Marine Biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wehrtmann, Ingo S. (Editor), Cortés, Jorge (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Monographiae Biologicae ; 86
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Ecology.; Biodiversity.; Aquatic ecology.; Zoology.; Nature conservation.; Life Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Nature Conservation.

This volume, compiling and updating the marine biodiversity information of Costa Rica, consists of species lists, and comments on the state-of-knowledge of most taxonomical groups. It contains information about collections and experts for each taxonomic group as well as information gaps, thus servin...

Table of Contents:

• Diversity of Marine Habitats of the Caribbean and Pacific of Costa Rica
• A History of Marine Biodiversity Scientific Research in Costa Rica
• Marine Fossils
• Taxonomic Groups
• Phytoplankton
• Marine Benthic Algae
• Seagrasses
• Mangroves
• Foraminifera
• Sponges
• Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, and Cubozoa (Medusozoa)
• Siphonophores
• Zoanthids, Sea Anemones and Corallimorpharians
• Octocorals
• Stony Corals
• Sipunculans
• Polychaetes and Echiurans
• Stomatopods
• Euphausiids
• Decapod Crustaceans
• Shallow Water Mysids
• Cumaceans
• Tanaidaceans
• Isopods
• Gammaridean Amphipods
• Hyperiid Amphipods
• Barnacles
• Copepods
• Sea-Spiders
• Marine Insects
• Chitons
• Benthic, Shelled Gastropods
• Pelagic Gastropods
• Benthic Opisthobranchs
• Bivalves
• Squids and Octopuses
• Phoronids
• Bryozoans
• Brachiopods
• Echinoderms
• Chaetognaths or Arrow Worms
• Appendicularians (Urochordata)
• Marine Fish
• Marine Reptiles and Amphibians
• Birds in Coastal and Marine Environments
• Marine Mammals
• Other Taxonomic Groups (Fungi, Kinorhynchs, Invertebrate Chordates)
• Marine Fish Parasites
• Sea Turtle Parasites
• Marine Biodiversity of Costa Rica: Perspectives and Conclusions.