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(2011) Characterization of the coral communities off San Juan del Sur, Pacific Nicaragua. Bull
Mar Sci 87:129–146
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Pacific: a review. Progr Oceanogry 69:101–142
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Mar Ecol Prog Ser 172:53–60
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Holocene coral reef. Paleobiology 23:326–346
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convergence of coral reefs. Ecology 86:2586–2600
Astiz L, Kanamori H, Eissler H (1987) Source characteristics of earthquakes in the Michoacan
seismic gap in Mexico. Bull Seismol Soc Am 77:1326–1346
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Ser 66:267–272
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Trop 53(3):139–146
Bohrmann G, Heeschen K, Jung C, Weinrebe W, Baranov B, Cailleau B, Heath R, Huhnerbach
V, Hort M, Masson D, Trummer I (2002) Widespread fluid expulsion along the seafloor of the
Costa Rica convergent margin. Terra Nova 14:69–79
Bolaños N, Bourg A, Gómez J, Alvarado JJ (2005) Diversidad y abundancia de equinodermos en
la laguna arrecifal del Parque Nacional Cahuita, Caribe, Costa Rica. Rev Biol Trop
53(3):285–290
Boone L (1928) Scientific results of the first oceanographic expedition of the Pawnee 1925.
Echinodermata from tropical east American seas. Bull Bingham Oceanogr Coil 1:1–22
Brenes CL, Gutierrez A (1998) Oceanographic aspects of the Central American Pacific. Top
Meteor Oceanogr 5:3–15
Brenes CL, León S, Gutiérrez A, Arroyo G (1990) Condiciones hidrográficas en la región de los
‘‘Papagayos’’. Rev Geofis 33:5–19
Brown-Saracino J, Peckol P, Curran HA, Robbart ML (2007) Spatial variation in sea urchins, fish
predators, and bioerosion rates on coral reefs of Belize. Coral Reefs 26:71–78
Buitrón BE (1978) Distribución de los equinoideos terciarios en la planicie costera del Golfo de
México, en América Central, en el norte de América del Sur y en la Antillas. Univ Nac Aut
Mex Inst Geol 101:66–113
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Central America Pacific. Mar Biodiv 40:45–56
Alvarado JJ, Aguirre-Rubí J, Ayala A, Buitrago F, Fernández C, Reyes-Bonilla H, Sánchez A
(2011) Characterization of the coral communities off San Juan del Sur, Pacific Nicaragua. Bull
Mar Sci 87:129–146
Amador J, Alfaro E, Lizano O, Magaña V (2006) Atmospheric forcing in the Eastern Tropical
Pacific: a review. Progr Oceanogry 69:101–142
Aronson RB (1991) Predation, physical disturbance, and sublethal arm damage in ophiuroids: a
Jurassic–Recent comparison. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 74:91–97
Aronson RB (1992) The effects of geography and hurricane disturbance on a tropical predatorprey interaction. J Mar Biol Ecol 162:15–33
Aronson RB (1998) Decadal-scale persistence of predation potential in coral reef communities.
Mar Ecol Prog Ser 172:53–60
Aronson RB, Precht WF (1997) Stasis, biological disturbance, and community structure of a
Holocene coral reef. Paleobiology 23:326–346
Aronson RB, Pretch WF, Macintyre IG, Murdoch TJT (2000) Coral bleach-out in Belize. Nature
405:36
Aronson RB, Precht WF, Toscano MA, Koltes KH (2002a) The 1998 bleaching event and its
aftermath on a coral reef in Belize. Mar Biol 141:435–447
Aronson RB, Macintyre IG, Precht WF, Murdoch TJT, Wapnick CM (2002b) The expanding
scale of species turnover events on coral reefs in Belize. Ecol Monogr 72:233–249
Aronson RB, Macintyre IG, Lewis SA, Hilbun NL (2005) Emergent zonation and geographic
convergence of coral reefs. Ecology 86:2586–2600
Astiz L, Kanamori H, Eissler H (1987) Source characteristics of earthquakes in the Michoacan
seismic gap in Mexico. Bull Seismol Soc Am 77:1326–1346
Bak RPM (1990) Patterns of echinoid bioerosion in two Pacific coral reef lagoons. Mar Ecol Prog
Ser 66:267–272
Bak RPM (1994) Sea urchin bioerosion on coral reefs: place in the carbonate budget and relevant
variables. Coral Reefs 13:99–103
Bakun A, Csirke J, Lluch-Belda D, Steer-Ruiz R (1999) The Pacific Central American Coastal
LME. In: Sherman K, Tang Q (eds) The large marine ecosystems of the Pacific rim:
assessment, sustainability, and management. Blackwell Science, Cambridge, pp 268–281
Bakus GJ (1974) Toxicity in holothurians: a geographical pattern. Biotropica 6:229–236
Barraza, JE (1995). Equinodermos de El Salvador, II. In: Serrano F (ed.) Historia Natural y
Ecología de El Salvador. Ministerio de Educación, pp 87–99
Barraza JE, Hasbún CR (2005) Los equinodermos (Echinodermata) de El Salvador. Rev Biol
Trop 53(3):139–146
Bohrmann G, Heeschen K, Jung C, Weinrebe W, Baranov B, Cailleau B, Heath R, Huhnerbach
V, Hort M, Masson D, Trummer I (2002) Widespread fluid expulsion along the seafloor of the
Costa Rica convergent margin. Terra Nova 14:69–79
Bolaños N, Bourg A, Gómez J, Alvarado JJ (2005) Diversidad y abundancia de equinodermos en
la laguna arrecifal del Parque Nacional Cahuita, Caribe, Costa Rica. Rev Biol Trop
53(3):285–290
Boone L (1928) Scientific results of the first oceanographic expedition of the Pawnee 1925.
Echinodermata from tropical east American seas. Bull Bingham Oceanogr Coil 1:1–22
Brenes CL, Gutierrez A (1998) Oceanographic aspects of the Central American Pacific. Top
Meteor Oceanogr 5:3–15
Brenes CL, León S, Gutiérrez A, Arroyo G (1990) Condiciones hidrográficas en la región de los
‘‘Papagayos’’. Rev Geofis 33:5–19
Brown-Saracino J, Peckol P, Curran HA, Robbart ML (2007) Spatial variation in sea urchins, fish
predators, and bioerosion rates on coral reefs of Belize. Coral Reefs 26:71–78
Buitrón BE (1978) Distribución de los equinoideos terciarios en la planicie costera del Golfo de
México, en América Central, en el norte de América del Sur y en la Antillas. Univ Nac Aut
Mex Inst Geol 101:66–113
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