Monitoring coral reefs, seagrasses and mangroves in Costa Rica (CARICOMP)

Monitoring coral reefs, seagrasses and mangroves in Costa Rica (CARICOMP)

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The coral reefs, seagrasses and mangroves from the Costa Rican Caribbean coast have been monitored since 1999 using the CARICOMP protocol. Live coral cover at Meager Shoal reef bank (7 to 10m depth) at the Parque Nacional Cahuita (National Park), increased from 13.3% in 1999, to 28.2% in 2003, but d...

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Main Authors: Jorge Cortés, Ana C Fonseca, Jaime Nivia-Ruiz, Vanessa Nielsen-Muñoz, Jimena Samper-Villarreal, Eva Salas, Solciré Martínez, Priscilla Zamora-Trejos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2010-10-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
Subjects:
productivity
Thalassia testudinum
Rhizophora mangle
Diadema antillarum
mangrove
seagrass
CARICOMP
Cahuita
Gandoca
Caribe
Costa Rica
cobertura de coral
productividad
floración de Thalassia
Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442010000700003&lng=en&tlng=en

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