Cryptobiota associated to dead Acropora palmata (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) coral, Isla Grande, colombian Caribbean

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 229-236

  Moreno Forero, Silvia K ^a   Navas S , Gabriel R ^a   Solano, O David ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS INVEMAR   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Acropora palmata; Colombian Caribbean; Cryptobiota; Dead coral; Epibenthon

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006593604     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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