Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition: Northwest Atlantic through Eastern Tropical Pacific

The world's oceans contain a complex mixture of micro-organisms that are for the most part, uncharacterized both genetically and biochemically. We report here a metagenomic stud...

The Genome Sequence of the Leaf-Cutter Ant Atta cephalotes Reveals Insights into Its Obligate Symbiotic Lifestyle

Leaf-cutter ants are one of the most important herbivorous insects in the Neotropics, harvesting vast quantities of fresh leaf material. The ants use leaves to cultivate a fungu...

Pacific coral reefs of panamá: Structure, distribution and predators

SOCIAL MIMICRY; CHARACTER CONVERGENCE VERSUS CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT

The Impact of<i>Acanthaster</i>on Corals and Coral Reefs in the Eastern Pacific

The movement of surface currents and the availability of coral prey are probably not responsible for the discontinuities in the distribution of Acanthaster (the Crown-of-thorns ...

Oxygen-dependent electron transport and protection from photoinhibition in leaves of tropical tree species