Dynamics in benthic community composition and influencing factors in an upwelling-exposed coral reef on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica

Dynamics in benthic community composition and influencing factors in an upwelling-exposed coral reef on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica

Seasonal upwelling at the northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica offers the opportunity to investigate the effects of pronounced changes in key water parameters on fine-scale dynamics of local coral reef communities. This study monitored benthic community composition at Matapalo reef (10.539°N, 85.766...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ines Stuhldreier, Celeste Sánchez-Noguera, Florian Roth, Carlos Jiménez, Tim Rixen, Jorge Cortés, Christian Wild
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2015-11-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Coral reef
Community dynamics
Phase shift
Upwelling
Eastern Tropical Pacific
Costa Rica
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/1434.pdf

Internet

https://peerj.com/articles/1434.pdf

Similar Items