New and previous records of Scleractinian corals from Clipperton atoll, Eastern Pacific
Resumen en inglés: "Clipperton Atoll was visited from 23 to 25 November 1997. Atotal of 109 specimens of stony corals belonging to two orders, seven families, and 15 species was collected. Five taxa of Scleractinia represent new records for the atoll: Porites lutea, Porites australiensis, Psamm...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 1999 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | El Colegio de la Frontera Sur |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio Institucional de ECOSUR |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ecosur.repositorioinstitucional.mx:1017/1054 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://ecosur.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1017/1054 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | info:eu-repo/classification/Tesauro/Scleractinia;Arrecifes de coral info:eu-repo/classification/Tesauro/Scleractinia;Coral reefs info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2 info:eu-repo/classification/cti/24 |
| Sumario: | Resumen en inglés: "Clipperton Atoll was visited from 23 to 25 November 1997. Atotal of 109 specimens of stony corals belonging to two orders, seven families, and 15 species was collected. Five taxa of Scleractinia represent new records for the atoll: Porites lutea, Porites australiensis, Psammocora superficialis, Astrangia sp., and Balanophylliasp. With these new records and species previously re-ported in the literature, the total number of scleractinians now known at Clip-perton Atoll is 18 species. Observations on the fossil terraces on the island andon the dead coral fauna of the inner lagoon are presented. " |
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