Cryptobiota associated to dead Acropora palmata (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) coral, Isla Grande, colombian Caribbean

Cryptobiota of dead fragments of five branehes in live position and five fallen pieces of the coral Acropora palmata each one of approximate Idm3, eovered by filamentous algae were extraeted from the north reef erest of Isla Grande (Colombian Caribbean), in April 1991. There were three groups of org...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Moreno-Forero, Silvia K, Navas S., Gabriel R, Solano, O David
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1998
País:Costa Rica
Recursos:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/19432
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/19432
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:cryptobiota
acropora palmata
dead coral
epiben!hon
colombian caribbean
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Resumo:Cryptobiota of dead fragments of five branehes in live position and five fallen pieces of the coral Acropora palmata each one of approximate Idm3, eovered by filamentous algae were extraeted from the north reef erest of Isla Grande (Colombian Caribbean), in April 1991. There were three groups of organisms according lo size and position (on and wi!hin the coral): 1) mobile epibenthos, mainly microcrustaceans ¡hat ¡ive among the fIlamentous algae 2) boring microcryptobiota, located in lhe layer between ¡he epilithic organisms and the coral skeJeton