Ichthyoplankton assemblages in the Gulf of Nicoya and Golfo Dulce embayments, Pacific coast of Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 173-182

  Molina Ureña, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Eastern Tropical Pacific; Fish larvae distribution; Golfo de Nicoya; Golfo Dulce; Ichthyoplankton; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COSTA RICA; FISH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PACIFIC OCEAN; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; COSTA RICA; FISHES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PACIFIC OCEAN; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 0030309765     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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