Middle Eocene Ostracoda from Baja California Sur, Mexico

Identifying recharge from tropical cyclonic storms, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Groundwater in the Todos Santos watershed in southern Baja California, and throughout the peninsula south of latitude 28°N, has values of (δ18 O‰, δD‰) ranging between (-8.3, -57) and (-10.9, -78). Such negative values are uncharacteristic of the site latitude near the sea level. Altitude effects do not explain the isotope data. Tropical depressions originating along the Pacific coast of North ...

The Degeneration of Cardon Populations in Baja California Sur, Mexico

Helminth parasites of some freshwater fishes from Baja California Sur, Mexico

Nine freshwater fish species were sampled from 13 bodies of water in Baja California Sur state, on the Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Twenty-four helminth parasite species of 19 genera and from 13 families were recorded. All are new records for the region, but have been recorded previously in Mexico. No endemic helminth species were identified. Most helminths were larval forms of generalist...

A new species of Modisimus Simon (Araneae: Pholcidae) in Baja California Sur, Mexico.

The genus Modisimus Simon 1893 (Pholcidae) is distributed across the Americas from Venezuela to the USA, including the Caribbean Antilles, with an endemic species in the Galapagos Islands and one cosmopolitan species (World Spider Catalog 2015). Until now, 81 species of Modisimus have been described, of which 17 species are found in Mexico (World Spider Catalog 2015). In this paper, a new Mexic...

Sea turtle consumption and black market trade in Baja California Sur, Mexico

We examined sea turtle consumption and illegal trade in Baja California Sur (BCS) using data from (1) bimonthly surveys at beaches, fishing camps and dumpsites and (2) semi-structured interviews with fishermen. From March 2006 to February 2008, we found the carcasses of 1014 sea turtles; the meat of 461 of these turtles (45.5%) had been consumed. The East Pacific green turtle Chelonia mydas was...