Caribbean Journal of Science
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VOL.48 NO.2/3, 2014 Articles: Spatial and temporal variability of Caribbean yellow band disease prevalence in Orbicella spp. Off La Parguera, Puerto Rico p.81 Soto-Santiago, F.J. and E. Weil Digital mapping of the coastline evolution of cocos bay (Manzanilla), Trinidad p.103 Darsan, J. Record of skunk, conepatus (Carnivora: Mephitidae) for Pleistocene-Holocene of northern South America p.117 Ruiz-Ramoni, D., A.D. Solorzano and A.D. Rincon Seasonal insectivory of the Antillean fruit-eating bat (Brachyphylla cavernarum) p.127 Lenoble, A., B. Angin, J.B. Huchet and A. Royer Effect of implanted PIT-Tags on growth, survival, and tag retention in the sea urchin Tripneustes ventricosus p.132 Rodriguez-Barreras, R. and J. Sonnenholzner Bird communities of contrasting secondary habitats of Bonaire, in the arid south eastern Caribbean p.138 Debrot, A.O., R.Bemmelen and J. Ligon A decade of Archiological research on Cariacou, Granadine Islands, West Indies p.151 Fitzpatrick, S.M., Q. Kaye, M. Kappers and C.M. Giovas NOTES: First record of the Caribbean green turtle (Chelonia Mydas) grazing on invasive seagrass (Halopila stilacea) p.162 Becking, L.E., T. Van Bussel, A.O. Debrot and M.J.A. Christianen
VOL.48 NO.1, 2014 Articles: Density of diadema antillarum (Echinodermata: Echinoidae) on live coral patch reefs and dead Acropora cervicornis rubble patches near loggerhead key, dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA p.1 Pomory, C.M., J.E. Wright, T.F. Dabruzzi, D. Howsden, L. O’Boyle, D. Beddick, W. Bretana, L. Onjukka, C. Somerset, and W.A. Bennett Seed removal by an introduced scatter-hoarder on a Caribbean Island p.9 Taylor, B., K. Ickes, and S.J. DeWalt Density, age structure, and length of queen conch (Strombus gigas) in shallow-water aggregations in the sapodilla Cayes marine reserve, Belize p.18 Cigliano J.A., and R.M. Kliman Regional variability in drought as a function of the Atlantic Multidecadal Scillation p.31 Elder, R.C., R.C. Balling, Jr., R.S. Cerveny, and D. Krahenbuhl Report of thecacineta calix (Ciliophora: Suctorea) as an epidiont of harpacticoid copepods from Caribbean mesophotic reefs p.44 Chatterjee T., G. Fernandez-Leborans, and N.V. Schizas NOTES: First record of the striped yellow-eared bat, vampyriscus nymphaea, (Stenodermatinae, Phyllostomidae) in Honduras p.49 Mora, J.M., L. Marineros, and L.I. Lopez Bait matrix flavor preference by mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) in Puerto Rico: implications for oral rabies vaccination p.52 Berentsen, A.R., S.R. Jhonson, and K.C. VerCauteren First stranding and sighting of the false killer whale (Pseudora crassidens) off Puerto Rico p.59 Merten, W., and G. Rodriguez-Ferrer Additions to the hypodigm of the extinct swan island hutia (Geocapromys thoracatus, Capromyidae; Rodentia) p.63 Tonge, S. Halophila stipulacea (Hydrocharitaceae): a recent introduction to the continental waters of Venezuela p.66 Vera, B., L. Collado-Vides, C. Moreno, and B.I. Van Tussenbroek Documenting manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) presence at Turneffe Atoll, Belize, Central America and its conservation significance p.71 Edwards, H.H., S.B.P. Stone, E.M. Hines, N.A. Gomez, and B.E. Winning Rapid procedure for separating high-lipid containing Chlorella sp. p.76 Bracero, V., W. Rosado, and N.S. Govind VOL.47 NO.2/3, 2013 Articles: Fossil echinoids from the upper Pliocene Hopegate formation of north central Jamaica p.125 Donovan, S.K. and R.W. Portell Composition among surface roots in a selectively-logged, semi-deciduous forest in southeastern Mexico- effects on seedlings of two species of contrasting shade tolerance p.140 Dickinson, M., D. Whigham Post-dispersal seed predation rates in Puerto Rico pasture p.153 Carlo, T.A., M.L. Flores-Mangual and M.A. Caraballo-Ortiz Marine mammals of the northeastern Caribbean windward Dutch islands: Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, and the Saba bank p.159 Adolphe O. Debrot, A. O., N. Esteban, T. Bervoets, P. C. Hoetjes and M. Scheidat Population genetics and reintroduction performance of solanum concarpum, an endemic shrub of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands p.173 Standford, A.M., G.J. Ray, V. Forbes, and L. Mustafa The trace fossil teredolites longissimus Kelly and Bromley, 1984, from the Eocene of Curacao p.181 Donovan, S.K. Discolored foraminifera around St. Kitts, eastern Caribbean Sea, and their environmental significance p.186 Wilson, B., J.I. Wilson, K. Orchard and J. Phillip A new list of Cuban crinoids (Echinodermata: Crinoidae) p.198 Rodriguez-Barreras, R. and C.G. Messing Thermal tolerance and metabolic responses of two damselfish species from a hyperthermic rockpool nursery in Dry Tortugas National Park, USA p.213 Dabruzzi, T.F., A.G. Jimenez, J.E. Speaks, S.R. Stoler, M.A. Sutton, C.M. Pomory and W.A. Bennett Vegetation communities on little Tobago Island, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Composition and abiotic and biotic controls on distribution p.220 Boodram, N. and M.P. Oathman Density and structure of a queen conch strombus gigas (Mollusca: Strombidae) population at Desembaro del Granma National Park, Cabo Cruz, Cuba p.242 Cala, Y.R., A. de Jesus-Navarrete, F. A. Ocana and J.J. Oliva-Rivera Home range, movement rates, and habitat use of queen conch, strombus gigas, in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands p.251 Doer, J.C. and R.L. Hill Preliminary investigation of pre-Columbian sites on the islands of mostique and union in the grenadines, West Indies p.260 Fitzpatrick, S.M., M. Kappers, M. Clark and J. Stone Visual-acoustic survey of cetaceans during a seismic study in the southeast Caribbean Sea, April-June 2004 p.273 Smultea, M.A., M. Holst, W.R. Koski, S. Stoltz Roi, A.J. Sayegh, C. Fossati, H.H. Goldstein, J. Beland, S. MacLean and S. Yin Fossil bats from the late Pleistocene Red Hills Road Cave, Jamaica p.284 Ouwendijk, M., L.W. van den Hoek Ostende and S.K. Donovan Status of mangrove forests in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies p.291 Juman, R. and D. Ramsewak The aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) of Jamaica, their hosts, predators, parasitoids and other associates p.305 Hall, T.A. and E. Garraway Defensive responses of neotropical harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones) to generalist invertibrates predators p.325 Cook, D.R., A.T. Smith, D.N.Proud, C. Vique and V.R. Townsend Jr. NOTES: First records of day roosts of the nectar-feeding bat lichonycter obscura (Phyllostomidae: Glossophaginae) p.335 Villalobos-Chaves, D., B. Rodriguez-Herrera and M. Tschapka Diet and sexual dimorphism in the curly-tailed lizard leiocephalus macropus (Sauria: Tropiduuridae) at yacabo Abajo, Guantanamo Province, Cuba p.339 Alfonso, Y.U., P. Charruau, L. Rodriguez Schettino and S. Munoz Riveaux Observations on the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) and sea surface swarns of crab megalopae in the Dutch Caribbean p.344 Debrot, A.O., R. de Leon, N. Esteban and H.W.G. Meesters Distribution of manatees and noise near a coastal power plant p.350 Tellechea, J.S., G. Roman-Buso and N. Martinez-Rivera First record of the family sternophoridae (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) from Cuba p.354 Barba-Diaz, R. Establishment of the Puerto Rico ground lizard (Ameiva exsul: Teiidae), on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands: a threat to native fauna p.360 Treglia, M.L., J. Valiulis, D. J. Leavitt and L.A. Fitzgerald BOOK REVIEWS: Puerto Rico’s birds in photographs. A complete guide and CD-ROM including the Virgin Islands p.366 Dove, C.J.
VOL.47 NO.1, 2013 Articles: Organochlorine pesticides in nest substratum and infertile eggs of American crocodiles (Reptilia, Crocodylidae) in a Mexican Caribbean atoll p.1 Pierre Charruau, P., Y. Henaut and T. Alvarez-Legorreta Habitat characterization, distribution, and areal extent of deep-sea coral ecosystems off Florida, Southeastern U.S.A. p.13 Reed, J. K., Charles Messing, B. K. Walker, S. Booke, T. B. S. Correa, M. Brouwer and T. Udouj Zooxanthellae presence acts as a settlement cue for aposymbiotic planulae of the Caribbean coral Montastraea faveolata p. 31 Size-class distribution of Australian pine (Casuarina equisetifolia L. ex J. R. & G. Forst.]) Beach populations on San Salvador Island, the Bahamas p.37 Rodgers, J. C. III Spatial distribution of orchid species in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico p.50 Brewster, L. B. and J. D. Ackerman Male-male interactions in the endangered hormerus swallowtail, papilio homerus p.57 Matthew S. Lehnert, M. S., T. C. Emmel and E. Garraway The yellow stingray, Urobatis jamaicensis (Chondrichthyes: Urotrygonidae): a synoptic review p.67 Spieler, R. E., D. P. Fahy, R. L. Sherman, J. A. Sulikowski and T. P.Quinn Gloiotrichus vermicuatus sp. Nov. (Liagoraceae, Rhodphyta), a new species from the Caribbean Sea p.98 Bucher, K. E., J. N. Norris and J. R. Sears NOTES: New plant records for Bonaire and the dutch Caribbean islands p.114 De Freitas, J. A. and A. C. Rojer Notes on the natural history of Harrisia portoricensis (Cactaceae): a general update including specific recommendations for management and conservation p. 118 Rojas-Sandoval, J. and E. Melendez-Ackerman
VOL.46 NO.2/3, 2010 Articles: Pleistocene decaped crustaceans of eastern Jamaica p.133 Collins, J.S.H. and S.K. Donovan The origins of the recently discovered hispaniolan olive-throated parakeet: a phylogeographic perpective on a conservation conundum p.143 Latta, S.C., A.K. Townsend and I.J. Lovette Is congener abundance related to vocal adjustments that minimize acoustic interference? p.150 Luther, D., M.A. Acevedo, M.I.Herrera Montes, A.R. Estrada and T.M. Aide Density compensation suggests interspecific competition is weak among terrestrial snails in tabonuco forest of Puerto Rico p.159 Bloch, C. P. and M.R.Willing Using digital photography and image analysis software to estimate the emergence of bat Tou Santi Cave, Dominica, West Indies p.169 Corso, A.E., J.B. Woolley and T.E. Lacher Jr. Modeling Caribbean tree heights and crown widths p.176 Brandeis, T.J. and K.C. Randolph Impact of coffee management practices on earthworm populations in Puerto Rico p.186 Amador, J.A., C.V. Ramos, M. Alfaro and D. Sotomayor-Ramirez Terrestrial tardigrade of the island of Barbados in the West Indies, with the description of milnesium barbadosense sp. N. (Eutardigrada: Apochela: Milnesiidae) p.194 Meyer, H.A. and J.G. Hinton Structural variability and species diversity of a dwarf Caribbean dry forest p.203 E. Cuevas, S. Molina, A. E. Lugo and O. Ramos Risk factors affecting escape behavior by the Jamaica lizard Anolis lineatopus (Polychrotidae, Squamata) p.216 Cooper Jr., W.E. The sea turtle barnacle, Chelonibia testudinaria (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha: Coronuloidea), from pre-Columbian deposits on San Salvador, Bahamas p.228 Blick, J.P., J.D.Zardus and D. Dvoracek Damage and recovery of forest structure and composition after two subsequent hurricanes in the Yucatan Peninsula p.240 Bonilla-Moheno, M. Reproductive assurance for a rewardless epiihytic orchid in Puerto Rico: Pleurothallis ruscifolia (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) p.249 CaraDonna, P.J. and J.D. Ackerman` Changes in landuse/landcover affect distribution and habitat of the land crab, Cardisoma guanhumi (Gecarcinidae, Decapoda) in two estuaries in Puerto Rico p.249 Govender, Y. and J.R. Thomlinson Mapping marine benthic habitats in Martinique (French West Indies) p.267 Legrand, H., P. Lenfant, I.S. Sotheran, R.L. Foster-Smith, R. Galzin and J-P. Marechal Response of populations of nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria to soil disturbance in different life zones of Puerto Rico p.283 Marcos, P. and G.A. Toranzos Late Holocene fauna from a cave deposit in Western Cuba: post-Columbian occurrence of the vampire bat Desmodus rotundus (Phyllostomidae: Desmodontinae) p.297 Orihuela, J. Notes on the marine algae of the international biosphere reserve seaflower, Caribbean Colombia II: diversity of drift algae in San Andres Island, Caribbean Colombia p.313 Ortiz, J. F. and B. Gavio Discovery of Xylosma buxifolia A. Gray (Flcourtiaceae) in Everglades National Park, Florida, USA p.322 Sadle, J. Two potential host plants and notes on the habitat of the Haitian tailed blue, Pseudochrysops bornoi (Comstock and Huntington 1943) (Lycaenidae, Lepidoptera) in Guanica, Puerto Rico, USA p.324 Homziak, J. and N. T. Homziak NOTES: Heliconia-hummingbird interactions in the Lesser Antilles: a geographic mosaic? p.328 Dalsgaard, B., A. Timmermann, A. M. Martin Gonzalez, J. M. Olesen, J. Ollerton and L. H. Andersen Scalation of the American crocodile, crocodylus acutus (Crocodylidae, Crocodilia), from the coastal zone of Northern Belize p.332 Platt, S. G., J. B. Thorbjarnarson and T. R. Rainwater New records of the Townsend angelfish (Holacanthus bermudensis X H. ciliaris hybrid) and range extension of the blue angelfish (H. bermudensis) in the Caribbean Sea p.339 Reyes-Bonilla, H., L. Alvarez-Filip and I. Sanchez-Alcantara Diet of the invasive Cuban Treefrog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) in pine Rockland and mangrove habitats in South Florida p.346 Glorioso, B. M., J. H. Waddle, M. E. Crockett, K. G. Rice and H. F. Percival
BOOK REVIEWS: Birdlife international (2008). Important bird areas in the Caribbean: key sites for conservation. Wege, D. and V. Anadon-Irizarry p.356 Delannoy, C. Guia de los Pastos Marinos Tropicales del Atlántico oeste/ a guide to the tropical seagrasses of the Western Alantic. Van Tussenbroek, B. I., M. G. Barba Santos, J. G. Ricardo Wong, J. K. van Dijk and M. Waycott. Illustrations by E. Esparza. 2010 p.357 Ballantine, D. L.
VOL.46 NO.1, 2010 Articles: Land snails from the late Pleistocene lithified sand dunes of great Pedro bluff, southwest Jamaica p.1 Donovan, S. K. and C. R. C. Paul Indicator taxa to assess anthropogenic impacts in Caribbean and Bahamas tidal creeks p.12 Layman, C. A., D. A. Arrington, P. A. Kramer, L. Valentine-Rose and C. P. Dahlgren A tidal depositional model for the Carolina and (Pliocene, Talparo Formation) of central Trinidad p.19 Wilson B. Preliminary assessment of a possible lemon shark nursery in the Turks & Caicos Islands, British West Indies p.29 Henderson, A. C., K. McClellan and M. Calosso A field guide to the cretaceous and Cenozoic fossil decapod crustacean localities of Jamaica p.39 Donovan, S. K. Spatio-temporal variation in seawater characteristics in a semi-enclosed bay in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands p.54 Horst, G. and P. J. Edmunds New records of bats from the British Virgin Islands p.64 Kwiecinski, G. G., J-P. Backle, K. C. Lindsay and H.H. Genoways Observations on morphology and the taxonomic affiliation of Coelothrix irregularis (Harv.) Borgesen (Rhodymenials, Rhodophyta) p.71 Lozada-Troche, C. and D. L. Ballantine An assessment of coral reefs in Tobago p.83 Mallela, J., R. Parkinson and O. Day Sexual dimorphism in the timing of flowering in two dioecious trees in a subtropical wet forest, Puerto Rico p.88 Forero-Montana, J. and J.K. Zimmerman Color variation in two neotropical species of Scutellini p.96 Cantrell, S. A. and R. T. Hanlin NOTES: New records for the bat fauna of Mona Island, Puerto Rico, with notes on their natural history p.102 Rodriguez-Duran, A. and E. Padilla-Rodriguez Preliminary survey on foraminiferal responses to pollutants in Torrecillas Lagoon Puerto Rico p.106 Martnez-Colon, M. and P. Hallock The importance of small wetlands for the conservation of the endemic Caribbean coot Fulica caribaea p.112 Nijman, V. A first survey of the spiders of Anguilla, West Indies, with comparative notes on St. Kitts and Nevis p. 116 Sewlal, J-A. N. and C. K. Starr Silica-scaled chrysophytes and heliozoan from the Caribbean Island of Dominica (Lesser Antilles) p.120 Wujek, D. E., B.A. Fritz and R. M. Dziedzic Notes on the first occurrence of Ceramium fujinum Barros-Barreto & Maggs (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Caribbean p.124 Moreira, A. R. and M. T. Fujii BOOK REVIEW: Cantos de Aves del Caribe: desde Puerto Rico hasta Granada, con las Bahamas, islas Caiman, e isla de San Andres / Caribbean bird song: Puerto Rico south to Grenada, with the Bahamas, Caymans, & San Andres. Oberle, M. W. 2008 p.127 Lewis, A. R.
VOL.45 NO.2/3, 2009 Articles: Introduction: coral reef ecosystem studies: integrating science and management in the Caribbean p.134 Appeldoorn, R.S., P.M. Yoshioka and D.L. Ballantine Spatial and temporal patterns in reef sediment accumulation and composition, southwestern insular shelf of Puerto Rico p.138 Hernandez, R., C. Sherman, E. Weil and P. Yoshioka Modern sedimentation in a mixed siliciclastic-carbonate coral reef environment, La Parguera, Puerto Rico p.151 Ryan-Mishkin, K., J. P. Walsh, D. R. Corbett, M. B. Dail and J. A. Nittrouer Spatial and temporal patterns of water quality indicators in reef systems of southwestern Puerto Rico p.168 Otero, E. Nutrient distribution across the insular shelf of La Parguera, Puerto Rico: assessment by algal tissue nitrogen p.181 Todd, B., D. L. Ballantine and E. Otero Chemical contamination in southwest Puerto Rico: a survey of contaminants in the coral Porites astreoides p.191 Pait, A. S., C. F. G. Jeffery, C. Caldow, D. R. Whitall, S. I. Hartman, A. L. Mason and J.D. Christensen Extensive coral morality in the US Virgin Islands in 2005/2006: a review of the evidence for synergy among thermal stress, coral bleaching and disease p.204 Rogers, C. S., E. Muller, T. Spitzack and J. Miller Variability of aspergillosis in Gorgonia ventalina in La Parguera, Puerto Rico p.215 Flynn, K. and E. Weil Temporal variability and impact of coral diseases and bleaching in La Parguera, Puerto Rico from 2003-2007 p.221 Weil, E., A. Croquer, I. Urreiztieta and E. Irizarry-Soto The distribution of herbivorous coral reef fishes within fore-reef habitats: the role of depth, light and rugosity p.247 Nemeth, M. and R. Appeldoorn Sediment transport and the distribution of shallow-water gorgonians p.254 Yoshioka, P. M. Dynamics of shelf edge coral reef-associated macroalgae at la Parguera, Puerto Rico p.260 Ruiz, H. and D. L. Ballantine Spatial and temporal variability in juvenile coral densities, survivorship and recruitment in La Parguer, southwestern Puerto Rico p.269 Irizarry-Soto, E. and E. Weil Nocturnal fish movement and trophic flow across habitat boundaries in coral reef ecosystem (SW Puerto Rico) p.282 Clark, R. D., S. Pittman, C. Caldow, J. Christensen, B. Roque, R. S. Appeldoorn and M. E. Monaco Movement of fishes (Grunts: Haemulidae) across the coral reef seascape: a review of scales, patterns and processes p.304 Appeldoor, R. S., A. Aguilar-Perera, B. L. K. Bouwmeester, G. D. Dennis, R. L. Hill, W. Merten, C. W. Recksiek and S. J. Williams A trophic model of the coral reef ecosystem of La Parguera, Puerto Rico: synthesizing fisheries and ecological data p.317 Guenette, S. and R. L. Hill Long-term monitoring of habitats and reef fish found inside and outside the U.S. Virgin Islands coral reef national monument: a comparative assessment p.338 Monaco, M. E., A. M. Friedlander, C. Caldow, S. D. Hile, C. Menza and R. H. Boulon Effects of a marine fishery reserve and habitat characteristics in the abundance and demography of the red hind grouper, Epinephelus guttatus p.348 Lopez-Rivera, M. M. and A. M. Sabat Coupling of humans, habitats and other species: a study of the fishers’ traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) in La Parguera p.363 C. Garcia-Quijano
VOL.45 NO.1, 2009 Articles: A new species of Cicadetta (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadidae) from hispaniola p.1 Sanborn, A. F. A new species of Trapania Pruvot-Fol, 1931 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia) from the Caribbean Sea with an analysis of its phylogenetic relationships p.8 Valdes, A. Raccoon (Proycon lotor) removal and the rapid colonization of the green iguana (Iguana iguana) on a public land in South Florida: a conservation opportunity for the Caribbean p.15 Meshaka, W. E. Jr., H. T. Smith, H. L. Cress, S. R. Sekscienski, W. R. Mapp, E. M. Cowan and J. A. Moore Paleontological implications of multiple genital pores in the apical system of Eucidaris tribuloides (Lamarck), recent of Jamaica p.20 Donovan, S. K. and D. N. Lewis Habitat use of raptors in response to anthropogenic land use on Bonaire and Curacao, Netherlands Antilles p.25 Nijman, V., J. Booij, M. Flikweert, M. Aliabadian, J. A. de Freitas, R. Vonk and T. G. Prins A revision pf the Venezuelan anoles II: redescription of Anolis sqamulatus Peters 1863 and Anolis tigrinus Peters 1863 (Reptilia: Polychrotidae) p.30 Ugueto, G. N., G. Rivas, T. Barros and E. N. Smith Tree species distributions in relation to stream distance in a mid-montane wet forest, Puerto Rico p.52 Scalley, T. H., T. A. Crowl and J. Thompson Growth rates of the tropical sea Urchins Tripneustes ventricosus and Lytechinus variegatus based on natural recruitment events p.64 Macia, S. and M. P. Robinson Skeletal correlates of body weight in the black-billed streamertail (Trochilus scitulus) of Jamaica p.69 Graves, G. R. On the taxonomic status of Oryzomys curasoae McFarlane and Debrot, 2001, (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) with remarks on the phylogenetic relationships of O. gorgasi Hershkovitz, 1971 p.73 Voss, R. S. and M. Weksler Size estimation, morphometrics, sex, ratio, sexual size dimorphism, and biomass of Morelet’s crocodile in northern Belize p.80 Platt, S. G., T. R. Rainwater, J. B. Thorbjarnarson, A. G. Finger, T. A. Anderson and S. T. McMurry Coral growth rates from the mid-holocene Canada honda fossil reef, Southwestern Dominican Republic: comparisons with modern counterparts in high sedimentation settings p.94 Cuevas, D. N., C. E. Sherman, W. Ramirez and D. K. Hubbard Temporal variation of early larval stages of the long-spined sea urchin diadema antillarum in La Pargurera, Puerto Rico p. 110 Williams, S. M., J. R. Garcia-Sais and J. Capella Molecular and Morphological characterization of rhodobacter sphaeroides bacteriophages from Puerto Rico p.118 Rojas-Duran, M. F., R. Vazquez and C. Rios-Velazquuez NOTES: Identification of bats in Puerto Rico using the scanning electron microscope to examine body hairs p.125 Schaetz, B. A., A. Kurta, A. Rodriguez-Dsuran, O. M. Munzer and R. Foster
VOL.44 NO.3, 2008 Articles: Miocene sharks in the kendeace and grand bay formations of carriacou, the Grenadines, Lesser Antilles p.279 R. W. Portell, G. Hubbell, S. K. Donovan, J. L. Green, D. A. T. Harper and R. Pickerill A fossil cranium of the Cuban Macaw Ara tricolor (Aves: Psittacidae) from Villa Clara Province, Cuba p.287 S. L. Olson, and W. Suarez Occurrence, diet and growth of juvenile blacktip sharks, carcharhinus limbatus, from Los Roques Archipelago National Park, Venezuela p.291 R. Tavares Notes on the marine Algae of the Bermudas. 10. Woelkerlingia sterreri sp. Nov. (Rhodophyta, Wrangeliaceae), a first record of the genus in the Western Atlantic p.303 C. W. Schneider and M. J. Wynne Conservation implicatios of the current breeding distribution and abundance of the white-crowned pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala at St. Croix, US Virgin Islands p.311 D. McNair Pharaxonotha portophylla (Coleoptera: Erotylidae), new species and pollinator of Zamia (Zamiaceae) in Puerto Rico p.321 N. Franz and P. D. Skelley A retrospective analysis and comparative study of stony coral assemblages in Biscayne National Park, FL (1977-2000) p.334 J. Dupont, W. C. Jaap and P. Hallock Changes in the coral reef community of southwest Puerto Rico 1995 to 2005 p.345 A. McGehee The life history of helminthora anomala (Nemaliales, Rodophyta) in culture p.355 S. Velez Seasonal variations in grazing of the copepod Eucalanus subtenuis in the continental shelf of the south central Caribbean Sea, Colombia p.361 A. Franco-Herrera and L. Castro Blood characteristics, heart mass, and wing morphology of Antillean bats p.375 A. Rodriguez-Duran and E. Padilla-Rodriguez Longitudinal changes in benthic community composition in four neotropical streams p.380 D. Turner, D. D. Williams and M. Alkins-Koo Forest structure and tree species composition of the Grand Etang forest on Grenada, West Indies, pre-Hurricane Ivan p.395 M. E. Glenn and K. J. Bensen Bird community dynamics and habitat associations in karst, mangrove and Pterocarpus forest fragments in an urban zone in Puerto Rico p.402 M. A. Acevedo and T. M. Aide NOTES: Naturalization of Dalechampia scandens in southern Florida p.417 R. Pemberton and H. Liu Report of the rare green alga Penicillus dumetosus f. expansus borgesen from Cuba and the Bahamas p.419 M. J. Wynne Survival, dispersal, and home range of headstarted Jamaican Iguanas, Cyclura collie p.423 D. S. Lewis, P. Vogel and B. S. Wilson ERRATUM: Erratum for Caribbean journal of science 43(2): 200-219 426
VOL.44 NO.2, 2008 Articles: Coral reef fish benthic community structure of Bonaire and curacao, Netherlands Antilles p.137 Sandin, S.A., E.M. Sampayo and M.J.A. Vermeij Self-compatibility of microgametophytes in Heliconia bihai (Heliconiaceae) from St. Lucia p.145 Melendez-Ackerman, E., J. Rojas-Sandoval and S. Planas Dwarf forest recovery after disturbances in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico p.150 Weaver, P. L. Abortion and predispersal seed predation in the American Proteaceae Roupala Montana Aubl p.164 Raimundez-Urrutia, E, Land cover and forest formation disributions for St. Eustatuis, Grenada and Barbados from decision tree classification of cloud-cleared satellite imagery p.175 Helmer, E. H., T. Kennaway, D. Pedreros, M. Clark, H. Marcano, L. Tieszen, T. Ruzycki, S. Schill and S. Carrington Diet of feral goats in Mona Island Reserve, Puerto Rico p.199 Records of coprophilus fungi from the Lesser Antilles and Puerto Rico p.206 Richardson, M. J. New evidence of Ara autochthones from an archeological site in Puerto Rico: a valid species of West Indian macaw ofunknow geographical origin (Aves: Psittacidae) p.215 Olson, S. L. and E. J. Maiz Lopez The ecological importance of a recently discovered intertidal sabellariid reef in St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands p.223 McCarthhy, D. A., P. Kramer, J. R. Price and C. L. Donato Benthonic foraminiferal paleoecology indicates an oxygen minimum zone and an allochthonous, inner neritic assemblage in the Brasso formation (Middle Miocene) at St. Fabien Quarry, Trinidad, West Indies p.228 Wilson, B. Growth of Pinus caribaea hondurensis relative to spacing and trunk diameter on two soils in Puerto Rico p.236 Wadsworth, F. NOTES: Paleo-channel or sinkhole? Reinterpretation of an enigmatic structure near discovery bay, north central Jamaica p.242 Stemann, T. A. and S. K. Donovan Avifauna and human disturbance observations on Navassa Island p.246 Earsom, S. D., C. Lombard, J. Schwagerl, J. P. Oland, and L. Miranda-Castro Invasive Anolis sagrei on St. Vincent and its potential impact on perch heights of Anolis trinitatis p.251 Tregalia, M. L., A. J. Muensch, R. Powell and J. S. Parmerlee Observations of Frugivory in Phylloderma stenops (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) p.257 York, H. A. A description of the tadpole of Mannophryne olmonae (Anura: Aromobatidae) p.260 Lehtinen, R. M. and A. Hailey Coexistence of feral Africanized and European honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae) on St. Croix Island p.264 Rivera-Marchand, B., J. Keularts, D. Oskay and T. Giray Differential salt deposition and excretion on leaves of Avicennia germinans mangroves p.267 Griffiths, M. E., R. D. Rotjan and G. S. Ellmore
VOL.44 NO.1, 2008 Articles: Host selectivity of a 40kDa phytotoxic extract FROM colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Phyllachoraceae) on yam Diosiorea alata (Dioscoreace) p.1 Angela T. Alleyne and Leonard W. O’Garro Sex role differentiation in brood defense by a Nicaraguan cichlid fish, Amphilopus xiloanensi p.13 K. R. McKaye and B. A. Murry Were they used as tools? An exploratory functional study of abraded potsherds from Pre-Columbian Caribbean sites p.21 Annelou van Gijn and Corinne L. Hofman Root proliferation and nutrient limitations in a Nicaraguan Rain Forest p.36 Brent C. Blair and Ivette Perfecto The earliest evidence of ostionoid maize agriculture from the interior of Hispaniola p.43 Chad S. Lane, Sally P. Horn, Kenneth H. Orvis and Claudia I. Mora A floristic description of a neotropical coastal savanna in Beliz p.53 Frank T. Farruggia, M. Henry, H. Stevens, and Michael A. Vincent Status of the least grebe Tachybatus Dominicus in the United States Virgin Islands p.70 Douglas McNair, Lisa D. Yntema and Floyd E. Hayes Substratum effects on the growth and survivorship of the sponge desmapsamma anchorata p.83 Elizabeth L. Mclean and Paul M. Yoshioka Addictive partitioning of reef fish diversity across multiple spatial scales p.90 Fabaian A. Rodriguez-Zaragova and Jesus E. Arias-Gonzales Anoles of St. Vincent (Squamata: Polychrotidae): population densities and structural habitat use p.102 Jessica L. Hite, Carlos A. Rodriguez Gomes, Samantha C. Larimer, Alondra M. Diaz-Lameiro and Robert Powell The volcaniclastic turbidites of the Grand Bay Formation, Carriacou, Grenadines, Lesser Antilles p.116 Trevor A. Jackson, Peter W. Scott, Stephen K. Donovan, Ron K. Pickerill, Roger W. Portell and David A. T. Harper
VOL.43 NO.2, 2007 Articles: Development of a landforms model for Puerto Rico and its application for land cover change analysis p.161 Sebastian Martnuzzi, William A. Gould, Olga M. Ramos Gonazlez and Brook E. Edwards Microbial utilization of toxic chemicals in surface waters of Guayanilla Bay, Puerto Rico: impact of seasonal variation p.172 Nydia J. Rodriguez, Arturo Massol, Syed H. Imam and Baqay R. Zaidi Recent Ostracoda of the coconut and Mahogany fields, offshore SE Trinidad p.18 Brent Wilson The extant botanical collections and nomenclatural types of Agustin stahl, Puerto Rican Botanist p.189 Pedro Acevedo-Rodriguez Ecophysiology of a mangrove forest in Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico p.200 Ariel E. Lugo, Ernesto Medina, Elvira Cuevas, Gilberto Cintron, Eddie N. Laboy Nieves and Yara Schaeffer Novelli Stoneflies (Plecoptera: Perlidae) of Nicaragua p.220 Stefano Fenoglio Sedimentary development of coral bay, St. John, USVI: a shift from natural to anthropogenic influences p.226 Gregg R. Brooks, barry Devine, Rebekka A. Larson and Bryan P. Rood Changes in ant species richness and composition during plant secondary succession in Puerto Rico p.244 K. Osorio-Perez, M. F. barberena-Arias and T. M. Aide Fruit consumption by birds and bats on two species of columnar cacti in a semi-arid Andean enclave of Venezuela p.254 Carlos Rengifo G., Maria Elena Naranjo and Pascual J. Soriano Distributional comments on the teiid lizards (Squamata: Teiidae) of florida with a key to species p.260 Catherine A. Smith and Kenneth L. Krysko Diurnal and seasonal patterns in Corticosterone in the turks abd caicos iguana (Cyclura carinata carinata) p.266 E. A. MacDonald, N. M. Czekala, G. P. Gerber and A. C. Alberts NOTES: First report of a quaternary crocodilian from a cave deposit in Northern Puerto Rico p.273 Jorge Velez-Juarbe and Thomas E. Miller Acute toxicity of Endosulfan to three freshwater snails in Jamaica p.277 Margelette Ellis-Tabanor and Eric J. Hyslop H. L. ‘Hal’ Dixon (1941-2005) and the fossil echinoids of Jamaica p.279 Stephen K. Donovan Orb-weaving spider, Argiope savignyi (Araneidae), predation on the proboscis bat Rhynchonycteris naso (Emballonuridae p.282 Robert M. Timm and Mauricio Losilla
VOL.43 NO.1, 2007 New species of Hedruris (Nematoda: Hedruridae), Anuracanthorhynchus lutzi (Hamann, 1891) n. comb. And other helminths in Lithobates warszewitschii (Anura: Ranidae) from Costa Rica p.1 Charles R. Bursey and Stephen R. Goldberg Prehistoric settlement patterns on St. Vincent, West Indies p.11 Richard T. Calllaghan Diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) and Dinoflagellate Cysts (Dinophyceae) from rookery Bay, Florida, U.S.A. p.23 Holger Cremer, Francesca Sangiorgi, Friederike Warner-Cremer, Vicki McGee, Andre F. Lotter and Henk Visscher Rare borings in Pleistocene brachiopods from Jamaica and Barbados p.59 Stephen R. Goldbery and Charles R. Bursey Activity patterns and foraging behavior of the endangered Grand Cayman Blue Iguana, cyclura lewisi p.73 Rachel M. Goodman Blood parasites in birds from the lowlands of Northern Colombia p.87 Aurora Londono, Paulo C. Pulgarin-R, and Silvia Blair Prehistoric sloth extinctions in Cuba: implications of a new “Last” appearance date p.94 R. D. E. MacPhee, M. A. Iturralde-Vinent, and Osvaldo Jimenez Vazquez A rigorous assessment of the avifauna of a small Caribbean island: a case study in Anegada, British Virgin Islands p.99 Andrew McGowan, Nancy K. Woodfield, Geoff Hilton, Annette C. Broderick, and Brendan J. Godley Chewing lice (Phthiraptera from ovenbirds, leaftossers and woodcreepers (Passeriformes: Furnariidae: Furnariinae, Sclerurinae, Dendrocolaptinae) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of four new species of the genera rallicola and myrsidea p.117 Oldrich Sychra, Ivan Literak, Miroslav Capek, Martin HavliCek Meiofaunal colonization of decaying leaves of the Red Mangrove Rhizophora mangle, in Southwestern Puerto Rico p.127 Hernan Torres-Pratts and Nikolaos V. Schizas
VOL.42 NO.3, 2006
Editorial: earthworms as invasive species in Latin America- the 2nd Latin America meeting on Oligichaeta (Earthworm) ecology and taxomony p.281 Grizelle Gonzalez Review of the distribution of exotic earthworms (Annelida, Oligochaeta) in Argentina and confirmed examples of their introduction p.285 Catalina C. Mischis, and Julio A. Herrera Exotic and native earthworm in various land use systems of central, southern and eastern Uruguay p.294 Enzo Grosso, Gabriella Jorge, and George G. Brown Earthworm communities in forest and pastures of the Colombian Andes p.301 Comparisons of earthworm community structure between an active pasture and an adjacent tropical wet forest in Puerto Rico p. 311 Xiaoming Zou, Barbara Arandes-Perez, David Capo-Ramos, Jessica Gutierrez-Santiago, and Mirla Rosario-Santiago Earthworms in Agro-ecosystems of Uruguay p.315 M. S. Zerbino, C. Rodriguez, and N. Altier Preliminary estimate of earthworm abundance and species richness in Spathodea campanulata Beauv. Forests in Northern Puerto Rico p.325 Ariel E. Lugo, Oscar J. Abelleira, Sonia Borges, Lauren J. Colon, Syndi Melendez, and Mariela A. Rodriguez Earthworm diversity in four land use systems in the region of Jaguapita, Parana State, Brazil p.331 Daiane H. Nunes, Amarildo Pasini, Norton Polo Benito, and George G. Brown Exotic, peregrine, and invasive earthworms in Brazil: diversity, distribution, and effects on soils and plants p.339 George G. Brown, Samuel W. James, Amarildo Pasini, Daiane H. Nunes, Norton P. Benito, Priscila Trigo Martins, and Klaus D. Sautter Presence of exotic and native earthworms in principal agro and natural systems in central and Southeastern Tabasco, Mexico p.359 Esperanza Huerta, Carlos E. Fragoso, J. Rodriguez-Olan, I. Evia-Castillo, E. Montejo-Meneses, M. De La Cruz-Mondragon, and R. Garcia-Hernandez A first survey of earthworms of Bosque Del Pueblo, Puerto Rico p.366 Sonia Borges, Monica Alfaro, Sandra Maldonado, and Ariel Santiago A fluorescent marking and re-count technique using the invasive earthworm, Pontoscolex corethrurus (Annelida: Oligochaeta) p.371 Grizelle Gonzalez, Elianid Espinosa, Zhigang Liu, and Xiaoming Zou Differences between epigeic earthworm populations in tank bromeliads from Puerto Rico and Dominica p.380 Barbara A. Richardson, Sonia Borges, and Michael J. Richardson The re-colonization ability of native earthworm, Estherella spp., in Puerto Rican forests and pastures p. 386 Ching-Yu Huang, Grizelle Gonzalez, and Paul F. Hendix
VOL.42 NO.2, 2006 Articles: Microbial surface-water quality of the Rio Grande De Anasco Watershed, Puerto Rico p.151 David Sotomayor-Ramirez, Myrna Alameda, Gustavo A. Martinez, Luis Perez-Algeria, and Ronald Corvera-Gomringer New species of Aplectana (Nematoda:Cosmocercidae) and Mesocoelium monas (Digenea:Brachycoeliidae) in Lepidophyma flavimaculatum (Squamata:Xantusiidae) from Costa Rica p.164 Charles R. Bursey, Stephen R. Goldberg, and Sam R. Telford, Jr. Allometric growth in Creaseria morleyi (Creaser, 1936) (Decapoda:Palaemonidae), from the Yucatan Penisula, mexico p.171 Alejandro Botello and Fernando Alvarez Island-specific responses of Bahamian Benthic Flora to Environmental features p.180 Vanessa L. Nero and Kathleen Sullivan Sealey Habitat use, Social behavior, and female and male size distributions of juvenile midas cichlids, amphilophus cf. citrinellus, in Lake Apoyo, Nicaragua p.197 Ronald G. Oldfield, Jeffery McCrary, and Kenneth R.McKaye Two new species of amphisbaena (Reptilia: Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti p.208 Richard Thomas and S. Blair Hedges Use of waterbird abundance for saline wetland site prioritization on St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands p.220 Douglas B.McNair, Lisa D. Yntema, and Carol Cramer-Burke Mass density assessment: comparison of three methods using Oikopleura dioica (Appendicularia as a model system p.231 Xavier Chippa-Carrar, Rodolfo Rioja-Nieto, and Maite Mascaro NOTES Where have all the sponges gone? The significance of spicules from the upper plicene hopegate formation of Jamaica p.239 Stephen K. Donovan and Thomas A. Stemann Montagnea arenaria (Agrariceae, Basidiomycota), a new record for Puerto Rico p.243 Angel M.Nieves-Rivera and mary Catherine Aime A new species of boring sponge from the white limestone group, Jamaica p.246 Donovan J. Blissett, Ron K. Pickerill, and J. Keith Rigby Structural Stabilization of a large Montastrea faveolata (Ellis and Solander, 1786) Colony damaged by Vessel impact p.250 J.Harold Hudson and Erik C. Franklin A zygopine weevil in early Miocene Amber from the Dominican Republic (Coleoptera:Curculionidae) p.253 Steven R. Davis and Michael S. Engel Trypoxylon (Hymenoptera:Crabronidae) in Tobago, West Indies p.256 Allan W. Hook, and Christopher K. Starr First record of Torpedo andersoni Bullis, 1962 (Elasmobranchii: Torpediniformes) in the Western Caribbean Region of Colombia p.259 Andres Felipe Navia, Paola Andrea Mejia-Falla, Julian Alejandro Caicedo, and Marcelo R. De Carvalho Occurrence of juvenile Nassau Grouper, Epinephelus striatus (Teleostei: Serranidae), off Mona Island, Puerto Rico: Considerations of Recruitment potential p.261 Alfonso Aguilar-Perera, Michelle Scharer, and Michael Nemeth
VOL.42 NO.1, 2006 Articles: Archaic influences in the origins and development of taino societies p.1 William F. Keegan Prehistoric exploitation of the swamp palm (Raphia taedigera: Arecaceae) at Sitio Drago, Isla Colon, Bocas Del Toro Province Panama p. 11 Thomas A. Wake The environmental significance of Archaias angulatus (Miliolida, Foraminifera) in sediments around Nevis, West Indies p.20 Brent Wilson Plankton dynamics in the South-Central Caribbean Sea: strong seasonal changes in a Coastal tropical system p.24 A checklist and seasonal account of the Deepwater Rhodophyta around Cozumel Island on the Caribbean Coast of Mexico p.39 Luz Elena Mateo-Cid, A. Catalina Mendoza-Gonzalez, and Richard B. Searles Phytosociology of vascular plants on an International Biosphere Reserve: Virgin Islands National Park, St. John, US Virgin Islands p.53 Sonja N. Oswalt, Thomas J. Brandeis, and Britta P. Dimick Vegetation response to grazing and planting of Leucaena leucocephala in a Urochloa maximum-dominated Grassland in Puerto Rico p.67 John K. Francis and John A. Parrotta Flower phenology and sexual maturation: partial protandrous behavior in three species of Orchids p.75 Raymond L. Trembly, Grizel Pomales-Hernandez and Maria De Loures Mendez-Cintron Effects of hurricane Georges on the resident avifauna of Maricao State Forest, Puerto Rico p.81 Adrianne G. Tossas The herpetofauna of the rainforests of Honduras p.88 Larry D. Wilson and Josiah H. Townsend Echolocation behavior of Brachyphylla nana (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) under laboratory conditions p. 114 Silvio macias, Emanuel C. Mora, Adianez Garcia, and Yarelys Macias The echolocation repertoire of Eptesicus fuscus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Cuba p.121 Annia Rodriguez and Emanuel C. Mora NOTES Geographic Distribution and some taxonomic comments of Micronycteris schmidtorum Sanborn (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Mexico p.129 Enrique Escobedo-Cabrera, Livia Leon-Paniagua and Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales Northeastern Honduras and the systematics of the Colubrid Snake Scaphiodontophis p.136 James R. McCranie Site Fidelity and movement of the parrotfishes scarus coeruleus and scarus taeniopterus at Conch reef (northern Florida Keys) p.138 James Lindholm Ashley knight, Les Kaufman, and Steven Miller Length and Asymmetry in naturally and sexually selected bilateral traits in Mellisuga hummingbird’s p.144 Michael haley BOOK REVIEW Caribbean paleodemography: population, culture history, and sociopolitical processes in ancient Puerto Rico p.147 By L. Antonio Curet. Reviewed by Michelle J. LeFebvre Errata p.149
VOL.41 NO.4, 2005 Articles: A new species of Gonatodes (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the West Indies p.709 Robert Powell and Robert W. Henderson Shore fishes from Islands of the Mona Passage, Greater Antilles with comments on their Zoogeography p.716 George D. Dennis, William F. Smith-Vaniz, Patrick L. Colin, Dannie A. Hensley, and M. Angela McGhee Bats of St. Kitts (St. Christoper0, Northern Lesser Antilles, with comments regarding capture rates of neotropical bats p.744 Scott C. Pedersen, Hugh H. Genoways, Mathew N. Morton, Gary G. Kwiecinski, and Sian E. Courts Taxonomic status of the Cuban vampire bat (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae: Desmodontinae: Desmodus) p.761 William Suarez Fossil Bat (Mammalia: Chiroptera) remains from Inciarte Tar Pit, Sierra De Perija, Venezuela p.768 Nicholas J. Czaplewski, Ascanio D. Rincon, and Gary S. Morgan The late lower Albian invertebrate’s fauna of the Rio hatillo formation of Pueblo Viejo, Dominican Republic p.782 Ryszard Myczynski and Manuel Iturralde-Vinent Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and Paleo-Ecology of the Brasso formation (Middle Miocene) at S.t Fabien Quarry, Trinidad, West Indies p.797 Brent Wilson The mystrery of Dos Bocas Reservoir, Puerto Rico: explaining extreme spatial heterogeneity in Largemouth Bass Distribution p.804 J. Wesley Neal, Nathan M. Bacheler, Richard L. Noble, Damian Shea, and W. Gregory Cope Impact of a white plague-II outbreak on a Coral Reef in the Archipelago Los RoquesNational Park, Venezuela p.815 A.Croquer, E.Weil, A.L. Zubillaga and S.m. Pauls Larva development of pachycheles pilosus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Porcellanidae) under laboratory conditions p.824 Marianela Pinate, Carlos Lira, and Gonzalo Hernandez Helminthora anomala sp. Nov. (Liagoraceae, Rhodophyta) from Puerto Rico p.834 S.M. Velez and R. M. Vega Bark Volume Determination of Bursera simaruba in Belize p.843 Daniel E. Atha, Leopoldo Romero, and Todd Forrest Notes: Plant diversity in endemic pine forests of pinus occidentalis Sw. in the Nizao Basin, Dominican Republic p.849 Andrea Pena Cornielle and Miren Onaindia Oladle A non-toxic scanning electron microscopy method to study the reproductive structures of Agaricales using sample fixation in the field p.857 Giovanni J. Lopez and Carlos Rios-Velazquez Recent observations of masked duck (Nomonyx dominica) in the Caribbean p.861 Jack C. Eitniear and Sergio Colon Lopez Surveys and breeding biology of Buteo ridgwayi (Ridway’s Hawk) in Los Haitises, Dominican Republic p.864 Russell Thorstrom, Jesus Almonte, SDamuel Balbuena De La Rosa, Pedro Rodriguez, and Eladio Fernandez VOL.41 NO.3 2005 Articles: Ecological monitoring and biodiversity surveys at the Smithsonian tropical research institute’s Bocas del Toro Research Station p.367 R. Collin An introduction to the geology of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama p.374 A.G. Coates, D. F. McNeill, M-P. Aubry, W. A. Berggen, and L. S. Collins Water temperature variation and the meteorological and hydrographic environment of Bocas del Toro, Panama p.392 K. W. Kaufmann and R. C. Thompson The effect of fresh water runoff on the distribution of dissolved inorganic nutrients and plankton in the Bocas Del Toro Archipelago, Caribbean Panama p.414 L. D’Croz, J. B. Del Rosario, and P. Gondola A site description of the CARICOMP Mangrove. Seagrass and coral reef sites in Bocas Del Toro, Panama p.430 H. M. Guzman, P. A. G. Barnes, C. E. Lovelock, and I. C. Feller Lagoon scale processes in a coastally influenced Caribbean system: implications for the seagrass Thalassia testudinum p.441 T. J. B. Carruthers, P. A. G. Barnes, G. E. Jacome, and J. W. Fourqurean Variation in mangrove forest structure and sediment characteristics in Bocas Del Toro, Panama p.456 C. E. Lovelock, I. C. Feller, K. L. McKee, and R. Thompson Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas Del Toro Region, Panama p.465 M. C. Diaz Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from shallow-water environments along the Caribbean coast of Panama p.476 D. R. Calder and L. Kirkendale Caribbean shallow-water black corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) p.492 D. M. Opresko and J. A. Sanchez A field key to the identification of tropical Western Alantic Zooxanthellate Octocorals (Octocorallia: Cnidaria) p.508 J. A. Sanchez and H. H. Wirshing Sipuncula (Peanut Worms) from Bocas Del Toro, Panama p.523 A.Schulze Three new species of Micrura (Nemertea: Heteronemertea) and a new type of Heteronemertean larva from the Caribbean Sea p.528 M. L. Schwartz and J. L. Norenburg Review of the western atlantic porcellanidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) with new records, systematic observations, and comments on Biogeography p.544 I.T. Rodriguez, G.Herandez, and D.L. Felder Two new Brittle star species of the Genus Ophiothrix (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiotrichidae) from coral reefs in the South Caribbean Sea, with notes on their biology p.583 G. Hendler Ascidians from Bocas Del Toro, Panama. I. Biodiversity p. 600 R.M. Rocha, S.B. Faria, and T.R. Moreno Reef fish community structure in Bocas Del Toro (Caribbean, Panama): gradients in habitat complexity and exposer p.613 A, Dominici-Arosemena and M.Wolff Photographic identification guide to some common marine invertebrates of Bocas Del Toro, Panama p.638 R.Collin, M.C. Diaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sanchez, A. Schulze, M. Schwartz, and A. Valdes
VOL.40 NO.2 2004 Articles: Illegal extraction of forest products in Laguna de Apoyo nature reserve, Nicaragua p.169 J. K. McCrary, A. L. Hammett, M. E. Barany, H. E. Machado, D. J. Garcia, and J. I. Barrios The occurrence of neogoniolithon fosliei (Heydrich) Setchell et Mason in the Mexican Caribbean and the relationship of the species to N. solubile (Foslie et Howe) Setchell et Mason (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) p.182 Luz Elena Mateo-Cid and Francisco F. Pedroche Development of Cerithiopsis gemmulosum (Gastropoda: Cerithiopsidae) from Bocas Del Toro, panama p.192 Rachel Collin Revision of species of Cyclura nubile lewisi, the Grand Cayman Blue Iguana p.198 Frederic J. Burton A quarterly century of variation in color and allometric characteristics of eggs from a rain forest population of the pearly-eyed thrasher (Margarops fuscatus) p.204 Wayne J. Arendt Cytogenetic characterization of Thalassophryne maculosa Gunter, 1861 (Pisces: Batrachoididae) from Margarita Island, Venezuela p.218 M. Nirchio, A. S. Fenocchio, A. C. Swarca, A. L. Dias, L. Guiliano-Caetano, E. Ron, J.I. Gaviria and J. E. Perez Reproduction of a landlocked Diadromous fish population: bigmouth sleepers Gobiomorus dormitory in a reservoir in Puerto Rico p.223 Nathan M. Bacheler, J. Wesley Neal and Richard L. Noble Degree of fragmentation affects fish assemblage structure in Andros Island (Bahamas) Estuaries p. 232 Craig A. Layman, D. Albery Arrington, R. Brian Langerhans, and Brian Reed Silliman Diurnal stream drift of Benthic Macroinvertebrates on the small oceanic Island of Dominica, West Indies p.245 David Bass NOTES Small-scale macroinvertebrates distribution in a riffle of a neotropical rainforest stream (Rio Bartola, Nicaragua) p.253 S. Fenoglio, T. Bo and M. Cucco Population densities of diadema antillarum Philippi (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) at Cahuita National Park (1977-2003), Costa Rica p.257 Juan Jose Alvarado, Jorge Cortes and Eva Salas A new breeding population of Oxyura jamaicensis (Ruddy Duck) on St. Martin, Lesser Antilles p.259 Adam C. Brown and Natalia Collier Communal nesting site in the snake Liophis juliae in Dominica, West Indies p.263 Arlington James and Robert W. Henderson Diurnal refugia and novel ecological attributes of the Bahamian Boa, Epicrates striatus fowleri (Boidae) p.265 Charles R. Knapp and Audrey K. Owens Correlation among dorsal body, Iris and tongue color in a local population of treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) on Grenada, Lesser Antillies p.270 Robert W. Henderson The occurrence of Stemonitis splendens (Myxomycota: Stemonitales) on Rhizophora mangle p.273 Angel M. Nieves-Rivera and Steven L. Stephenson Structural Control on Cave development in Cretaceous Limestone, Southern Puerto Rico p.276 Thomas E. Miller