The Peruvian scallop (Argopecten purpuratus) is the second main contributor to the total catch of mollusks in Peru, after jumbo squid. There are two main scallop banks populations in northern Peru: Lobos de Tierra Island ...

The Ecological Society of America www.frontiersinecology.orgIdeas and epidemics have intriguing simi-larities. Some die out quickly, while otherslinger but never become prevalent. Still others withthe right combination ...

The subjects of sea protection meet in disadvantage in relation to the subjects of terrestrial protection. The challenges and socioeconomic pressures that the sea territory is subject healthy extremely wide. Now the ...

This study represents an unprecedented effort to assess the diversity of rocky infralittoral decapods Brachyura and Anomura from the Marine State Park of Laje de Santos, a preserved and protected area located in the ...

Marine protected areas have emerged on the mainstream of strategies for biodiversity conservation worldwide. They comprise geographical spaces in which the use of natural resources is regulated by institutional mechanisms ...