Resumen

BAEZ, Diana P; MARQUEZ, Juan C  y  LOPEZ-VICTORIA, Mateo. A NURSERY OF JUVENILE REEF FISHES IN THE ARCHIPIÉLAGO OF SAN BERNARDO, COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN. Bol. Invest. Mar. Cost. [online]. 2002, vol.31, n.1, pp.243-246. ISSN 0122-9761.

During six months visual censuses were carried out in two mangrove lagoons in Tintipán Island, Colombian Caribbean. Twenty-six species of juvenile reef fishes were observed, some of them with economical importance in the region. The importance of the lagoons as nurseries for fishes is presented and one dynamite illegal fishing event is reported.

Palabras clave : mangroves; nurseries; fishes; dynamite.

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