Evaluación rápida de los arrecifes parche de Majagual, Quintana Roo, México
<abstract language="eng">The Majagual patch reef was surveyed 13 days after the indirect effects of hurricane Mitch with 1 m² quadrants and rapid assesment techniques. In comparison with an earlier survey in the Xahuayxol reef, live coral cover was low (11.5% ± 5.2), whereas the cove...
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doaj-e5cfedc5a218412297ca6602af8e1c862020-11-25T00:21:01ZengVicerractoría InvestigaciónRevista de Biología Tropical0034-77442215-20752000-03-01481137143Evaluación rápida de los arrecifes parche de Majagual, Quintana Roo, MéxicoJosé Rolando Bastida-ZavalaAurora U. Beltrán-TorresMartha Angélica Gutiérrez-AguirreGabriela de la Fuente-Betancourt<abstract language="eng">The Majagual patch reef was surveyed 13 days after the indirect effects of hurricane Mitch with 1 m² quadrants and rapid assesment techniques. In comparison with an earlier survey in the Xahuayxol reef, live coral cover was low (11.5% ± 5.2), whereas the cover of filamentous seaweed and old dead coral was high (53.7% ± 27.7 in bath of them). The coral community disturbance may have began several years ago, and low algal turf growth suggests indirect effects of hurricane Mitch, because the surge suspended sediments. Frequency of Favia fragum (Esper) and encrusting coralline algae encounters was higher than for other coral/alga pairs; this suggest a possible effect specificity.http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442000000100016Benthoshurricane Mitchpatch reefsrapid assessmenttourism |
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José Rolando Bastida-Zavala Aurora U. Beltrán-Torres Martha Angélica Gutiérrez-Aguirre Gabriela de la Fuente-Betancourt Evaluación rápida de los arrecifes parche de Majagual, Quintana Roo, México Revista de Biología Tropical Benthos hurricane Mitch patch reefs rapid assessment tourism |
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José Rolando Bastida-Zavala Aurora U. Beltrán-Torres Martha Angélica Gutiérrez-Aguirre Gabriela de la Fuente-Betancourt |
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José Rolando Bastida-Zavala |
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Evaluación rápida de los arrecifes parche de Majagual, Quintana Roo, México |
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Evaluación rápida de los arrecifes parche de Majagual, Quintana Roo, México |
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Evaluación rápida de los arrecifes parche de Majagual, Quintana Roo, México |
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Evaluación rápida de los arrecifes parche de Majagual, Quintana Roo, México |
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Evaluación rápida de los arrecifes parche de Majagual, Quintana Roo, México |
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evaluación rápida de los arrecifes parche de majagual, quintana roo, méxico |
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Vicerractoría Investigación |
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Revista de Biología Tropical |
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0034-7744 2215-2075 |
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2000-03-01 |
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<abstract language="eng">The Majagual patch reef was surveyed 13 days after the indirect effects of hurricane Mitch with 1 m² quadrants and rapid assesment techniques. In comparison with an earlier survey in the Xahuayxol reef, live coral cover was low (11.5% ± 5.2), whereas the cover of filamentous seaweed and old dead coral was high (53.7% ± 27.7 in bath of them). The coral community disturbance may have began several years ago, and low algal turf growth suggests indirect effects of hurricane Mitch, because the surge suspended sediments. Frequency of Favia fragum (Esper) and encrusting coralline algae encounters was higher than for other coral/alga pairs; this suggest a possible effect specificity. |
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Benthos hurricane Mitch patch reefs rapid assessment tourism |
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