Stranding and incidental catch of sea turtles in the coastal Tumbes, Peru by Carlos A. Rosales, Manuel Vera, Jorge Llanos

“…Strandings and incidental catches of four sea turtles species (Chelonia mydas, Lepidochelys olivacea, Dermochelys coriacea and Eretmochelys imbricata) were registered in Tumbes Region since August 2007 to August 2009. These registers (52.6% of strandings and 47.4% of incidental catches) occurred during all year; most frequently in Punta Picos (50.5%), Canoas (20.0%) and Baja de Punta Mero (14.7%). …”
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Proposal of <i>Brotulella</i> n. gen. for Monogeneans from the Gills of the Pacific Bearded Brotula <i>Brotula clarkae</i> Hubbs, 1944 (<i>Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae</i>) Based on M... by Celso Luis Cruces, Raquel Simões, Arnaldo Maldonado Júnior, Ruperto Severino, Jhon Darly Chero, José Luis Luque

“…(type species) and <i>Brotulella luisahelenae</i> n. sp. on the gill filaments of the Pacific bearded brotula <i>Brotula clarkae</i> Hubbs, 1944 (<i>Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae</i>) from Puerto Pizarro in the Tumbes region (northern Peru). Species of the new genus are distinguished from all other dactylogyrids by the combination of the following features: (1) anchors with a stocking-shaped sheath associated with the distal end of superficial and deep roots, (2) tandem gonads, (3) a vas deferens looping left intestinal caecum, (4) a distally twisted male copulatory organ (MCO) with a delicate membranous accessory piece articulated to the shaft of the MCO, (5) a U-shaped ovary, (6) an almost sigmoid seminal vesicle, and (7) two prostatic reservoirs with thick muscular walls. …”
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Cover and Land Use Changes in the Dry Forest of Tumbes (Peru) Using Sentinel-2 and Google Earth Engine Data by Elgar Barboza, Wilian Salazar, David Gálvez-Paucar, Lamberto Valqui-Valqui, David Saravia, Jhony Gonzales, Wiliam Aldana, Héctor V. Vásquez, Carlos I. Arbizu

“…The objective of this study was to identify the dynamics of LULC changes and the factors associated with the transformations of the dry forest in the Tumbes region (Peru) using Google Earth Engine (GEE). …”
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