Intereses de Investigación:
Evolución, zoogeografía y
ecología de la ictiofauna dulceacuícola y marina
centroamericana.
Último Título Académico:
1965. Master in Biology.
University of Southern California. Thesis: A study of the
midwater fishes from the Peru-Chile Trench.
Especies descritas:
Astyanax cocibolca,
2008
Axoclinus cocoensis,
1991
Benthalbella macropinna.
Bussing & Bussing, 1966
Binghamichthys aphos,
1965
Brachyrhaphis holdridgei,
1967
Brachyrhaphis roseni,
1988
Chriolepis atrimelum,
1997
Chriolepis cuneata,
1990
Chriolepis dialepta,
1990
Cichlasoma diquis,
1974
Cichlasoma loisellei,
1989
Cichlasoma sajica,
1974
Elacatinus inornatus,
1990
Elacatinus janssi,
1981
Elacatinus nesiotes,
1990
Eleotris tecta,
1996
Evermannia erici,
1983
Gymnothorax phalarus,
1998
Halichoeres aestuaricola,
1972
Halichoeres discolor,
1983
Hyphessobrycon savagei,
1967
Imparales panamensis,
1970
Lampanytus iselinoides,
1963
Lepidonectes clarkhubbsi,
1991
Liopropoma fasciatum
1980
Lythrypnus alphigena,
1990
Lythrypnus cobalus,
1990
Lythrypnus insularis,
1990
Lythrypnus lavenbergi,
1990
Melaniris hubbsi,
1978
Melaniris jiloaensis,
1978
Melaniris milleri,
1979
Melanostigma bathium,
1965
Nannorhamdia lineata,
1970
Opistognathus brochus,
2004
Opistognathus fossoris,
2004
Opistognathus smithvanizi,
2004
Opistognathus walkeri,
2004
Peristedion nesium,
2010
Phallichthys quadripunctatus, 1979
Phallichthys tico,
1963
Piabucina boruca,
1967
Poeciliopsis paucimaculata,
1967
Poeciliopsis santaelena,
2008
Pomadasys empherus,
1993
Pseudocheirodon terrabae,
1967
Ptereleotris carinata,
2001
Pterobrycon myrnae,
1974
Rivulus fuscolineatus
1980
Rivulus glaucus,
1980
Rivulus rubripunctatus,
1980
Rivulus siegfriedi,
1980
Rivulus uroflammeus,
1980
Roeboides ilseae,
1986
Sicydium adelum,
1996
Sphoeroides rosenblatti,
Walker & Bussing, 1996
Uropterygius versutus,
1991
Urotrygon cimar,
1999
Publicaciones:
Libros:
Bussing, W. 1968. Zoología General. Guia de
laboratorio. Pub. Univ. Costa Rica, Serie Textos N° 161, 1-130
p.
Bussing, W.
& M. López S. 1993. Peces demersales y pelágicos costeros
del Pacífico de Centro America meridional. Guía ilustrada.
Publicaci6n especial de la Rev. Biol. Trop. 164 p.
Bussing, W.
1969. Familias de peces marinos costarricenses y de aguas
contiguas. Ser. Ciencias Naturales, N° 6, Univ. de Costa Rica,
1-39 p.
Bussing, W.
1987. Peces de las aguas continentales de Costa Rica.
Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, 271 p.
Bussing, W.
1998.
Peces de las aguas
continentales de Costa Rica.
Segunda edición.
Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, 468 p.
Bussing, W.
& M. López S. 2005. Peces de la Isla del Coco y peces
arrecifales de la costa Pacifica de America Central meridional.
Rev. Biol. Trop. 53 (Suppl. 2): 1-192.
Bussing, W.
& M. López S. 2010. Peces costeros del caribe de
Centro América meridional. Guia Ilustrada. Rev. Biol. Trop. 57 (Suppl.
1): 1-240.
Capítulos de Libros Editados:
Bussing, W. 1965. A study of the midwater fishes from the
Peru-Chile Trench. Amer. Geophys. Union, Antarctic Res. Ser. 5:
185-227.
Bussing, W. 1976. Geographic distribution of the San Juan
ichthyofauna of Central America with remarks on its origin and
ecology. En: Investigations of the ichthyofauna of Nicaraguan
lakes, T. B. Thorson (Editor), p. 157-175.
Bussing, W. 1985. En: The great American biotic interchange
(Ed. F.G. Stehli & S.D. Webb), Plenum Pub. Co., p. 453-473.
Bussing, W. 1994. Ecological aspects of the fish community.
Ch. 14, p. 195-198, 379. En: McDade, L., K. Bawa, H.A.
Hespenheide & G.S. Hartshorn, (eds.). La Selva, Ecology and
natural history of a tropical rainforest. Univ. of Chicago
Press, 486 p.
Artículos Científicos:
Bussing, W. 1963. A new poeciliid
fish, Phallichthys tico, from Costa Rica. Los Angeles Co.
Mus. Contrib. Sci. 77: 1-13.
Bussing, W. & M. López S. 1967.
Antarctic Scopelarchidae: A new species of Benthalbella
and the distribution of B. elongata (Norman). Bull So.
Calif. Acad. Sci., 65: 53-64.
Price, C.E. & W. Bussing. 1967. Mongenean
parasites of Costa Rican fishes. Part 1. Descriptions of two new
species of Cleidodiscus Mueller, 1934. Rivista di
Parassitologia, 27: 81-86.
Bussing, W. 1967. New species and new
records of Costa Rican freshwater fishes with a tentative list
of species. Rev. Biol. Trop., 14: 205-249.
Villa, J.D. & W. Bussing. 1967.
Indicaciones
generales para preservar peces, anfibios y reptiles.
O'Bios, Revista de Ciencias Naturales, 2: 21-24.
Price, C.E. & W. Bussing. 1968. Mongenean
parasites of Costa Rican fishes. II. Proposal of
Palombitremaheteroancistrium n. gen., n. sp. Proc.
Helminthol. Soc. Wash., 35: 54-57.
Bussing, W. 1970. Two new species of
catfishes of the genera Nannorhamdia and lmparales
(Family Pimelodidae) from Central America. Los Angeles Co. Mus.
Contrib. Sci., 196: 1-11.
Bussing, W. & T.R. Roberts. 1971.
Rediscovery of the glandulocaudine fish Pterobrycon and
the hypothetical significance of its spectacular humeral scales
(Pisces: Characidae). Copeia, 1971: 179-181.
Bussing, W. 1972. Halichoeres
aestuaricola, a replacement name for the tropical Eastern
Pacific labrid fish, lridio bimaculata Wilson, with a
redescription based on new material. Brenesia, I: 3-8.
Bussing, W. 1972. Recolonization of a
population of supratidal fishes at Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall
Islands. Atoll Res. Bull., 154: 1-4.
Bussing, W. 1974. Two new species of
cichlid fishes, Cichlasoma sajica and C. diquis,
from southeastern Costa Rica. Rev. Biol.Trop., 22: 29-49.
Bussing, W. 1974. Pterobrycon
myrnae, a remarkable new glandulocaudine characid fish from
Costa Rica. Rev. Biol.Trop., 22: 135-159.
Bussing, W. & M. Martin. 1975.
Systematic status, variation and distribution of four Middle
American cichlid fishes belonging to the Amphilophus
species group, genus Cichlasoma. Los Angeles Co.
Mus. Contrib. Sci., 269: 1-41.
Bussing, W. 1975. Utilidad
de los recursos pesqueros nacionales.
Rev. Univ. de Costa Rica, 41: 17-21.
Bussing, W. 1976. Taxonomy and
biological aspects of the Central American cichlid fishes
Cichlasoma sieboldii and C. tuba.
Rev. Biol. Trop.,
23: 189- 211.
Bussing, W.
& M. López S. 1977. Distribucion y aspectos ecologicos de los
peces de las cuencas hidrograficas de Arenal, Bebedero y
Tempisque, Costa Rica. Rev. Biol.Trop., 25: 13-37.
Bussing, W.
1978.
Guentherus
altivela Osorio, the first ateleopodid fish reported from
the eastern Pacific Ocean. Rev. Biol. Trop., 25: 179-190.
Bussing, W. 1979. Los Angeles Co. Mus.
Contrib. Sci., 301: 1-8.
Bussing, W. 1979. Taxonomic status of
the atherinid fish genus Melaniris in lower Central
America, with the description of three new species. Rev. Biol.
Trop., 26: 391-413.
Bussing, W. 1980. Status of the
cyprinodontid fish genus Rivulus in Costa Rica, with
descriptions of new endemic species. Brenesia, 17: 327-363.
Bussing, W. 1980. Liopropoma
fasciatum, a new serranid fish and only known member of the
genus from the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean. Rev. Biol.
Trop.,28: 147-151.
Constantz, G.D., W.A. Bussing, & W.G. Saul. 1981.
Freshwater fishes of Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica. Proc.
Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 133: 15-19.
Bussing, W. 1982. Elacatinus
janssi, a new gobiid fish from Costa Rica.
Rev. Biol. Trop.,
29: 251-256.
Bussing, W. &
M. López S. 1982. Lista provisional de
los peces marinos de la Costa Pacífica de Costa Rica. Rev. Biol.
Trop., 30: 5-26 .
Bussing, W. 1983. A new tropical
eastern Pacific labrid fish, Halichoeres discolor,
endemic to Isla del Coco. Rev. Biol.Trop., 31: 19-23.
Bussing, W. 1983. Evermannia erici,
a new burrowing gobiid fish from the Pacific coast of Costa
Rica. Rev. Biol.Trop., 31: 125-131.
Bartels, C.E., K.S. Price, M.I. López, W.A. Bussing.
1983. Occurrence, distribution, abundance and diversity of
fishes in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop., 31:
75-101.
Bartels, C.E., K.S. Price, M.I. López, W.A. Bussing.
1984. Ecological assessment of finfish as indicators of habitats
in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica. Hydrobiologia, 112: 197-207.
Bussing, W. 1986. Roeboides ilseae,
n. sp., a new scale-eating characid fish from Costa Rica.
Rev. Biol.Trop., 33: 45-50.
Bussing, W. 1987.
Los peces de la
familia Labridae de la costa Pacifica de Costa Rica.
Rev. Biol. Trop., 33: 81-98.
Gocke, K., W. Bussing & J. Cortés. 1987. Morphometric and
basic limnological properties of the Laguna de Rio Cuarto,
Costa Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop., 35: 277-285.
Bussing, W. 1988. A new fish,
Brachyrhaphis roseni (Poeciliidae) from Costa Rica and
Panama. Rev. Biol. Trop., 36: 81-87.
Guzmán, H.M., J. Campos, C. Gamboa, W.A. Bussing. 1988.
Un
arrecife artificial de lIantas: Su potencial para el manejo de
pesquenas.
An
Inst. Cienc. Mar Limno., UNAM 15: 249-254.
Bussing, W. 1990. Cichlasoma
loisellei, a new Nandopsis group cichlid fish from
Central America. Rev. Biol. Trop. 37: 153-161.
Bussing, W. 1990. New species of
gobiid fishes of the genera Lythrypnus, Elacatinus and
Chriolepis from the eastern tropical Pacific. Rev. Biol.
Trop. 38: 99-118 42.
Gocke, K., W. Bussing & J. Cortés. 1990. The annual cycle
of primary productivity in Laguna de Rio Cuarto, a volcanic lake
(maar) in Costa Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop. 38: 387-394.
Bussing, W. 1991. A new genus and two
new species of tripterygiid fishes from Costa Rica. Rev. Biol.
Trop. 39: 77-85.
Bussing, W. 1991. A new species of
eastern Pacific moray eel (Pisces: Muraenidae). Rev. Biol. Trop.
39: 97-102.
Bussing, W. 1993. Pomadasys
empherus, a new species of haemulid fish from the tropical
eastern Pacific. Rev. Biol. Trop. 41: 245-251.
Bussing, W. 1994. Fish communities
and environmental characteristics of a tropical rain forest
river in Costa Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop. 41: 791-809.
Kailola, P.J. & W. Bussing. 1995. Ariidae. Bagres
marinos. p. 860-886. F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E.
Carpenter, V.H. Niem (Eds.).
Guía FAO para la identificación
de especies para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifíco
Centro-Oriental. Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la
Agricultura y la Alimentación.
FAO,
Roma, ltalia, 1813 p.
Bussing, W. 1995. Ateleopodidae.
Ateleopódidos, trompas dulces. p. 887-888. En: W. Fisher, et al.
Bussing, W. 1995. Balistidae.
Pejepuercos, calafates, gatillos. p. 905-909. En: W. Fisher, et
al.
Bussing, W.
1995. Centropomidae. Róbalos. p.
987-995. En: W. Fisher, et al.
Bussing, W.
1995. Cirrhitidae. Chinos, halcones.
p. 1007-1010. En: W. Fisher, et al.
Bussing, W.
1995.
Gerreidae.
Mojarras. p. 1114-1128. En: W. Fisher, et al.
Bussing, W. 1995. Monacanthidae.
Cachúas, lijas. p. 1278-1280. En: W. Fisher, et
al.
Bussing, W. 1995. Synodontidae.
Lagartos. p. 1625-1628. En: W. Fisher, et al.
Bussing, W. 1995. Tetraodontidae.
Tamboriles, tamborines, botetes, peces globo, corrotuchos. p.
1629-1637. En: W. Fisher, et al.
Bussing, W. 1995. Triglidae. Rubios.
p. 1643-1648. En: W. Fisher, et al.
Bussing, W. 1995. Uranoscopidae.
Miracielos, miraestrellas. p. 1649-1650. En: W. Fisher, et al.
Krupp, F. & W. Bussing. 1995.
Quimeras.
Chimaeridae. Quimeras ñatas. Rhinochimaeridae.
Quimeras picudas. p. 791-798. En: W. Fisher, et al.
Bussing, W. 1996. A new species of
eleotridid, Eleotris tecta, from Pacific slope streams of
tropical America. Rev. Biol. Trop. 44: 251-257.
Bussing,
W.
1996. Sicydium
adelum,
a
new species of gobiid fish, from Atlantic slope streams of Costa
Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop. 44: 819-825.
1996. Fishes collected during the RV Victor Hensen Expedition
(1993/1994). Rev. Biol. Trop. 44 (Suppl. 3): 183-186. (coautor)
Bussing,
W.
1996. Sicydium
adelum,
a
new species of gobiid fish, from Atlantic slope streams of Costa
Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop. 44: 819-825.
Walker, H.J. & Bussing, W. 1996. Two new pufferfish of
the genus Sphoeroides (Tetraodontidae) from the Eastern
Pacific. Copeia, 1996: 677-684. (coautor)
Bussing, W. 1997. Chriolepis
atrimelum (Gobiidae) a new species of gobiid fish from Isla
del Coco, Costa Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop. 45: 1547-1552.
Bussing, W. 1998. Gymnothorax
phalarus, a new eastern Pacific moray eel (pisces:
Muraenidae). Rev. Biol. Trop. 46: 439-446.
Bussing, W. & M. López. 1998.
Urotrygon cimar, a new eastern Pacific stingray (pisces:
Urolophidae). Rev. Biol. Trop. 46 (Suppl. 6): 271-277.
Bussing, W. 2001. Ptereleotris
carinata, a new species of hovering goby (perciformes:
Microdesmidae) from the tropical eastern Pacific. Rev. Biol.
Trop. 49 (Suppl. 1): 133-139.
Bussing, W. 2003. Four new species of
eastern tropical Pacific jawfishes (Opistognathus
Opistognathidae). Rev. Biol. Trop. 51: 529-550.
R.
Abell et al. Bussing, W. 2008. Freshwater ecoregions of
the world: A new map of biogeographic units for freshwater
biodiversity conservation. BioScience 58 (5): 403-405.
Herrera-Vásquez, J., W. Bussing, F. Villalobos. 2008.
Panbiogeographical analysis of Costa Rican freshwater fishes.
Rev. Biol. Trop. 56: 165-170.
Bussing, W. 2008. A new species of
poeciliid fish, Poeciliopsis santaelena, from Peninsula
Santa Elena, Area de Conservaci6n Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Rev.
Biol. Trop. 56: 839-844.
Bussing, W. 2008. Astyanx cocibolca,
a new characid (Pisces: Ostariophysi) from Lake Nicaragua,
Central America. Rev. Biol. Trop. 56: 1361-1370
Bussing, W. & M. López
S.
2009. Part 39. Marine fish. En: I.S. Wehrtmann &
J. Cortés (ed.). Marine Biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central
America, Springer, 1-538.
Bussing, W.
2010. A new fish, Peristedion nesium (Peristediidae) from
Isla del Coco, Costa Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop. 57:________
Publicaciones Divulgativas:
Bussing, W. 1999. Guapote (Rainbow Bass) has been shifted
from family Cichlasoma to Parachromis. Costa Rica
Outdoors, 4(2): 17, 38, 40.
Bussing, W. 1999. Mojarras, Tilapias and Viejas. Meet Costa
Rica’s other cichlids. Costa Rica Outdoors, 4(3): 35, 49.
Bussing, W. 1999. Identifying Pacific Snooks. Costa Rica
Outdoors, 4(4): 37.
Bussing, W. 1999. Identifying Atlantic Snooks. Costa Rica
Outdoors, 4(5): 19.
Bussing, W. 1999. The history of Costa Rica’s Killifishes.
Costa Rica Outdoors, 4(6): 25-27.
Bussing, W. 2000. Costa Rica’s livebearing Killlifish
(Family Poeciliidae). Costa Rica Outdoors, 5(1): 29.
Bussing, W. 2000. Fish on the edge of survival. Costa Rica
Outdoors, 5(2): 41-42.
Bussing, W. 2000. How to describe a new species. Costa Rica
Outdoors, 5(3): 33.
Bussing, W. 2000. Strange creatures: Deep-sea fish. Costa
Rica Outdoors, 5(4): 39.
Bussing, W. 2000. The eyes of deep-sea fish. Costa Rica
Outdoors, 5(5): 25, 35.
Bussing, W. 2000. Corbinas of the upper Gulf of Nicoya.
Costa Rica Outdoors, 5(6): 39.
Bussing, W. 2001. Corbinas of the outer Gulf of Nicoya.
Costa Rica Outdoors, 6(1): 35.
Bussing, W. 2001. How do you tell a Yellowfin from a Bigeye
Tuna? Costa Rica Outdoors, 6(2): 27, 31.
Bussing, W. 2001. Freshwater fishes of interest to anglers
in Costa Rica. Costa Rica Outdoors, 6(3): 35. |