The invasive snowflake coral (Carijoa riisei) in the Tropical Eastern Pacific, Colombia

Carijoa riisei (Octocorallia: Cnidaria), a western Atlantic species, has been reported in the Pacific as an invasive species for nearly forty years. C. riisei has been recently observed overgrowing native octocorals at several rocky-coral littorals in the Colombian Tropical Eastern Pacific-(TEP). C....

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Main Authors: Juan Armando Sánchez, Diana Ballesteros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2014-02-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442014000500014&lng=en&tlng=en