Biogeography in the deep: Hierarchical population genomic structure of two beaked whale species by Aubrie B. Onoufriou, Oscar E. Gaggiotti, Natacha Aguilar de Soto, Morgan L. McCarthy, Phillip A. Morin, Massimiliano Rosso, Merel Dalebout, Nicholas Davison, Robin W. Baird, C. Scott Baker, Simon Berrow, Andrew Brownlow, Daniel Burns, Florence Caurant, Diane Claridge, Rochelle Constantine, Fabien Demaret, Sascha Dreyer, Martina Ðuras, John W. Durban, Alexandros Frantzis, Luis Freitas, Gabrielle Genty, Ana Galov, Sabine S. Hansen, Andrew C. Kitchener, Vidal Martin, Antonio A. Mignucci-Giannoni, Valeria Montano, Aurelie Moulins, Carlos Olavarría, M. Michael Poole, Cristel Reyes Suárez, Emer Rogan, Conor Ryan, Agustina Schiavi, Paola Tepsich, Jorge Urban R., Kristi West, Morten Tange Olsen, Emma L. Carroll

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Tropical Cyclones: Types, Climatology and Effects / by Westfall, Magen, author 650871, Steward, Shin, author 650872

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Seapower, Geostrategic Relations, and Islandness: The World War II Destroyers for Bases Deal by Colin Flint

“…The Destroyers for Bases deal was signed on March 27, 1941, and transferred fifty aging US destroyers to Great Britain in exchange for 99-year leases of bases on the British controlled islands of Newfoundland, Bermuda, Trinidad, Jamaica, Antigua, St. Lucia, the Bahamas, and one in British Guiana. The deal highlights how US strategic planners came to see the value of the islands because of their relationality. …”
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Chrysothrix bergeri ( Ascomycota : Arthoniales : Chrysothricaceae ), a new lichen species from the southeastern United States, the Caribbean, and Bermuda by Scott LaGreca

“…This new species, Chrysothrix bergeri sp. nov., ranges from the southeastern United States southwards to the Caribbean islands (Bahamas and Cuba) and eastwards to Bermuda. It is most easily confused with C. xanthina , from which it differs in both chemistry and ascospore shape. …”
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A DEA-BASED EVALUATION OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE UNDER THE ASSUMPTION OF NATURAL AND MANAGERIAL EFFICIENCY by Teresa Sanz-Diaz, Francisco Velasco-Morente, Juan Javier Moreno-Moreno, Carlos Ludena

“…The results found that the Bahamas, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica and Mexico attained the maximum efficiency level in all efficiency measurements. …”
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Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the Epictia goudotii Species complex (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae: Epictinae) in Middle America and northern South America by James R. McCranie, S. Blair Hedges

“…Thus, together with E. columbi (Bahamas), we recognize six species in the Epictia goudotii Species complex. …”
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Seaside Goldenrod, Solidago sempervirens by Debbie Miller, Mack Thetford, Chris Verlinde, Gabriel Campbell, Ashlynn Smith

“… Seaside goldenrod is highly tolerant of both saline soils and salt spray and is usually found on beach dunes, tidal marshes, and disturbed areas throughout coastal areas from Mexico North to Maine and on islands in the Bahamas. It is a prolific flower- and seed-producer. …”
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II. classification of the Mydinae, with description of a new genus and a revision of Ceriomydas Williston by O Editor

“…Ceriomydas Williston is redefined, and several species transferred to it; its present composition is the following : 1. brederi (Curran, 1951; Bahamas); 2. crassipes (Westwood, 1841; Brazil : Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo); 3. cubanus (Curran, 1951; Cuba); 4. darlingtoni, sp. n. …”
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Goby–shrimp mutualism: Costs and benefits of obligate versus facultative strategies by Cropp, R, Norbury, J

“…We model the mutualism interactions between gobies and shrimp based on recent experimental work on the shrimp Alpheus floridans and the facultative and obligate gobies Ctenogobius saepepallens and Nes longus in the Bahamas. We show that the model is consistent with observations, and suggest that obligate mutualism may favour rapid speciation in gobies due to their restricted spatial range. …”

Otros Ahoritas: Belleza y angustia en memorias de familia by Nnenna Odim

“…En esta pieza, introduzco momentos de mi familia de Bahamas y de Biafran como lugares donde se enfrentan las experiencias negras, junto con una interrogación de los marcos coloniales anti-negros que perviven en las historias familiares. …”
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Authigenic clays as precursors to carbonate precipitation in saline lakes of Salar de Llamara, Northern Chile by Erica P. Suosaari, Ioan Lascu, Amanda M. Oehlert, Paola Parlanti, Enrico Mugnaioli, Mauro Gemmi, Paul F. Machabee, Alan M. Piggot, Alvaro T. Palma, R. Pamela Reid

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Editorial Foreword by Jack Whitehead

“…The sites of practice of contributors to issue 14(2) include Bangladesh, the Bahamas and Nepal. The two books reviewed are those of Suresh Nanwani researching in the Philippines and Robert Maxwell in the UK.…”
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Feeding Island Dreams: Exploring the Relationship Between Food Security and Agritourism in the Caribbean by Adelle Thomas, Amelia Moore, Michael Edwards

“…This article provides a selective examination of the possibilities of relationships between agritourism and food security in the context of a specific Caribbean island: New Providence, Bahamas. Drawing from semi-structured interviews and site visits with over sixty farmers, we focus on the experiences of three farms that have attempted to engage in agritourism, with different approaches, levels of success, and potential impacts on food security. …”
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ADICIÓN A LAS CLOROFÍCEAS CUBANAS: Avrainvillea nigricans f. floridana LITTLER & LITTLER, 1992 (CHLOROPHYTA, BRYOPSIDALES) by Rubén Cabrera, Ana María Suárez, Carmen Zayas

“…Esta forma ha sido registrada para Martinica en Antillas Menores, Bahamas y Florida, asociada a pastos marinos o en arrecifes. …”
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The results of long term coral reef monitoring at three locations in Jamaica: Monkey Island, “Gorgo City” and Southeast Cay by Marcia Creary Ford, Loureene Jones Smith, Sean O. Green

“…Monitoring was established in 2000 in the Bahamas, Belize and Jamaica. Following the pilot project, the program was institutionalized in Jamaica and monitoring was conducted on eight occasions from 2000 to 2010. …”
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A review of the Paectes arcigera species complex (Guenée) (Lepidoptera, Euteliidae) by Michael Pogue

“…Lucia, Trinidad) and P. longiformis Pogue (Brazil) are described: P. asper sp. n. (Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, British Virgin Islands, U.S. …”
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Nuevos registros de la rana de invernadero Eleutherodactylus planirostris en Veracruz, México by Arístides García-Vinalay, Axel Fuentes-Moreno, Víctor Vásquez-Cruz, José Luis Aguilar-López

“…Eleutherodactylus planirostris es una especie nativa de Cuba, Bahamas e Islas Caimán en el Mar Caribe que ha sido introducida accidentalmente a distintas partes del mundo, incluido el continente americano. …”
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The SickKids Caribbean Initiative to improve care for children with cancer and blood disorders by Michelle Reece-Mills, Jo-Anna B. Baxter

“…The SickKids Caribbean Initiative is a partnership between health care professionals at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, and seven Caribbean institutions across six countries (Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago). …”
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New species of sabellariids (Annelida: Sabellariidae) from the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico by Yessica Chávez-López

“…Another morphospecies, Phalacrostemma sp., is characterized by a single incomplete specimen from the Bahamas. Also, new records of Phalacrostemma perkinsi Kirtley, 1994, and P. dorothyae Kirtley, 1994 were made. …”
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Reasons Fostering or Discouraging the Implementation of Central Bank-Backed Digital Currency: A Review by Sergio Luis Náñez Alonso, Miguel Ángel Echarte Fernández, David Sanz Bas, Jarosław Kaczmarek

“…On the contrary, the Chinese Central Bank and banking systems of other countries that have less weight in the world, such as Uruguay, Lithuania and the Bahamas, seem to go against the trend of rejection and are seriously considering its implementation. …”
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