The Caribbean weevil genus Apodrosus Marshall, 1922 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Polydrusini Schoenherr) is revised, including a redescription of A. argentatus Wolcott, 1924 (Dominican Republic, Vieques Island, ...

This thesis reports the use of two anaerobic batch reactors (ABRs) to transform a protein solid waste into a renewable energy source. The “heart” of this type of reactor depends on the microbial community within the reactor, ...

Mangroves are complex ecosystems that contribute the coast environment by maintaining terrestrial and marine food chains, among others. Black mangrove, Avicennia germinans, on which this study is centered, predominates ...

Due to the special arrangement of their leaves, plants of the Bromeliaceae family like bromeliad are capable of forming special structures that create an environment called phytotelmata. This aquatic microhabitat serves ...

Bioluminescence is the phenomenon by which living organisms emit light through an organic oxidation catalyzed by the enzyme luciferase. These luminescent organisms have been discovered in all kinds of ecosystems. Among ...

Coastal areas, rivers and other waterbodies are constantly impacted by microbial pollutants originating from wastewater discharges. The objective of this research was directed to study fluconazol resistance in yeast ...

Phylogenetic as well as phylogeographic methods were implemented to assess the diversification of Caribbean entimine weevils. (1) A phylogeny of 62 species of entimine weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) in the ...

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the structure and dynamics of the populations of the oligochate Pontodrilus litoralis on the coasts near the Cabo Rojo Lighthouse in Puerto Rico. During the months of ...

The ants in the tribe Attini cultivate a fungus (Basidiomycota: Agaricales) as food and protect it from specific mycoparasites, Escovopsis (Ascomycota: Hypocreales), using the antibiotic production capacity of Actinobacteria ...

Cassava is consumed daily by 600 million people living in the poorest places in Africa, Asia and South America. Natural genetic variation that exists among different cultivars of cassava has been studied in order to ...