Byrne M (1988) Evidence for endocytotic incorporation of nutrients from haemal sinus by the
oocytes of the brittlestar Ophiolepis paucispina. In: Burke RD, Randewov PV, Lambert P,
Parsley RL (eds) Echinoderm Biology Proceedings of the 6th International Echinoderm
Conference. Victoria AA Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookfield, pp 557–563
Byrne M (1989) Ultrastructure of the ovary and oogenesis in the ovoviviparous ophiuroid
Ophiolepis paucispina (Echinodermata). Biol Bull 176:79–95
Byrne M (1991) Reproduction, development and population biology of the Caribbean ophiuroids
Ophionereis olivacea, a protandric hermaphrodite that broos its young. Mar Biol 111:387–399
Byrne M, Hendler G (1988) Arm structures of the ophiomyxid brittlestars (Echinodermata:
Ophiuroidea: Ophiomyxidae). In: Burke RD, Randewov PV, Lambert P, Parsley RL (eds)
Echinoderm Biology Proceedings of the 6th International Echinoderm Conference. Victoria,
AA Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookfield, pp 687–695
Carballo-Bolaños RE, Pocasangre-Orellana XM (2007) Composición y estructura de la fauna
intermareal de Equinodermos en el sistema arrecifal rocoso Los Cóbanos, Departamento de
Sonsonate, El Salvador. Licenciatura Thesis, Escuela de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias
Naturales y Matématica, Univ El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador
Carpenter RC, Edmunds PJ (2006) Local and regional scale recovery of Diadema promotes
recruitment of scleractinian corals. Ecol Lett 9:271–280
Carreiro-Silva M, McClanahan TR (2001) Echinoid bioerosion and hervibory on Kenyan coral
reefs: the role of protection from fishing. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 262:133–153
Castillo P, Batisa R, Vanko D, Malavassi E, Barqueo J, Fernández E (1988) Anomalously young
volcanoes on hot-spot traces: I. Geology and petrology of Cocos Island. Geol Soc Amer Bull
100:1400–1414
Clark AH (1939) Echinoderms (other than Holothurians) collected on the Presidential Cruise of
1938. Smithson Miscell Collec 98:1–22
Clark HL (1940) Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York zoological society. XXI notes on
Echinoderms from the west coast of Central America. Zoologica 25:331–352
Clark HL (1948) A report on the Echini of the warmer eastern Pacific, based on the collections of
the Velero III. Allan Hancock Pac Exp 8:225–352
Coates AG, Obando JA (1996) The Geologic evolution of the Central American Isthmus. In:
Jackson JBC, Budd AF, Coates AG (eds) Evolution and Environment in Tropical America.
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, pp 21–58
Coates AG (1997) Central America: a Natural and Cultural History. Yale University Press, New
Haven
Cobb JLS, Hendler G (1990) Neurophysiological characterization of the photoreceptor system in
a brittlestar, Ophiocoma wendtii (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Comp Biochem Physiol
97:329–333
Cortés J (1981) The coral reef at Cahuita, Costa Rica: a reef under stress. MSc thesis, McMaster
Univ, Ontario, Canada
Cortés J (1994) A reef under siltation stress: a decade of degradation. In: Ginsburg RN (ed)
Proceedings of the colloquium on the global aspects of coral reefs: health, hazards and
history, miami 1993. RSMAS, University of Miami, Florida, pp 240–246
Cortés J (2007) Coastal morphology and coral reefs. In: Bundschuh J, Alvarado GE (eds) Central
America: geology, resources and hazards, vol 1. Taylor and Francis, London, pp 185–200
Cortés J (2009) A history of marine biodiversity scientific research in Costa Rica. In: Wehrtmann
IS, Cortés J (eds) Marine biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America. Monogr Biol 86
Springer ? Business Media BV, Berlin, pp 47–80
Cortés J, Soto R, Jiménez C, Astorga A (1993) Earthquake associated mortality of intertidal and
coral reef organisms (Caribbean of Costa Rica). Proceedings of the 7th International Coral
Reef Symposium. Guam 1:235–240
Cortés J, Soto R, Jiménez C (1994) Efectos ecológicos del terremoto de Limón. Rev Geol Amér
Central Vol especial, Terremoto de Limón:187–192
Cortés J, Jiménez CE, Fonseca AC, Alvarado JJ (2010) Status and conservation of coral reefs in
Costa Rica. Rev Biol Trop 58(Suppl 1):33–49
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oocytes of the brittlestar Ophiolepis paucispina. In: Burke RD, Randewov PV, Lambert P,
Parsley RL (eds) Echinoderm Biology Proceedings of the 6th International Echinoderm
Conference. Victoria AA Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookfield, pp 557–563
Byrne M (1989) Ultrastructure of the ovary and oogenesis in the ovoviviparous ophiuroid
Ophiolepis paucispina (Echinodermata). Biol Bull 176:79–95
Byrne M (1991) Reproduction, development and population biology of the Caribbean ophiuroids
Ophionereis olivacea, a protandric hermaphrodite that broos its young. Mar Biol 111:387–399
Byrne M, Hendler G (1988) Arm structures of the ophiomyxid brittlestars (Echinodermata:
Ophiuroidea: Ophiomyxidae). In: Burke RD, Randewov PV, Lambert P, Parsley RL (eds)
Echinoderm Biology Proceedings of the 6th International Echinoderm Conference. Victoria,
AA Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookfield, pp 687–695
Carballo-Bolaños RE, Pocasangre-Orellana XM (2007) Composición y estructura de la fauna
intermareal de Equinodermos en el sistema arrecifal rocoso Los Cóbanos, Departamento de
Sonsonate, El Salvador. Licenciatura Thesis, Escuela de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias
Naturales y Matématica, Univ El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador
Carpenter RC, Edmunds PJ (2006) Local and regional scale recovery of Diadema promotes
recruitment of scleractinian corals. Ecol Lett 9:271–280
Carreiro-Silva M, McClanahan TR (2001) Echinoid bioerosion and hervibory on Kenyan coral
reefs: the role of protection from fishing. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 262:133–153
Castillo P, Batisa R, Vanko D, Malavassi E, Barqueo J, Fernández E (1988) Anomalously young
volcanoes on hot-spot traces: I. Geology and petrology of Cocos Island. Geol Soc Amer Bull
100:1400–1414
Clark AH (1939) Echinoderms (other than Holothurians) collected on the Presidential Cruise of
1938. Smithson Miscell Collec 98:1–22
Clark HL (1940) Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York zoological society. XXI notes on
Echinoderms from the west coast of Central America. Zoologica 25:331–352
Clark HL (1948) A report on the Echini of the warmer eastern Pacific, based on the collections of
the Velero III. Allan Hancock Pac Exp 8:225–352
Coates AG, Obando JA (1996) The Geologic evolution of the Central American Isthmus. In:
Jackson JBC, Budd AF, Coates AG (eds) Evolution and Environment in Tropical America.
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, pp 21–58
Coates AG (1997) Central America: a Natural and Cultural History. Yale University Press, New
Haven
Cobb JLS, Hendler G (1990) Neurophysiological characterization of the photoreceptor system in
a brittlestar, Ophiocoma wendtii (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Comp Biochem Physiol
97:329–333
Cortés J (1981) The coral reef at Cahuita, Costa Rica: a reef under stress. MSc thesis, McMaster
Univ, Ontario, Canada
Cortés J (1994) A reef under siltation stress: a decade of degradation. In: Ginsburg RN (ed)
Proceedings of the colloquium on the global aspects of coral reefs: health, hazards and
history, miami 1993. RSMAS, University of Miami, Florida, pp 240–246
Cortés J (2007) Coastal morphology and coral reefs. In: Bundschuh J, Alvarado GE (eds) Central
America: geology, resources and hazards, vol 1. Taylor and Francis, London, pp 185–200
Cortés J (2009) A history of marine biodiversity scientific research in Costa Rica. In: Wehrtmann
IS, Cortés J (eds) Marine biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America. Monogr Biol 86
Springer ? Business Media BV, Berlin, pp 47–80
Cortés J, Soto R, Jiménez C, Astorga A (1993) Earthquake associated mortality of intertidal and
coral reef organisms (Caribbean of Costa Rica). Proceedings of the 7th International Coral
Reef Symposium. Guam 1:235–240
Cortés J, Soto R, Jiménez C (1994) Efectos ecológicos del terremoto de Limón. Rev Geol Amér
Central Vol especial, Terremoto de Limón:187–192
Cortés J, Jiménez CE, Fonseca AC, Alvarado JJ (2010) Status and conservation of coral reefs in
Costa Rica. Rev Biol Trop 58(Suppl 1):33–49
3 Central America Echinoderms: Diversity, Ecology and Future Perspectives
101