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The Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean
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Proceedings of / Memorias de la 28th Scientific Meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean (AMLC) 28va Convención Científica de la Asociación de Laboratorios Marinos del Caribe (ALMC) Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia (CIMAR) Universidad de Costa Rica San José, Costa Rica 21-25 July 1997 |
Preface/Prefacio …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... | vii |
Description of CIMAR/Descripción del CIMAR ………………………………………………………………………………………………………... | viii |
CIMAR Personnel/Personal del CIMAR ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... | ix |
Program of the Meeting/Programa de la Reunión ………………………………………………………………………………………………………... | x |
Epifluorescencia en la nutrición de larvas de Strombus giga y Strombus pugilis (Mesogastropoda: Strombidae) …………………………………….. |
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Interconexión a nivel ciclónico-atmosférico entre el Caribe y el Pacifico centroamericanos ………………………………………………………….. |
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Modelo sintético del desarrollo larvario de Strombus pugilis (Mesogastropoda: Strombidae) ………………………………………………………….. |
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Las variaciones de la pendiente topográfica, un factor a considerar en la evaluación de la estructura de una comunidad arrecifal ……………………….. |
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Of reef fishes, overfishing and in situ observations of fish traps in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands …………………………………………………….. |
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The athecatae hydroids (Cnidaria-Hydrozoa) from northern Bahía, Brazil …………………………………………………………………………….. |
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Strategic planning for fisheries management in Puerto Rico …………………………………………………………………………………………….. |
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Estudio preliminar sobre la presencia de radionucleido en corales de Costa Rica ……………………………………………………………………….. |
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The effects of the 1995/1996 Western Atlantic coral bleaching event on the patch reefs around San Salvador Island, Bahamas ……………………….. |
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Relación simbiótica entre Entocladia endozoica (Ulvales) y Plexaura flexuosa (Gorgonacea: Plexauridae) …………………………………………….. |
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Biodiversity and spatial distribution of the Polychaeta (Annelida) communities in the sediment of an area of coral-algal buildups, northern coast of the state of Bahía, Brazil …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. |
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Salinity and temperature tolerances of the green and brown mussels, Perna viridis and Perna perna (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) …………………………….. |
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La ultraestructura de espermatozoides y su valor en la sistemática de Scleractinia (Cnideria: Anthozoa) ……………………………………………….. |
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Are large colonies a "key factor" in the dynamics of gorgonian populations? ………………………………………………………………………….. |
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Coral Diseases in the Caribbean
Enfermedades de Corales del Caribe |
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Epizoism: A new threat to coral health in Caribbean reefs ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. |
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Rapid spread of diseases in Caribbean coral reefs ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. |
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The significance of emerging diseases in the tropical coral reef ecosystem ……………………………………………………………………………….. |
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Coral disease outbreak in the Florida Keys: Plague Type II …………………………………………………………………………………………….. |
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Type II White Band disease …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. |
199 |
Response of sea fans to infection with Aspergilus sp. (Fungi) ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. |
205 |
Announcements/Anuncios ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... | 209 |