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Acta Biológica Colombiana

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GAVIO, Brigitte; RINCON-DIAZ, M. Natalia  and  SANTOS-MARTINEZ, Adriana. MASSIVE QUANTITIES OF PELAGIC Sargassum ON THE SHORES OF SAN ANDRES ISLAND, SOUTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN. Acta biol.Colomb. [online]. 2015, vol.20, n.1, pp.239-241. ISSN 0120-548X.  https://doi.org/10.15446/abc.v20n1.46109.

We report an unusual biomass of floating Sargassum, composed of the species S. fluitans and S. natans, that reached the northeastern coast of San Andres island in September 2014. The time and size of the event is unprecedented to the island.

Keywords : drifting algae; Sargassum; San Andres island; unusual biomass.

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