Appendix E: Field Scientist Report 



search for bivalves. Bivalves were not very abundant in this area. One duplicate sample 



(Isognomon alatus) was collected from the roots of mangroves. Access to the site is by car from 



Panama city and then by boat 



Contamination:: No sources of contamination were observed. 



Punta Chame area (12/19/91). Two different sites were sampled within this general area. 



Playa Bique, located about 30 km to the west of Panama city, on the Pacific coast, was the first 



site to be sampled. Duplicate samples {Mytilus edulis) from 2 stations were collected by local 



people. Sampling stations are located about 500 meters apart. The second site, Punta Chame, is 



located 90 km to the west of Playa Bique. Samples {Anadara tuberculosa) were obtained from 



local fishermen who had collected this bivalves a few hours earlier from within the roots of 



mangroves. 



Contamination:: No sources of contamination were observed in either location. 



3rd IMYV Sampling Mission: Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama 



Bivalve samples from 7 sites in Nicaragua and Costa Rica were collected between January 

 7 and January 18, 1992. No samples could be obtained from pre-selected sites at Bluefields 

 (Nicaragua) or Limon (Costa Rica). Samples from Bocas del Toro, Panama, were collected 

 between January 21 and January 22, 1992 to complete the sampling in that country. As in the 

 previous sampling missions duplicate sampling at more than one station within a given site was 

 routinely attempted. Wet weight tissue per station was the same; photographs of the were taken 

 for documentation of the area; shell samples from each location were kept ; frozen samples were 

 transferred to San Jose\ Costa Rica. 

 NICARAGUA 



Isla de Aserradores (01/1 1/92). Isla de Aserradores is located about 20 km to the north of 

 Puerto Corinto, a pre-selected site, and close to the border between Nicaragua and Honduras on 

 the Pacific coast. Duplicate samples {Anadara tuberculosa) were collected from within the roots of 

 mangroves at 2 stations with the help of local people. Access to the site is by car from Managua 

 (180 km). 



Contamination:: Cotton, banana and sugar cane fields. 



Ostional (01/1 1/91). Ostional is located on the Pacific coast near the border between Nicaragua 

 and Costa Rica, about 350 km from Isla de Aserradores and 170 km to the south of Managua. A 

 duplicate sample was obtained from local fishermen. 

 Contamination:: No sources of contaminants were observed. 



Bluefields. This location was pre-selected as a sampling site on the Caribbean coast. The 

 sampling trip to Bluefields was not possible because of flight cancellations to and from Bluefields- 

 Puerto Cabezas and Managua. This site was left for later sampling. 



