quick ...
Novitates Caribaea núm. 23
(2024)
Artículos destacados de este número: Listado preliminar de los moluscos asociados al litoral rocoso del Malecón de Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.
Proposal for the inclusion of all parrotfishes (Perciformes: Scaridae) in annexes of the protocol on specially protected areas and wildlife in the Wider Caribbean Region of the convention for the protection and development of the marine environment in the Wider Caribbean Region (SPAW Protocol)
(2021)
The working group in charge of this proposal presented to nominate all parrotfishes (Family Scaridae) for inclusion in Annex III of the SPAW Protocol and some species in Annex II. We believe that the key ecological role ...
American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus
(2010)
The American crocodile is the most widely distributed of the New World crocodiles, ranging from the southern tip of Florida, along both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South ...
Geographic extent and chronology of the invasion of non-native lionfish (Pterois volitans [Linnaeus 1758] and P. miles [Bennett 1828]) in the Western North Atlantic and Caribbean Sea
(2009)
The Indo-Pacific lionfishes (Pterois volitans [Linnaeus 1758] and P. miles [Bennett 1828]: Family Scorpaenidae) are the first non-native marine fishes to establish in the Western North Atlantic. The chronology of the ...
CARI’MAM scientific survey 2021 : final report
(2021)
More than 30 species of marine mammals inhabit the waters of the Caribbean, which makes it a world hotspot. These highly mobile species are known to move between different Caribbean territories and beyond. Between 2018 and ...
WIDECAST : Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network : Activity highlights 2019-2020
(2021)
Sea turtles, once abundant in the Caribbean Sea and serving as keystone species in tropical marine ecosystems, are severely reduced from historical levels, both in population size and range. According to the IUCN Red List ...
Recommendations for the protection and recovery of Caribbean sea turtles
(2021)
Based on their review and expert knowledge, authors of this document are recommending the following priority actions to the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected ...
Marine turtle trauma response procedures : a husbandry manual
(2010)
Prepared by the Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST), the aim of this manual is to strengthen and coordinate the efforts of people throughout the Wider Caribbean Region to respond to sea turtles in ...