Using GIS methods to evaluate rhodolith and Sargassum beds as critical habitats for commercially important marine species in Bahía Concepción, B.C.S., México

Cryptogamie, Algologie

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-65

  Hinojosa Arango, Gustavo ^a   Rioja Nieto, Rodolfo ^b   Suárez Castillo, Álvin N ^c   Riosmena Rodríguez, Rafael ^c  

^a Centro Para la Biodiversidad y Conservación   (Mexico)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Critical; GIS; Habitat; Rhodoliths; Sargassum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904277795     PISSN: 01811568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7872/crya.v35.iss1.2014.49     Document Type: Article

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