Requiem for an eastern Pacific seagrass bed

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2001, Pages 273-278

  Cortés, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Eastern Pacific; Halophila baillonii; Ruppia maritima; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ALISMATIDAE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DENSITY;

ALISMATIDAE; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATES; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 0042989984     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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