Freshwater Ostracoda from Tarawa, Kiribati: their implications for dispersal mechanisms

Extant freshwater ostracodes (Crustacea: Ostracoda) from Lago Petén Itzá, Guatemala.

Ostracode taxonomy has been of great interest because of their possible use as indicator species in climate and ecosystem changes. In Central and South America, few studies have been carried out and this study includes a contribution to the group. Eleven ostracode species were collected in Lago Petén Itzá (approximately 100km2), the second largest lowland lake in Guatemala, and from its inflow ...

Companion Modelling approach: the AtollGame experience in Tarawa atoll (Republic of Kiribati)

Low coral islands are heavily dependent on groundwater for freshwater supplies. The availability, quality, and management of groundwater are central to sustainable development and poverty alleviation in many developing small island nations. The declaration by the Government of Kiribati of water reserves on the atoll of Tarawa, over privately owned land, has lead to conflicts, illegal settlement...

Response to a large rotavirus outbreak on South Tarawa, Kiribati, 2013.

INTRODUCTION In July 2013, during annual independence celebrations in Kiribati, staff at Tungaru Central Hospital on South Tarawa reported an increase in children presenting with severe diarrhoea. This report describes the outbreak investigation, findings and response. METHOD After notification of the outbreak, all health facilities on South Tarawa began reporting cases of acute diarrhoea and...

Scale-dependence and Mechanisms of Dispersal in Freshwater Zooplankton

Communities of organisms form as a result of both interspecific and abiotic interactions within local habitat patches and dispersal among patches in a region. Local processes are expected to play a dominant role when dispersal occurs much more often than extinction. We 5 performed two field experiments to examine rates and mechanisms of dispersal in freshwater pond zooplankton communities. Firs...

Dispersal in freshwater invertebrates