Demersal crustacean assemblages along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica: A quantitative and multivariate assessment based on the Victor Hensen Costa Rica Expedition (1993/1994)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 115-134

  Jesse, Sandra ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abundance and biomass distribution; Costa Rica; Crustacean assemblage; Diversity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; COSTA RICA; CRUSTACEA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PACIFIC OCEAN; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; COSTA RICA; CRUSTACEA; EXPEDITIONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0030309824     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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