Open AccessOCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF STONY CORALS (ANTHOZOA AND HYDROZOA) IN THE VICINITY OF SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA)
Author(s) -
Arnfried Antonius
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
boletin de investigaciones marinas y costeras/boletín de investigaciones marinas y costeras
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2590-4671
pISSN - 0122-9761
DOI - 10.25268/bimc.invemar.1972.6.0.561
Subject(s) - hydrozoa , transect , scleractinia , reef , anthozoa , coral , upwelling , cnidaria , oceanography , coral reef , geography , ecology , biology , geology
During a survey in January-February 1971 in the area of Santa Marta, Colombia, 33 species of Scleractinia were found. The distributions and relative abundances of species were recorded along transects. Subsequently all transects were sampled from the depth limit of coral (deepest occurrence 30 m), into the subtidal zone. The lack of prominent reef structures is believed to be a consequence< vf cold upwelling.