Colombo Estupiñán-Montaño, Felipe Galván‐Magaña, Elena Tamburin, Alberto Sánchez-González, Daniel J. Villalobos-Ramírez, Nancy Murillo-Bohórquez, Sandra Bessudo-Lion, José Estupiñán-Montaño,
... available on the trophic ecology of sharks in Malpelo Island. The aim of this study was to ... the role of both shark species in the Malpelo Island ecosystem. Materials and methods. In January, February, ... Sphyrna lewini and Carcharhinus falciformis illegally caught at Malpelo Island were confiscated at the port of Buenaventura, ... chain. Conclusion. Both shark species co-occur at Malpelo Island, but they do not share food resources ...
Tópico(s): Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
2017 - Szczecin Scientific Society | Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria
Sandra Bessudo, Germán Soler, Peter Klimley, James T. Ketchum, Rándall Arauz, Alex Hearn, Adriana Guzmán, Beatriz Calmettes,
... scalloped hammerhead sharks, Sphyrna lewini, were recorded in Malpelo and Cocos Island using satellite telemetry. Nine sharks ... transmitters during March 2006, 2007 and 2008 at Malpelo Island, and three hammerhead sharks were tagged at ... Tropical Eastern Pacific and made regional movements from Malpelo to the south of Cocos and around the Malpelo ridge. When away from the island, sharks made ...
Tópico(s): Marine and fisheries research
2016 - Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras | Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras
Krupskaya Narváez, Fernando A. Zapata,
... recently found two individuals of A. planci at Malpelo Island, a small oceanic island with significant coral ... coast. The recent discovery of A. planci at Malpelo is significant in light of recent reports of ... at the Galapagos Islands. The individuals found at Malpelo have been repeatedly sighted since 2004, actively feeding ... Although densities of A. planci are low at Malpelo and other oceanic islands of the TEP, these ...
Tópico(s): Echinoderm biology and ecology
2015 - Vicerractoría Investigación | Revista de Biología Tropical
Mishal Cohen‐Rengifo, Sandra Bessudo, Germán Soler,
A systematic list of echinoderms from Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary (MFFS) was prepared, based on local sampling, literature review and identification of specimens from Museo de Historia Natural ... sample shallow water echinoderms (1-20 m deep). Malpelo is the richest locality of the Colombian Pacific ... the Pacific, while deep forms only occur at Malpelo. The majority of species are mostly related to ... increases knowledge on the echinoderm biodiversity from the Malpelo Island in 68 %.
Tópico(s): Marine Biology and Ecology Research
2009 - Pensoft Publishers | Check List
Valentı́ Sallarès, Philippe Charvis, Ernst R. Flueh, Jörg Bialas,
The Cocos and Malpelo Volcanic Ridges are blocks of thickened oceanic crust thought to be the result of the interaction between the Galapagos ... southern Cocos) to ∼19 km (northern Cocos and Malpelo). Oceanic layer 2 thickness is quite uniform regardless ... the mantle source. The NW limit of the Malpelo Ridge shows a dramatic crustal thinning and displays ... the Coiba transform fault probably separated Regina and Malpelo Ridges.
Tópico(s): High-pressure geophysics and materials
2003 - American Geophysical Union | Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
P. Jarrín, Jean‐Mathieu Nocquet, F. Rolandone, Héctor Mora‐Páez, Patricia Mothes, David A. Cisneros,
... Our solution includes continuous GPS (cGPS) measurements at Malpelo Island offshore Colombia, two sites in the Galapagos ... Nazca–South America Plate motion, using five sites (Malpelo Island, two sites in the Galapagos archipelago, Easter ... 1.5 mm yr–1) velocity residual at Malpelo Island neither supports the hypothesis of an independent Malpelo microplate offshore Colombia nor large scale internal deformation ...
Tópico(s): Geological and Geochemical Analysis
2022 - Oxford University Press | Geophysical Journal International
Cristian Román‐Palacios, José Tavera, María del Rosario Castañeda,
... by hypothesizing the biogeography of the island-endemic Malpelo anole (Anolis agassizi), and evaluating the temporal congruence ... constraint. The congruence of all chronograms for the Malpelo anole also supports this finding. Anolis agassizi was found to have diverged before the emergence of Malpelo island in each analysis (anole: 19-31 Ma vs. Malpelo island: 16-17 Ma). Finally, we recommend when ...
Tópico(s): Evolution and Paleontology Studies
2018 - Elsevier BV | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Efraín Rodríguez Rubio, Alan Giraldo,
Malpelo Island forms the insular ecoregion of the Colombian Pacific, and is composed by a mosaic of ... the thermohaline conditions in the water column in Malpelo Island and identify key water mass during the ... the oceanographic conditions in the pelagic environment off Malpelo Island.
Tópico(s): Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America
2016 - Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras | Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras
Mateo López Victoria, Daniel Mauricio Rozo,
The spatial distribution of seabird nests present on Malpelo Island, the main characteristics of the islandʼs topography, ... of Sula granti prevail on the surfaces of Malpelo Island and neighboring islets, while those of the ... studies on the terrestrial fauna and flora of Malpelo Island and its islets.
Tópico(s): Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
2016 - Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras | Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras
Sonia Quintanilla, Alberto Gómez, Camila Mariño-Ramírez, Carolina Sorzano, Sandra Bessudo, Germán Soler, Jaime E. Bernal, Susana Caballero,
... 3 areas of Colombia's Pacific coast: around Malpelo Island and in 2 National Natural Parks on ... paternity analyses detected 3 parent–offspring pairs between Malpelo and Sanquianga and 1 between Malpelo and Utría. These results indicate high genetic connectivity between Malpelo Island and the Colombian Pacific coast, suggesting that ...
Tópico(s): Fish Ecology and Management Studies
2015 - Oxford University Press | Journal of Heredity
Reinhard Werner, Kaj Hoernle, Udo Barckhausen, Folkmar Hauff,
... from the Galápagos hot spot tracks (Cocos, Carnegie, Malpelo and Coiba Ridges and adjacent seamounts) in the Central East Pacific. Magnetic anomalies indicate that the Malpelo and Carnegie Ridges were once attached and that ... paleo‐Carnegie Ridge into the present Carnegie and Malpelo Ridges. The repeated ridge jumps reflect capture of ... the plume center. Spreading between the Carnegie and Malpelo Ridges continued until 9.5 Ma.
Tópico(s): Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
2003 - Wiley | Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
Research Article| May 01, 1943 Phosphatization at Malpelo Island, Colombia DUNCAN McCONNELL DUNCAN McCONNELL Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information DUNCAN McCONNELL ... Permissions Search Site Citation DUNCAN McCONNELL; Phosphatization at Malpelo Island, Colombia. GSA Bulletin 1943;; 54 (5): 707– ... petrographic study is presented of three specimens from Malpelo, a volcanic island in the eastern equatorial Pacific ...
Tópico(s): Archaeological and Geological Studies
1943 - Geological Society of America | Geological Society of America Bulletin
Jonatha Giddens, Whitney Goodell, Alan M. Friedlander, Pelayo Salinas‐de‐León, Charles M. Shepard, Brad Henning, Eric Berkenpas, Enric Sala, Alan Turchik,
... collected video footage from Clipperton, Galápagos, Revillagigedos, and Malpelo, in depths ranging from 200 to 3,000 ... biodiversity was highest in the Galápagos, followed by Malpelo. In contrast, Clipperton had significantly lower fish family ... lower in biodiversity compared to the Galápagos and Malpelo. Broad-scale Bathymetric Position Index (BPI) and dissolved ...
Tópico(s): Marine and fisheries research
2019 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Marine Science
Luis Chasqui Velasco, Diego L. Gil-Agudelo, Ramón Nieto,
The fish species endemic to Malpelo Island have been scarcely studied, resulting in a lack of information on their densities and habitat preferences. The distribution and abundance of the endemic reef fish species of Malpelo were estimated using underwater visual census techniques. The ...
Tópico(s): Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
2016 - Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras | Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras
Jaime Garzón Ferreira, Jorge H. Pinzón,
Malpelo, a small rocky offshore island that supports one of the few coral populations in the eastern ... Arrecife”, which is the largest coral formation in Malpelo, seems to have suffered a 20% reduction of ...
Tópico(s): Business, Innovation, and Economy
2016 - Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras | Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras
R. P. Meyer, Walter D. Mooney, A. L. Hales, Charles E. Helsley, George P. Woollard, Donald M. Hussong, Loren W. Kroenke, J. Emilio Ramírez,
... NarñIo Iii: Refraction Observation Across a Leading Edge, Malpelo Island to the Colombian Cordillera Occidental R. P. ... the region from the Yaquina graben to the Malpelo rise, uniform delays in the travel times observed ...
Tópico(s): Seismic Waves and Analysis
2011 - American Geophysical Union | Geophysical monograph
Peter Lonsdale, Kim D. Klitgord,
... a pattern of fossil spreading centers (including the Malpelo rift) and transform faults (including the Yaquina graben) ... P. of the hot spot that created the Malpelo, Cocos, and Carnegie Ridges. Precursors of effusive ridge- ... oceanic crust to the north of the present Malpelo Ridge. Both processes hamper identification of magnetic anomalies ...
Tópico(s): Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America
1978 - Geological Society of America | Geological Society of America Bulletin
Michael H. Strahm, Albert Schwartz,
... contact with the frontal, and millepunctatus from Isla Malpelo off the Pacific coast of South America and ... 19) than on the mainland (13, including Isla Malpelo). The Antillean species are the following (arranged by ... above. The continental species (including the Pacific Isla Malpelo) are: atitlanensis Smith, bilobatus O'Shaughnessy, bivittatus Boulenger, ...
Tópico(s): Species Distribution and Climate Change
1977 - Wiley | Biotropica
Rubén D. González-Román, Mateo López‐Victoria, Philip A. Silverstone-Sopkin,
Malpelo Island is located 380km off the mainland continental coast of Colombia, in the Pacific Ocean. Several ... species for Colombia. The high lichen richness on Malpelo might be explained by their efficient form of ... both of them correspond to new determinations for Malpelo. A moss species previously reported but with no ... the first complete inventory of the flora of Malpelo and is a starting and reference point for ...
Tópico(s): Isotope Analysis in Ecology
2013 - Vicerractoría Investigación | Revista de Biología Tropical
Daniel M. Palacios, Julio Herrera, Tim Gerrodette, Carolina García, Germán Soler, Isabel Cristina Ávila, Sandra Bessudo, Elizabeth Hernández-Álvarez, Fernando Trujillo, Lilian Forez-Gonzalez, Iain Kerr,
... continental slope (200–2,000m); (2) over the Malpelo Ridge, an offshore bathymetric feature and (3) the ... of special interest like the continental shelf, the Malpelo Ridge and the vicinity of Cupica and Cabo ...
Tópico(s): Cephalopods and Marine Biology
2023 - | IWC Journal of Cetacean Research and Management
Román González Afanador, Onno Oncken, Claudio Faccenna, Eline Le Breton, Maximiliano Bezada, Andrés Mora,
... Nazca and Cocos plates and the Coiba and Malpelo microplates by the late Oligocene. The convergence tectonics ... plates, and the attachment of the Coiba and Malpelo microplates to the Nazca plate around 9 Ma, ...
Tópico(s): Geological and Geochemical Analysis
2023 - Wiley | Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
Virginie Marques, Paul Castagné, Andréa Polanco, Giomar Helena Borrero‐Pérez, Régis Hocdé, Pierre‐Édouard Guérin, Jean‐Baptiste Juhel, Laure Velez, Nicolas Loiseau, Tom B. Letessier, Sandra Bessudo, Alice Valentini, Tony Déjean, David Mouillot, Loïc Pellissier, Sébastien Villéger,
... hr of underwater videos over 4 days on Malpelo Island (pacific coast of Colombia), a remote marine ... submarinos grabados durante cuatro días en la Isla Malpelo (costa del Pacífico de Colombia), un área marina ...
Tópico(s): Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
2021 - Wiley | Conservation Biology
Jean‐Baptiste Juhel, Virginie Marques, Andrea Polanco F., Giomar Helena Borrero‐Pérez, Maria Mutis Martinezguerra, Alice Valentini, Tony Déjean, Stéphanie Manel, Nicolas Loiseau, Laure Velez, Régis Hocdé, Tom B. Letessier, Eilísh Richards, Florine Hadjadj, Sandra Bessudo, Felipe Ladino, Camille Albouy, David Mouillot, Loïc Pellissier,
... Dwarf sperm whale ( Kogia sima ) around the remote Malpelo island (Colombia). Environmental DNA collected during oceanic missions ...
Tópico(s): Identification and Quantification in Food
2021 - Wiley | Ecology and Evolution
Elena Nalesso, Alex Hearn, Oscar Sosa‐Nishizaki, Todd Steiner, Alex Antoniou, Andrew Reid, Sandra Bessudo, Germán Soler, A. Peter Klimley, Frida Lara, James T. Ketchum, Rándall Arauz,
... wide array, nine hammerheads tagged at Galapagos and Malpelo travelled to Cocos. The hammerheads tagged at Cocos ... visiting from elsewhere, suggesting that the Galapagos and Malpelo populations may use Cocos as a navigational waypoint ...
Tópico(s): Marine and fisheries research
2019 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
Bertrand D. Lequeux, Miguel Ángel Ahumada-Sempoal, Andrés López‐Pérez, Cristóbal Reyes‐Hernández,
... within the boundaries of an MPA. MPAs like Malpelo and Gorgona islands included in the MCCETP were ... MPAs, where the only resilient MPAs (Coiba and Malpelo islands) depend mostly on subsidiary recruitment from MPAs ...
Tópico(s): Marine and fisheries research
2018 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
Tuo Zhang, Richard G. Gordon, J. K. Mishra, Chengzu Wang,
... instead is a microplate that we term the Malpelo plate. With the improved transform‐fault data, the ...
Tópico(s): High-pressure geophysics and materials
2017 - American Geophysical Union | Geophysical Research Letters
Alan M. Friedlander, Brian Zgliczynski, Enric Ballesteros, Octavio Aburto‐Oropeza, Allan Bolaños, Enric Sala,
... del Coco National Park moved 255km southeast towards Malpelo Island in Colombia, when it stopped transmitting. These ... movements between marine protected areas (Isla del Coco, Malpelo, Galápagos) in the Eastern tropical Pacific and emphasize ...
Tópico(s): Marine and fisheries research
2017 - Vicerractoría Investigación | Revista de Biología Tropical
Rafael Lemaitre, Ricardo Álvarez-León,
... this coast, including the islands of Gorgona and Malpelo. The numbers of species are distributed as follows; ... of which are endemic to the islands of Malpelo or Gorgona. A list of nominal species is ...
Tópico(s): Cephalopods and Marine Biology
2016 - Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras | Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras

Juan P. Quimbayo, Fernando A. Zapata, Sergio R. Floeter, Sandra Bessudo, Iván Sazima,
... algunas especies de peces arrecifales en la isla Malpelo en el Pacífico colombiano. La morena Gymnothorax dovii ...
Tópico(s): Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
2016 - Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras | Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras
Juan A. Sánchez, Carlos E. Gómez, Dairo Escobar, Luisa F. Dueñas,
... information increases considerably the knowledge of octocorals on Malpelo Island and is the first warning of possible ...
Tópico(s): Marine and coastal plant biology
2016 - Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras | Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras