A new species of deep-reef fish in the goby genus Palatogobius is described from recent submersible collections off Curaçao and Dominica. Video footage of schools of this species reveal predation by the invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois spp.), the first record of undescribed fauna potentially being eaten by lionfish outside of its native range. We present molecular phylogenetic data for a...

Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; KirShbaum—Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Warren—Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; lareau—Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Palany—Météo-France, Martinique; JameS—Forestry ...

—We present the first record of territorial site-fidelity across multiple years by Purple-throated Caribs (Eulampis jugularis) on three different islands in the eastern Caribbean: St. Kitts, Dominica, and St. Vincent. Marked male Purple-throated Caribs were monitored throughout the flowering season of their main nectar resources, Heliconia caribaea (St. Kitts and Dominica) and H. bihai (St. Vin...

Emigration from developing countries may be influenced by kinship, which has different effects on men and women. A strong family at home may inhibit migration, and kin living abroad may encourage it. This study examines effects of kin on odds of migration for men (N=200) and women (N=220) from a rural community in the Commonwealth of Dominica. Multiple logistic regression showed that women were...

Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin was tested under maximum challenge conditions with an estimated dose of 1.1 × 10 5 conidia/mm 2 for its effects on eggs of four of the major beetle pests of stored grain and grain products. When ambient relative humidity (RH) was 92%, hatch of fungus-treated Rhyzopertha dominica (Fabricius) eggs was 13% versus 58% for control eggs, and hatch of treated Tri...

The new genus Sclerocoelus is described for a large group of New World species including Sclerocoelus sordipes (Adams) new combination, Sclerocoelus regularis (Malloch) new combination, Sclerocoelusplumiseta (Duda) new combination, and about 40 undescribed species. The widespread Nearctic species Limosina sordipes Adams is redescribed and designated as the type species of Sclerocoelus. Lectotyp...

The island-nation of Dominica, 790 km2 in area, is located approximately 1126.5 km Southeast Florida, USA. In the mid-1990s, Dominica embarked on developing 183.5 Waitukubuli National Trail (WNT), first and only national trail model Eastern Caribbean. 14-segment WNT, officially opened May 2013, passes through some island’s most diverse landscapes. WNT was designed to link as many rural communit...