Mortandad de Gorgonia flabellum Linnaeus (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) en la Costa del Caribe de Costa Rica

• Guzmán, Héctor M. ; Cortés, Jorge ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Costa Rica

     Universidad de Costa Rica

     Hospital, Costa Rica

     
• Localización: Revista de Biología Tropical, ISSN 0034-7744, Vol. 32, Nº. 2, 1984 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Volume 32 – Regular number 2 – November 1984; 179–196)
• Idioma: español
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  • Mortandad de Gorgonia flabellum Linneaus (Octocorallia: Gorogoniidae) en la Costa del Caribe de Costa Rica
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  • 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.