Seawater temperature measured at the surface and at two depths (7 and 12 m) in one coral reef at Culebra Bay, Gulf of Papagayo, Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2001, Pages 153-161

  Jiménez, Carlos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corals; Costa Rica; Eastern Pacific; Guanacaste; Temperature; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0042989986     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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