(MAG ecoregion). Ortiz (2006) studied the change in the ossicle density and shape
during growth of some species of the genus Holothuria from the Caribbean
and Pacific coasts.
With respect to deep waters, there are few records from the decade of the 1960s
from samples collected by international research cruises in Colombian Caribbean
waters. Among them were five biological voyages by the research vessel Oregon
in 1963: Oregon I: 87, 92, and 104 and Oregon II: 4 and 22 (Palacio 1974); the
research vessel of the University of Miami (R/V John Elliot Pillsbury) in 1966 and
Fig. 5.3 Ecoregions and coastal departments of the Colombian Pacific Sea: PAN: Northern
Pacific; BAU: Baudó; BUE: Buenaventura; NAY: Naya; GOR: Gorgona Island; SAQ:
Sanquianga; TUM: Tumaco; MAL: Malpelo Island; PAO: Oceanic Pacific (System Information
Laboratory LABSIS-INVEMAR)
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during growth of some species of the genus Holothuria from the Caribbean
and Pacific coasts.
With respect to deep waters, there are few records from the decade of the 1960s
from samples collected by international research cruises in Colombian Caribbean
waters. Among them were five biological voyages by the research vessel Oregon
in 1963: Oregon I: 87, 92, and 104 and Oregon II: 4 and 22 (Palacio 1974); the
research vessel of the University of Miami (R/V John Elliot Pillsbury) in 1966 and
Fig. 5.3 Ecoregions and coastal departments of the Colombian Pacific Sea: PAN: Northern
Pacific; BAU: Baudó; BUE: Buenaventura; NAY: Naya; GOR: Gorgona Island; SAQ:
Sanquianga; TUM: Tumaco; MAL: Malpelo Island; PAO: Oceanic Pacific (System Information
Laboratory LABSIS-INVEMAR)
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