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Estructura de la comunidad y distribución vertical de la macrofauna de fondos blandos en isla Gorgona, Pacífico Colombiano

Valencia, Bellineth; Herrera, Leonardo; Giraldo, Alan.
Rev. biol. trop; 62 (supl.1), 2014
Soft bottoms are important in marine ecosystems but their ecology have been less studied in the tropics than in temperate areas. This article describes the temporal, spatial, and vertical distribution of the community structure of subtidal soft bottom macrofauna on Isla Gorgona, Colombian Pacific. Sample...
Fauna, Ecosistema, Poliquetos/anatomía & histología, Anfípodos/anatomía & histología, Colombia, Biología del Suelo, Sedimentación/análisis, Crustáceos/clasificación
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Distribution of shallow water soft and hard bottom seabeds in the Isla del Coco National Park, Pacific Costa Rica

Sibaja-Cordero, Jeffrey A; Troncoso, Jesús S; Benavides-Varela, Catalina; Cortés, Jorge.
Rev. biol. trop; 60 (supl.3), 2012
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applications used in marine habitats are powerful tools for management and monitoring of marine reserves and resources. Here, we present a series of maps of the soft and hard substrates in the shallow waters (>80 m depth) of Parque Nacional Isla del Coco (PNIC= Isla d...
Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Recursos Marinos/análisis, Reserva Marina/análisis, Sedimentación/análisis, Costa Rica
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Geología de Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Herrera Zúñiga, Pablo; Enid Vargas, Ana.
Rev. biol. trop; 60 (supl.2), 2012
The geology of Culebra Bay, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, is composed of volcanic rocks of oceanic crust; marine sediments deposited on the slope, continental platform and superficial zones nearby to the coast, pyroclastic rocks inset with continental sediments and recent Quaternary deposits. At the base of th...
Geología, Costa Rica, Sedimentación/análisis, Sedimentos Geológicos/análisis, Erupciones Volcánicas/análisis
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