Mortandad de Gorgonia flabellum Linneaus (Octocorallia: Gorogoniidae) en la Costa del Caribe de Costa Rica

 

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Autoren: Guzmán Espinal, Héctor M., Cortés Núñez, Jorge
Format: artículo original
Publikationsdatum:1984
Beschreibung:During 1982, the population of the coral Gorgonia flabellum started to die on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Seven possible causes were analyzed: temperature-salinity variation, sedimentation, predation, wave action, bioerosion, pollution and diseases. The pathology of "Black band" disease coincides with our observations. Death of other octocorallia was not observed. This is the first time that mass mortality of G. flabellum is reported.
Land:Kérwá
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
Sprache:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/103487
Online Zugang:https://tropicalstudies.org/rbt/attachments/volumes/vol32-2/16_Guzman_Gorgonia_flabellum.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/103487
Stichwort:Coral Diseases
Environmental Monitoring
Water Pollution
Sedimentation