Monitoring of the meager shoal coral reef, cahuita national park, costa rica (Caricomp site);Monitoreo del arrecife coralino Meager Shoal, Parque Nacional Cahuita, Costa Rica (Sitio CARICOMP)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 755-763

  Fonseca E , Ana C ^a   Salas, Eva ^a   Cortés, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Cahuita; Caribbean; CARICOMP; Coral reef; Costa Rica; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DIADEMA ANTILLARUM; ECHINOMETRA VIRIDIS;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEA URCHIN;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIOMASS; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; SEA URCHINS;

EID: 52149121656     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: 22152075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v54i3.12774     Document Type: Article

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