Spatial distribution of light and nutrients in some coral reefs of Costa Rica during January 1997

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2001, Pages 251-263

  Muller Parker, Gisèle ^a   Cortés, Jorge ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Bah a Culebra; Cahuita; Coral reefs; Costa Rica; Light profiles; Lim n; Seawater nutrients

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; LIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; COSTA RICA; LIGHT; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 13944262748     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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