Coral communities and reefs of Ballena Marine National Park, Pacific coast of Costa Rica

The coral communities and reefs at Ballena Marine National Park, on the southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica, were studied using three 10-m long transects per site, parallel to the coast, with 1-m2 quadrants. A total of 15 species of corals (11 hermatypic and 4 ahermatypic) were found, which when a...

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Main Authors: Juan José Alvarado, Jorge Cortés, Cindy Fernández, Jaime Nivia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 2005-03-01
Series:Ciencias Marinas
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Online Access:https://www.cienciasmarinas.com.mx/index.php/cmarinas/article/view/1140