Temporal patterns in coral reef, seagrass and mangrove communities from Chengue bay CARICOMP site (Colombia): 1993-2008

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 58, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages 45-62

  Rodríguez Ramírez, Alberto ^a   Garzón Ferreira, Jaime ^b   Batista Morales, Angélica ^c   Gil, Diego L ^c   Gómez López, Diana Isabel ^c   Gómez Campo, Kelly ^c   López Londoño, Tomás ^c   Navas Camacho, Raúl ^c   Reyes Nivia, María Catalina ^a   Vega Sequeda, Johanna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Brewster Academy   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS INVEMAR   (Colombia)

Author keywords

CARICOMP; Chengue; Colombian Caribbean; Coral reef; Mangrove; Monitoring; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COLOMBIA; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

COLOMBIA; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

ANTHOZOA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 78650705219     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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