Seagrass monitoring at Perezoso, Cahuita, Costa Rica (CARICOMP site);Monitoreo de pastos marinos en Perezoso, Cahuita, Costa Rica (sitio CARICOMP)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-66

  Fonseca E , Ana C ^a   Nielsen M , Vanessa ^a   Cortés, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Biomass; Caribbean; CARICOMP; Costa Rica; Monitoring; Parque Nacional Cahuita; Productivity; Seagrass; Thalassia testudinum; Turnover rate

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ALISMATIDAE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ALISMATIDAE; BIOMASS; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAWATER;

THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 47749106770     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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