Macroinfauna of a tropical fjord-like embayment: Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 6, 1998, Pages 81-90

  Léon Morales, Roy ^a   Vargas, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Anoxic basin; Benthos; Box corer; Costa Rica; Golfo Dulce; Infauna; Polychaetes

Indexed keywords

EID: 13944269727     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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