Overview
- This book provides a compilation and update of species diversity in coastal and marine habitats of Costa Rica in particular and Central America in general.
- The compilation features species lists, comments on the state of knowledge of almost all taxonomical groups prepared by both national and international specialists.
- The book contains information about collections and experts for each taxonomic group as well as information gaps and serves as starting point and basic reference for future research.
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Monographiae Biologicae (MOBI, volume 86)
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Table of contents (49 chapters)
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Reviews
From the reviews:
"This book … provide a good summary of the marine organisms of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Costa Rica. … a useful resource for anyone interested in the marine life of Central America, and does a good job of highlighting the areas where research efforts should be concentrated. Summing Up: Recommended. All professional and academic libraries, lower-division undergraduates and above." (G. C. Jensen, Choice, Vol. 46 (11), July, 2009)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Ingo Wehrtmann:
- more than 50 published articles
- researcher and lecture at the Universidad de Costa Rica
- has worked in scientific institutions in Germany, Colombia, Chile, USA, Philippines and Costa Rica
- more than 20 years of experience in international scientific collaboration
- principal research area: decapod crustaceans in marine, estuarine and freshwater habitats
- Premio Nacional de Ciencias, Costa Rica, 1982
- more than 100 published papers
- editor of the book "Latin American Coral Reefs", 2003
- researcher and lecturer at Universidad de Costa Rica
- more than 25 years of experience in coral reef research
Jorge Cortés:
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Marine Biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America
Editors: Ingo S. Wehrtmann, Jorge Cortés
Series Title: Monographiae Biologicae
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8278-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8277-1Published: 18 December 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-8944-9Published: 14 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8278-8Published: 28 December 2008
Series ISSN: 0077-0639
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1729
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIV, 538
Topics: Biodiversity, Ecology, Zoology, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Nature Conservation