PCR testing in domestic flights to Galapagos Islands during the COVID-19 pandemic: an effective public policy to control SARS-CoV-2 spread in remote and vulnerable populations by Diana Morales-Jadan, Bernardo Castro-Rodriguez, Angel Sebastian Rodriguez, Esteban Ortiz-Prado, Miguel Angel Garcia-Bereguiain

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Seroconversion in Galapagos Sea Lions (<i>Zalophus wollebaeki</i>) Confirms the Presence of Canine Distemper Virus in Rookeries of San Cristóbal Island by Julian Ruiz-Saenz, Veronica Barragan, Colón Jaime Grijalva-Rosero, Eduardo A. Diaz, Diego Páez-Rosas

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The Genus <i>Kalanchoe</i> (Crassulaceae) in Ecuador: From Gardens to the Wild by Anahí Vargas, Ileana Herrera, Neus Nualart, Anne Guézou, Carlos Gómez-Bellver, Efraín Freire, Patricia Jaramillo Díaz, Jordi López-Pujol

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Revealing the Unknown: Real-Time Recognition of Galápagos Snake Species Using Deep Learning by Anika Patel, Lisa Cheung, Nandini Khatod, Irina Matijosaitiene, Alejandro Arteaga, Joseph W. Gilkey

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Whole-Genome Sequencing Reveals the Presence of the <i>bla</i>_CTX-M-65 Gene in Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing and Multi-Drug-Resistant Clones of <i>Salmonella</i> Serovar Infantis Isolated from Broiler Chicken Environments in the Galapagos Islands by Elton Burnett, Maria Ishida, Sofia de Janon, Sohail Naushad, Marc-Olivier Duceppe, Ruimin Gao, Armando Jardim, Jessica C. Chen, Kaitlin A. Tagg, Dele Ogunremi, Christian Vinueza-Burgos

“…Infantis in the Galapagos Islands and highlights the need for increased monitoring and surveillance programs to determine prevalence, sources, and reservoirs of MDR pathogens.…”
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Catch, bycatch and discards of the Galapagos Marine Reserve small-scale handline fishery by Johanna S. Zimmerhackel, Anna C. Schuhbauer, Paolo Usseglio, Lena C. Heel, Pelayo Salinas-de-León

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Female farmers in the Galapagos: An invisible force by Ekaterina Gualoto

“…Despite the crucial contributions of women to agriculture and food security, female farmers in the Galapagos Islands face persistent challenges that hinder the recognition and valuation of their work. …”
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Warming increases the top-down effects and metabolism of a subtidal herbivore by Lindsey A. Carr, John F. Bruno

“…Rapid ocean temperature changes are pervasive throughout the Galápagos Islands due to upwelling and downwelling of internal waves, ENSO events and seasonality. …”
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Preliminary evaluation of the energy efficiency and reduction of atmospheric emissions from the electricity generation system of solar panels on the campus of the Universidad San F... by René Parra Narváez

“…The control of atmospheric emissions is relevant in fragile ecosystems as the Galapagos Islands. At present almost all the electricity consumed in Galapagos is generated in power facilities equipped with internal combustion engines. …”
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Water-Saving Technologies in Galapagos Agriculture: A Step towards Sustainability by Patricia Jaramillo Díaz, Anna Calle-Loor, Nicolás Velasco, David Cevallos

“…Water scarcity and salinity pose significant challenges for agriculture in the Galapagos Islands, severely limiting crop yields needed to sustainably meet the growing demands of the human population in the archipelago. …”
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Leptospirosis in Ecuador: Current Status and Future Prospects by Manuel Calvopiña, Daniel Romero-Alvarez, Eduardo Vasconez, Gabriela Valverde-Muñoz, Gabriel Trueba, Miguel Angel Garcia-Bereguiain, Solon Alberto Orlando

“…No human cases have been reported in the Galápagos Islands. Genomic sequences of three pathogenic <i>Leptospira</i> were reported. …”
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Observed El Niño conditions in the eastern tropical Pacific in October 2015 by L. Stramma, T. Fischer, D. S. Grundle, G. Krahmann, H. W. Bange, C. A. Marandino

“…Measurements from a research cruise on the R/V <i>Sonne</i> in October 2015 near the Equator east of the Galapagos Islands and off the shelf of Peru are used to investigate changes related to El Niño in the upper ocean in comparison with earlier cruises in this region. …”
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Improved estimates of age, growth and reproduction for the regionally endemic Galapagos sailfin grouper Mycteroperca olfax (Jenyns, 1840) by Paolo Usseglio, Alan M. Friedlander, Edward E. DeMartini, Anna Schuhbauer, Eva Schemmel, Pelayo Salinas de Léon

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Fossil pollen as a guide to conservation in the Galapagos. by van Leeuwen, J, Froyd, C, van der Knaap, W, Coffey, E, Tye, A, Willis, K

“…Paleoecological evidence from the past 8000 years in the Galápagos Islands shows that six presumed introduced or doubtfully native species (Ageratum conyzoides, Borreria laevis/Diodia radula-type, Brickellia diffusa, Cuphea carthagenensis, Hibiscus diversifolius, and Ranunculus flagelliformis) are in fact native to the archipelago. …”

Evolutionary History of the Galápagos Rail Revealed by Ancient Mitogenomes and Modern Samples by Jaime A. Chaves, Pedro J. Martinez-Torres, Emiliano A. Depino, Sebastian Espinoza-Ulloa, Jefferson García-Loor, Annabel C. Beichman, Martin Stervander

“…The biotas of the Galápagos Islands are one of the best studied island systems and have provided a broad model for insular species’ origins and evolution. …”
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Cave dwelling Onychophora from a Lava Tube in the Galapagos by Luis Espinasa, Radha Garvey, Jordi Espinasa, Christina A. Fratto, Steven Taylor, Theofilos Toulkeridis, Aaron Addison

“…Based on the 16S rRNA data, the Galapagos velvet worms derived from an Ecuadorian/Colombian clade, as would be expected of ease of dispersal from the nearest mainland to the Galapagos Islands.…”
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Complete mitochondrial genome of the Galápagos sea lion, Zalophus wollebaeki (Carnivora, Otariidae): paratype specimen confirms separate species status by Rita M. Austin, Pia Merete Eriksen, Lutz Bachmann

“…The endangered Galápagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) inhabits the Galápagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador. We present a complete mitochondrial genome (16 465 bp) of a female paratype from the collections of the Natural History Museum Oslo, Norway, assembled from next-generation sequencing reads. …”
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Ocurrence of the sea anemone Telmatactis panamensis (Verrill, 1869) (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) at Isla del Coco National Park, Costa Rica by Fabián H. Acuña, Jorge Cortés, Agustín Garese

“…Possibly this species is extended to greater depth as observed by other authors in the Galápagos Islands.…”
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Biological effects of El Niño on the Galápagos penguin by Vergas, F, Harrison, S, Rea, S, Macdonald, D

“…We examined the biological effects of El Niño activity from 1965 to 2004 using instrumental sea-surface temperatures from the Galápagos Islands and 20 years of census counts of Galápagos penguin. …”

Mite Fauna of the Family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata) Parasitizing Darwin’s Finches in Galápagos Archipelago by Maciej Skoracki, Bozena Sikora, Markus Unsoeld, Martin Hromada

“…Due to the biological uniqueness of the Galápagos Islands, ectoparasites of their avian fauna are relatively well-studied compared with other oceanic islands. …”
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