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An overview of the evolution and conservation of West Indian amphibians and reptiles
(2006)
The total area of the West Indies is small, only 0.15% of Earth’s land area, but the region supports 3.0% (180 species) of the world’s amphibians and 6.3% (520 species) of the world’s known reptiles. Nearly all species are ...
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 ...
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 ...
Lista Roja y extinciones : la foca monje
(2011)
La foca monje del Caribe fue formalmente declarada extinta en 1996, en la Lista Roja de Animales Amenazados de la UICN. La última vez que se vio fue en 1952, en el Banco Seranilla, entre Jamaica y Honduras, donde se sabía ...
Echinoderm diversity in the Caribbean Sea
(2011)
The Caribbean is considered a unique biogeographic province, being one of the top five hotspots in the world for marine and terrestrial biodiversity. The echinoderm research on the Caribbean began in the middle of the ...
Marine biodiversity in the Caribbean : regional estimates and distribution patterns
(2010)
This paper provides an analysis of the distribution patterns of marine biodiversity and summarizes the major activities of the Census of Marine Life program in the Caribbean region. The coastal Caribbean region is a large ...