Deepwater fish assemblages at Isla del Coco National Park and Las Gemelas Seamount, Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 60, Issue , 2012, Pages 347-362

  Starr, Richard M ^a   Green, Kristen ^b   Sala, Enric ^c,d  

^a Box 440   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^d CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Census; Deepwater habitats and fishes; Fish assemblages; Seamounts; Submersible observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896365898     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: 22152075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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