Reconstruction of Diadema mexicanum bioerosion impact on three Costa Rican Pacific coral reefs

Reconstruction of Diadema mexicanum bioerosion impact on three Costa Rican Pacific coral reefs

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The 1982-83 El Niño event produced a high coral mortality (50-90%) in several localities in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, which resulted in an outbreak of the sea urchin populations of Diadema mexicanum A. Agassiz, 1863 in some reefs, leading to an increase in coral framework bioerosion. In Costa Ri...

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Main Authors: Juan José Alvarado, Jorge Cortés, Héctor Reyes-Bonilla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2012-04-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
Subjects:
Densidad
cobertura coralina
bioerosión
bioacreción
manejo
balance arrecifal
Pacífico Tropical Oriental
Density
coral cover
bioerosion
bioacretion
management
reef budget
Eastern Tropical Pacific
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