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Posted on 20 July 2009 at 08:19:43 by admin.| Print News Send To Friend
The Costa Rican oceans contain a wealth of diversity with at least 6,777 species, representing 3.5% of known species around the world, according to scientists.
This data was confirmed by research done by the University of Costa Rica (UCR) and was released in the book Biodiversidad Marina de Costa Rica, Centroamérica (Marine Biodiversity in Costa Rica, Central America) which recently came out at the same university.

The scientists Ingo Wehrtmann and Jorge Cortés compiled their work from more than 50 specialists in the field and catalogued 6,777 species, representing 3.5% of the world’s known species at this time.


 
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