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<journal-id>0120-548X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Biológica Colombiana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta biol.Colomb.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-548X</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Biología]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0120-548X2018000300311</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15446/abc.v23n3.68113</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[FLOATING Sargassum IN SERRANILLA BANK, CARIBBEAN COLOMBIA, MAY JEOPARDIZE THE RACE TO THE OCEAN OF BABY SEA TURTLES]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Sargassum flotante en Cayo Serranilla, Caribe colombiano, puede perjudicar la llegada al océano de las tortugas marinas recién nacidas]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[GAVIO]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Brigitte]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[SANTOS-MARTÍNEZ]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Adriana]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia Departamento de Biología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ San Andrés Isla]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>23</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>311</fpage>
<lpage>314</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-548X2018000300311&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-548X2018000300311&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-548X2018000300311&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT We report for the first time great quantities of floating Sargassum to Serranilla Bank, in the Central Caribbean. The island is an important nesting site for sea turtles, and by the time the Sargassum wave arrived, the baby turtles were disclosing. Due to the thick mat of Sargassum along the beach, the baby turtles may have troubles to reach the ocean.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Se reporta por primera vez una gran cantidad de Sargassum flotante en Cayo Serranilla, en el Caribe central. La isla es un sitio importante para anidamiento de tortugas marinas, y al momento de la llegada del Sargassum, los nidos estaban eclosionando. Debido al espeso tapete de algas en la playa, las tortuguas pueden tener problemas en llegar al mar.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[baby turtles]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Sargassum flotante]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[sitios de anidamiento]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[tortugas marinas]]></kwd>
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