Distribution and community structure of the reef corals of Ensenada de Utría, Pacific coast of Colombia

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 643-651

  Vargas Angel, Bernardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Colombian Pacific; Community structure; Coral reefs; Reef deterioration; Utr a

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002841449     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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