Rapid ecological assessment of tropical fish communities in a gold mine area of Costa Rica;Sondeo ecológico rápido de las comunidades de peces tropicales en un área de explotación minera en Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1971-1990

  Mendiola, Mario Espinoza ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Costa Rica; Ecological rapid assessment; Gold mine; Species composition; Tropical fish communities

Indexed keywords

ALFARO CULTRATUS; ASTYANAX AENEUS; ATRACTOSTEUS TROPICUS; CHARACIDAE; GOBIOMORUS; PARACHROMIS; POECILIIDAE; RHAMDIA NICARAGUENSIS;

GOLD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GOLD; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVERS;

EID: 70350012464     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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