Primer registro y redescripción de Tisbella pulchella (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) del Pacífico tropical este

ON THE PRESENCE OF A VAGRANT JUAN FERNÁNDEZ FUR SEAL (Arctocephalus philippii) IN THE PACIFIC COAST OF COLOMBIA: A NEW EXTRALIMITAL RECORD

We report the first record of a male Juan Fernández fur seal, Arctocephalus philippii (Peters, 1866), in the Colombian Pacific coast. The animal was mainly identified according to the external morphology of the head and snout. This observation is the first northernmost record for A. philippii in the Southeastern Pacific, with an extreme movement covering a total distance of approximately 3700-4...

Epidemiología y registro de las cardiopatías congénitas en Costa Rica

Objetivo. Caracterizar la población de niños que nacen con cardiopatías congénitas (CC) en Costa Rica y evaluar sus procesos de registro. Métodos. Estudio observacional exploratorio que incluyó a todos los niños con CC diagnosticadas en el Hospital Nacional de Niños entre el 1 de mayo de 2006 y el 1 de mayo de 2007. Tomando en cuenta los niños menores de 1 año y su respectiva cohorte de nacimie...

Identificación y Registro Catastral de Cuerpos de Agua mediante Técnicas de Procesamiento Digital de Imagenes

The effects of global climate change on Peruvian glaciers have brought about several processes of deglaciation during the last few years. The immediate effect is the change of size of lakes and rivers. Public institutions that monitor water resources currently have only recent studies which make up less than 10% of the total. The effects of climate change and the lack of updated information int...

First Record of Lernaea Cyprinacea (copepoda) in a Native Fish Species from a Brazilian River Primer Registro De Lernaea Cyprinacea (copepoda) En Una Especie Nativa De Pez De Un Río Brasileño

This is the report of the occurrence of Lernaea cyprinacea (Linnaeus, 1758) parasitizing the native fish species Steindachnerina insculpta (Fernández-Yépez, 1948). Sixty host specimens were captured in Taquari River, municipality of Taquarituba, São Paulo State, Brazil. Three hosts were infested with L. cyprinacea. The infestation rate was low, with one parasite per host. Proper management shou...

Implantación de un marcapaso a través de una vena cava superior izquierda persistente: Utilidad del registro de actividad eléctrica endocavitaria