Mid-term coral-algal dynamics and conservation status of a Gorgona Island (Tropical Eastern Pacific) coral reef

Colombian coral reefs, as other reefs worldwide, have deteriorated significantly during the last few decades due to both natural and anthropogenic disturbances. The National Monitoring System for Coral Reefs in Colombia (SIMAC) was established in 1998 to provide long-term data bases to assess the ch...

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Main Authors: Fernando A Zapata, Alberto Rodríguez-Ramírez, Carlos Caro-Zambrano, Jaime Garzón-Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2010-05-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442010000500007&lng=en&tlng=en