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Some urocoptid land snails from Hispaniola
(1976)
Four new species of Urocoptidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from the Dominican Republic are described. Three are tentatively placed in Autocoptis (A. eburata sp. n., A. argiphrix sp. n. and A. stibe sp. n.). The fourth (Allocoptis ...
Notes and descriptions of new Urocoptidae from Cuba and Hispaniola (Mollusca: Pulmonata)
(1966)
The following notes and descriptions of new species are based upon material in the Museum of Comparative Zoology which has been collected over the past several years. All species are members of the family Urocoptidae, one ...
Contaminación química y bacteriológica de los ríos Ozama e Isabela
(1993)
Parámetros químicos y bacteriológicos fueron medidos en las aguas de los ríos Ozama e Isabela de la ciudad de Santo Domingo, en el período comprendido entre octubre 1990 y abril 1991 Se determinó dureza del agua, pH; sólidos ...
Reefs from space : satellite imagery, marine ecology, and ethnography in the Dominican Republic
(1994)
Coral reef bleaching is an obvious indication that coastal marine ecosystems are being stressed. However, bleached reefs alone are poor indicators because they reflect the final stages of stress. This research project used ...
Conservation of biological diversity in the Dominican Republic
(1993)
The Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola has the highest degree of biological diversity in the Caribbean. The country's wildlife service (Departamento de Vida Silvestre) carried out investigations at ecosystem ...
Breeding season ecology and behavior of Ridgway's Hawk (Buteo ridgwayi)
(1981)
Ridgway's Hawk (Buteo ridgwayi) is endemic to Hispaniola and its satellites, where it occurs in a wide variety of habitats. We studied this hawk in the wet limestone karst forest of the Dominican Republic between January ...
Hypotheses for the Recent Hispaniolan spider fauna based on the Dominican Republic amber spider fauna
(1999)
The Dominican Republic amber fossil spider record is examined and hypotheses generated concerning the Recent Hispaniolan spider fauna which is, at present, poorly known. The families Cyrtaucheniidae, Microstigmatidae, ...
Caddis flies (Trichoptera) from the Dominican Republic (West Indies). II. All families except Hydroptilidae; with general observations for Hispaniola
(1996)
This is the second part of the results of a travel (1995) to the Dominican Republic devoted to study of Trichoptera. All families except Hydroptilidae are dealt with; 30 taxa were recognized, several new for Hispaniola or ...
Marine mammal captivity in the northeastern Caribbean, with notes on the rehabilitation of stranded whales, dolphins and manatees
(1998)
ABSTRACT. —Marine mammals have been of interest to zoos and aquaria since the middle of the eighteenth century. With increasingly successful captive maintenance since the 1960s, a greater demand for captive whales, dolphins, ...