Invertebrate species richness in sandy beaches and rocky coast of Costa Rican North Pacific.

 

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Autores: Sibaja-Cordero, Jeffrey Alejandro, Camacho-García, Yolanda E., Vargas-Castillo, Rita
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2014
Descripción:This study summarizes published information on the number of invertebrate species reported for the intertidal zone of rocky coasts and sandy beaches of the North Pacific of Costa Rica. In addition, we present new data on macrofaunal species richness for several locations. There is a wide variation in the number of species reported, with mollusks, crustaceans, and polychaetes as the major contributors. The number of species depends on the faunal group and the sampled effort carried out in the previous studies of the intertidal zones, and during 2012. The data show that, taking into account all components of the community values, a range of 29-172 species were obtained from the rocky intertidal, and 5-15 species for the sandy beaches. We found a similar mean value for species richness between protected and not protected areas, because in both cases the range of values is wide. It is urgent to manage unprotected locations with high species richness that are exposed to impacts from development of human populations. Rev. Biol. Trop. 62 (Suppl. 4): 63-84. Epub 2014 Diciembre 01.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/20033
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/20033
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Palabra clave:Riqueza de especies
playas tropicales
crustáceos
moluscos
poliquetos
algas.
Species richness
tropical beaches
Crustacea
Mollusca
Polychaeta
algae.