TY - BOOK AU - Davis-Merlen,Gayle TI - Annual report of the Charles Darwin Research Station 1988-1989 U1 - 506 23 PY - 1996/// CY - Galapagos Islands PB - Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands KW - Conservación KW - Conservation KW - Ciencias básicas KW - Pure science KW - Islas Galápagos KW - Galapagos Islands N1 - Director´s Report; Daniel Evans; (pp. 1-5) --; Coordination of Scientific activities; Pádraig Whelan; (pp. 6-12) --; Area of terrestrial plants; Andrew Schmidt & Hugo Valdebenito; (pp. 12-14) --; Area of invertebrates; Sandra Abedrabbo; (pp. 14-17) --; Area of Herpetology; Linda J. Cayot; (pp. 17-22) --; Area of Ornithology; Isabel Castro; (pp. 22-26) --; Area of introduced mammals ; Edgar Muñoz; (pp. 26-29) --; Conservation of the Tortoises of Pinzon Island; Linda J. Cayot, Edgar Muñoz & Germán Morillo; (pp. 29-35) --; Area of marine biology; Pádraig Whelan; (pp. 35-39) --; Area of education; (pp. 39-44) --; Area de education: Formal education; Gladys Trávez; (pp. 44-46) --; Area of education: Office of Public Relations; María Eugenia Proaño; (pp. 47-48) --; Area of education: office of communication and information; Arturo Izurieta; (pp. 48-49) --; Area of education: publications; Gayle Davis-Merlen; (pp. 49-50) --; Representation of the Charles Darwin Research Station on Isabela Island; Arnaldo Tupiza; (pp. 50-51) --; Meeting with students; Isabel Castro; (pp. 51-53) --; Area of the computer center; Patricia Puebla; (pp. 53) --; Analysis of the pattern of eruptive fissures on the active volcanoes of Galapagos; William Chadwick; (pp. 54-55) --; Volcanic history of Alcedo volcano; Dennis Geist; (pp. 55-56) --; Field expedition to Fernandina Island; Peter J. Mouginis-Mark; (pp. 57-61) --; Fernandina volcanism; Tom Simkin; (pp. 61-62) --; Preliminary study on the status of the watershed "La toma" of San Cristobal Island; Lenin Prado; (pp. 63-66) --; Phenological study of introduced and native plant species on Santa Cruz; Wilmer E. Cedeño; (pp. 66-68) --; Soil nematodes from the Galapagos Islands: Preliminary results from Fernandina and Española Islands; Paul De Ley; (pp. 69-75) --; Terrestrial arthropods of the Galapagos Islands: Taxonomy, Biology and evolution; Stewart B. Peck; (pp. 75-76) --; Arachnological and carabidological study in Galapagos during February and March 1988; Leon Baert, Konjev Desender & Jean-Pierre Maelfait; (pp. 76-78) --; Coleoptera in a stream in the highlands of Santa Cruz Island; Gerhard Reimer & Manfred Jach; (pp. 78-79) --; Perspectives on the chemical control of the little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata (R.), in the Galapagos Islands: Effect of a juvenile hormone analogue; Patricia Ulloa-Chacón & Daniel Cherix; (pp. 79-82) --; Population dynamics and energetics of reproduction of Marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus); Thomas Dellinger; (pp. 83-85) --; Continuing study of the evolution on body size in land iguanas (Conolophus subcristatus) of South Plaza; Howard L. Snell, Heidi M. Snell & Derrick W. Sugg; (pp. 85-86) --; A study of finches and mockingbirds, 1988-1989; Peter R. Grant, B. Rosemary Grand & Associates; (pp. 87-88) --; Nest construction and Egg-moving behavior among the waved albatross of the Galapagos Islands; W. L. N. Tickell; (pp. 88-91) --; Attraction and colonization of Dark-rumped petrels to Santa Cruz Island; Richard H. Podolsky & Stephen W. Kress; (pp. 91-94) --; Booby breeding and feeding ecology, 1988; David J. Anderson; (pp. 94-96) --; Breeding phenology of Blue-footed Boobies (Sula nebouxii) on Daphne, North Seymour, and Floreana Islands; Malcolm C. Coulter; (pp. 96-97) --; The Evolution of mate desertion in Flightless cormorants; Carlos A. Valle; (pp. 97-99) --; Present status of seabird populations on Pitt islet and at Pitt Point, San Cristobal Island; Carlos A. Valle; (pp. 100-102) --; Present status of waterbirds resident in lagoons near populated zones on Isabela and San Cristobal Islands; Hernán Vargas; (pp. 102-104) --; History and present status of the introduced Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) in Galapagos; Bennett Sandler; (pp. 104-106) --; Experimental control of the black rat in the nesting zone of the giant tortoise, Pinzon Island; Edgar A. Muñoz; (pp. 107-108) --; Study of the predatory effect of feral cats on native fauna and introduced rodents in critical areas; Marco A. Jácome; (pp. 109-110) --; Recovery of coral reef communities following disturbance associated with the 1982-83 El Niño; Peter W. Glynn & Joshua S. Feingold; (pp. 111-115) --; Two surviving coral communities in the Galapagos Islands; Joshua S. Feingold; (pp. 115-118) --; Reconstruction of El Niño and Little Ice Age climate change in the Eastern tropical Pacific Ocean; Glen T. Shen; (pp. 118-120) --; Taxonomy, abundance, and vertical distribution of the Ascidians of Tagus Cove, Isabela Island; Macarena Iturralde; (pp. 120-123) --; Planktonic larval duration, gene flow, and biogeography of Eastern Pacific Damselfishes; Gerard M. Wellington; (pp. 123-126) --; Preliminary research on the Galapagos scallop fauna and marine and freshwater algae; Pail A. Berkman & Julia Anne Hambrook Berkman; (pp. 126-128) --; Genetic differences among Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) reproductive colonies; Anne Meylan; (pp. 129) --; Report of an expedition to the Galapagos Islands aboard the Mystique; Burney J. Le Boeuf; (pp. 130-132) --; Studies of Sperm whales off the Galapagos Islands: 1988-1989; Hal Whitehead; (pp. 132-135) --; Expedition Siben; Thomas Lyrholm; (pp. 135-138) --; International workshop: the herpetology of the Galapagos Islands; Howard Snell, David Towns, Harry Greene ... [et al.]; (pp. 139-146) --; Collection and preservation of anatomical specimens; E. Elizabeth Pillaert; (pp. 147-148) --; 1988-1989 Report on marine mollusks in the CDRS collections; E. Alison Kay; (pp. 148-156) ER -