Table 1 Collection sites at Área de Conservación Guanacaste
Code | Collection sites | Type of environment |
|---|---|---|
BEH | Bahía El Hachal | Intertidal zone |
BEJ | Bajo El Jardín | Reef and algae covered coralline rocks |
BEM | Bajo El Machetazo | Rocky bottom and small loose rocks |
BET | Bajo El Tigre | Rocky bottom and small loose rocks |
BEV | Bajo El Viejón | Rocky bottom and small loose rocks |
BEJ | Bajo El Jardín | Rocky bottom and small loose rocks |
BSE | Bahía Santa Elena, Pintadero, Playa Cocos | Rocky bottom and small loose rocks |
BLC | Bajo Las Chavelas | Rocky bottom and small loose rocks |
BLM | Bajo Los Mogotes | Rocky bottom and small loose rocks |
BLR | Bajo La Rajada | Rocky bottom and small loose rocks |
BLS | Bajo La Salvadita | Rocky bottom and small loose rocks |
BMu | Bajo Los Muñecos | Rocky bottom and small loose rocks |
BPi | Bajo Pintadero | Rocky bottom and small loose rocks |
BPo | Bajo Pochote | Rocky bottom and small loose rocks |
BRo | Bajo Rojo | Rocky bottom and small loose rocks |
BTh | Bahía Thomas | Floating oyster baskets, rocky beach, rocky beach with sponges, live and dead Pocillopora |
Cua | Bahía Cuajiniquil, Playa Cuajiniquil | Sand and mud bottoms |
ICo | Isla Cocinera | Rocky intertidal zone and reefs |
IDa | Isla David | Rocky bottom and small loose rocks |
IGo | Isla Golondrina | Pavona clavus reef, dead coral |
IPe | Isla Pelada | Rocky intertidal zone, rocks covered with algae |
ISJ | Esquina Conchal, Playa del Maíz, Playa Cactus, Isla San José | Rocky intertidal zone and dead Pocillopora |
ISP | Arrecife al NE de Isla San Pedrito, arrecife muerto San Pedrito, San Pedrito | Coral reef and dead coral |
Jun | Playa Junquillal, Junquillal esquina norte; Islote Junquillal, Junquillal, Esquina del Tamarindo | Rocky intertidal zone, polychaete reef, and Pocillopora |
Mat | Matapalito | Coral reef, dead coral and rocky-sandy bottom |
MCu | Manglar en Bahía Cuajiniquil, Manglar 3 Bocas, Manglar 4 × 4 Cuajiniquil | Mangrove, mud, rubble with sponges and algae |
MSE | Manglar Santa Elena | Mangrove, muddy flats |
Mue | Muelle lado derecho, muelle lado izquierdo, Cástula, Tiza, Hielera | Rocky intertidal and subtidal zones, sandy bottom, rubble |
PCl | Piedra Claudio | Rocky bottom and small loose rocks with barnacles |
PCo | Playa Corona | Rocky intertidal zone |
PdI | Puerta de Iglesia, Isla San José | Rocky bottom |
PGr | Playa Potrero Grande, Estero de Potrero Grande | Rocky intertidal zone, sandy beach, estuary, mangrove |
PMa | Playa Macaya | Rocky intertidal zone, subtidal live coral |
PPo | Punta Pochote | Dead corals |
Pre | Playa Respingue | Rocky intertidal zone |
PSe | Piedra Seca | Rocky bottom and small loose rocks with barnacles |
2MM | Arrecife 2MM | Coral reef |