Caulerpa sertularioides, a green alga spreading aggressively over coral reef communities in Culebra Bay, North Pacific of Costa Rica

Coral Reefs

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-

  Fernandez C ^a   Cortes J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; GREEN ALGA;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; CULEBRA BAY; GUANACASTE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CAULERPA SERTULARIOIDES; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 17044383856     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-004-0440-8     Document Type: Article

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