Dear Marmam community,
We are excited to share the news that the special issue on Aquatic Mammals of
Central America has been published by the Revista de Biologia Tropical. The
special issue includes 15 contributions represented by country as follows:
Belize = 1, Guatemala = 4, El Salvador = 1, Nicaragua = 1, Costa Rica = 3,
Panama = 4, and one regional paper that includes Central America, Mexico, and
the United States. Of these 15 publications, 13 involved Central American
researchers as primary authors or co-authors, and 12 were lead-authored by
women. You can access the special issue in the following link:
https://doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71iS4.2023
The list of articles and corresponding links are included below.
Happy reading!
Ester Quintana-Rizzo, Ph.D. and Laura May-Collado, Ph.D.
Laura J. May-Collado, Ester Quintana-Rizzo
Prologue: Thirty Years of Aquatic Mammal Research in Central America
https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/57294/57778
Heat loss or heat uptake? Skin temperature in Antillean manatees
(Trichechus manatus manatus, Sirenia: Trichechidae) in Belize
Nicola Erdsack, Jamal A. Galves, James E. Powell
https://doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71iS4.57272
Long-term spatiotemporal distribution, abundance, and priority areas for
manatees and calves (Trichechus manatus Sirenia: Trichechidae) in Guatemala
Ester Quintana-Rizzo, Oscar Machuca-Coronado, Heidy Amely Garcia
https://doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71iS4.57273
Characteristics and spatial identification of Antillean manatee
(Trichechus manatus manatus Sirenia: Trichechidae) strandings in Guatemala
Oscar Machuca-Coronado, Ester Quintana-Rizzo, Tannia Sandoval, M. Fabiola
Corona-Figueroa, Heidy Amely Garcia
https://doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71iS4.57274
Initial characterization of mitochondrial DNA control region haplotypes of
the Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus, Sirenia:Trichechidae) in
Guatemala
Grecia Mendez, Susan Carney, Heidy Amelia Garcia, Ester Quintana-Rizzo
https://doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71iS4.57278
Southern Hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)
(Artiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) singing activity at Caño Island Biological
Reserve, Costa Rica before, during, and after COVID-19 lockdowns
Laura J. May-Collado, Sawyer Bottoms, Grace Durant, Jose David
Palacios-Alfaro, Juan Jose Alvarado
https://doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71iS4.57280
First song description of the humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae
(Balaenopteridae: Artiodactyla), breeding off Nicaragua
Joelle De Weerdt, Divna Djokic, Renata S. Sousa-Lima, Federica Pace
https://doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71iS4.57281
Migratory destinations of endangered humpback whales, Megaptera
novaeangliae (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae), from El Salvador
Nicola Ransome, Melvin G. Castaneda, Ted Cheeseman, John Calambokidis,
Fred Sharpe
https://doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71iS4.57283
Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni brydei, Artiodactyla: Balaenopteridae)
aggregation area in the Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama
Kristin Rasmussen, Daniel M. Palacios
https://doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71iS4.57284
False killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens Cetacea: Delphinidae) along the
Pacific coast of Central America and Mexico: Long-term movements, association
patterns and assessment of fishery interactions
Annie B. Douglas, Frank Garita Alpízar, Alejandro Acevedo-Gutiérrez, Sabre
D. Mahaffy, Kristin Rasmussen, Ester Quintana-Rizzo, Joëlle De Weerdt, Daniel
M. Palacios, Damián Martínez-Fernández, Camila Lazcano-Pacheco, Christian
Daniel Ortega Ortiz, Nicola Ransome, Astrid Frisch-Jordán, Francisco
Villegas-Zurita, John Calambokidis, Robin W. Baird
https://doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71iS4.57189
More pieces for the puzzle: novel information on the genetic diversity and
population structure of Steno bredanensis (Artiodactyla: Delphinidae) in
Central America and the Caribbean Sea
Dalia C. Barragán-Barrera, Camilo A. Correa-Cárdenas, María Alejandra
Duarte-Fajardo, Lissette Trejos Lasso, Betzi Pérez-Ortega, Shakira G.
Quiñones-Lebrón, Antonio A. Mignucci-Giannoni, José Julio Casas, Roberto
Santamaria Valverde, Nohelia Farías-Curtidor, Susana Caballero
https://doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71iS4.57285
First mercury and stable isotope assessment from an unusual mass stranding
of rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) (Artiodactyla: Delphinidae) in
Azuero peninsula, Pacific coast of Panama
Dalia-C. Barragán-Barrera, Lissette Trejos-Lasso, Betzi Pérez-Ortega,
José-Julio Casas, Roberto Santamaria-Valverde
https://doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71iS4.57188
Population size and demographic parameters of pantropical spotted dolphin
(Stenella attenuata graffmani) (Cetartiodactyla: Delphinidae) in Golfo Dulce,
Costa Rica
Lenin Oviedo Correa, David Herra-Miranda, Juan Diego Pacheco-Polanco
https://doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71iS4.57287
Killer whales, Orcinus orca (Artiodactyla: Delphinidae) in Guatemala:
sighting records, photographic match, and interaction with Bryde’s whales,
Balaenoptera edeni (Artiodactyla: Balaenoptera)
Jenniffer Ortiz-Wolford, Julio C. Romero, Andrea A. Cabrera
https://doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71iS4.57288
Mitochondrial DNA supports the low genetic diversity of Tursiops truncatus
(Artiodactyla: Delphinidae) in Bocas del Toro, Panama and exhibits new
Caribbean haplotypes
María Alejandra Duarte-Fajardo, Dalia C. Barragán-Barrera, Camilo A.
Correa-Cárdenas, Betzi Pérez-Ortega, Nohelia Farías-Curtidor, Susana Caballero
https://doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71iS4.57291
Lobomycosis-like disease in bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus
(Artiodactyla: Delphinidae) from Costa Rica Pacific waters
Juan Diego Pacheco-Polanco, David Herra-Miranda, Lenin Oviedo Correa
https://doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71iS4.57292
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