Status and conservation of coral reefs in Costa Rica

Costa Rica has coral communities and reefs on the Caribbean coast and on the Pacific along the coast and off-shore islands. The Southern section of the Caribbean coast has fringing and patch reefs, carbonate banks, and an incipient algal ridge. The Pacific coast has coral communities, reefs and isol...

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Main Authors: Jorge Cortés, Carlos E Jiménez, Ana C Fonseca, Juan José Alvarado
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=S0034-77442010000500004