Alexandre M. Ramos*, Michael Sprenger, Heini Wernli , Ana M. Durán-Quesada, Maria N. Lorenzo and Luis Gimeno 1 Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal 2 Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 3 School of Physics and Center for Geophysical Research, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica 4 Environmental P...

Six new species of the Neotropical pergid genus Lagideus are described and illustrated: Lagideus boyaca, L. magdalena, L. schmidti, and L. flavus from Colombia and L. tapanti, and L. isidro from Costa Rica. Lagideus romius Smith is newly recorded from Colombia and the female lancet is illustrated. Females are described for the first time for Lagideus longicus Smith from Costa Rica and L. albita...

Introduction: This study was conducted to compare 10 American countries for the association between self-reported physician diagnosis of heart disease and subjective health above and beyond the effect of socio-economic factors. Methods: With a cross-sectional design, this study used data from Research on Early Life and Aging Trends and Effects (RELATE). T...

Citation: Epiard M, Avard G, de Moor JM, Martínez Cruz M, Barrantes Castillo G and Bakkar H (2017) Relationship between Diffuse CO2 Degassing and Volcanic Activity. Case Study of the Poás, Irazú, and Turrialba Volcanoes, Costa Rica. Front. Earth Sci. 5:71. doi: 10.3389/feart.2017.00071 Relationship between Diffuse CO2 Degassing and Volcanic Activity. Case Study of the Poás, Irazú, and Turrialba...

Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (A.R., P.J.S., D.H.S.); Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA (L.A., R.R.N., B.S.); Department of Pharmacology (C.C.), Department of Medicinal Chemistry (D.H.S.), Department of Microbiology and Immunology (D.H.S.), Department of Chemistry (D.H.S.), Center for Chemical Genomics...

Fig 2, " Temperature and dissolved oxygen profile generated near Jaco Wall, Costa Rica from a CTD cast, " is incorrect and is a duplication of Fig.1, " Carbonates formations in different habitats on the Costa Rica Margin. " The authors have provided a corrected version here. Copyright: © 2015 Levin et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribu...

The new genus Ampliphax, assigned to the Delphacini, is described and illustrated with a single new species A. grandis from Costa Rica and Panama. Ampliphax grandis is a large species with a projected head. DNA barcode data suggest, among currently barcoded taxa, an affinity to the genus Bostaera. A checklist of the delphacid species from Costa Rica, Panama, and Nicaragua based on literature an...

1 Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy 2 Department of Physical Chemistry,University of Santiago de Compostela, Avda. Alfonso X El Sabio s/n, 27002 Lugo, Spain 3 Department of Chemistry, University of Costa Rica, San Josè, Costa Rica 4 Department of Physics, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci 33C, Cosenza I-87036, Italy *e-mail: l.galantini@...

PER CAMNER,1 MARGOT LUNDBORG,1 LENA LÅSTBOM,1 PER GERDE,1 NORMA GROSS,1,2,3 AND CONNIE JARSTRAND2 1Division of Inhalation Toxicology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm; 2Division of Clinical and Oral Bacteriology, Department of Immunology, Microbiology, Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Huddinge University Hospital, SE-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden; and ...

Citation: Stuhldreier I, Sánchez-Noguera C, Roth F, Cortés J, Rixen T and Wild C (2015) Upwelling Increases Net Primary Production of Corals and Reef-Wide Gross Primary Production Along the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. Front. Mar. Sci. 2:113. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2015.00113 Upwelling Increases Net Primary Production of Corals and Reef-Wide Gross Primary Production Along the Pacific Coast of Costa...