Coralline algae as carbonate producers and habitat providers on the Eastern Pacific coast of Panamá: Preliminary assessment

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 145-161

  Fortunato, Helena ^a,b   Schäfer, Priska ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Coralline algae; Eastern pacific; Mollusks; Panama

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; CARBONATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORALLINE ALGA; HABITAT; MOLLUSC; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

GULF OF CHIRIQUI; GULF OF PANAMA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 77951429826     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0253-0145     Document Type: Article

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