Epibionts on Caribbean mangrove roots from Morrocoy National Park and La Restinga Lagoon National Park, Venezuela

Epibionts on Caribbean mangroves from two marine reserves separated by 436 km along the Venezuelan coast were registered: Morrocoy National Park (MNP), western Venezuela; and La Restinga National Park (LRNP), eastern Venezuela. In both parks, 60 sites were sampled during 2 years. Presence of 143 species from 10 Phylum are registered, as well as the geographic coordinates and local environmental variables of each occurrence. From all Phylum, sponges (Porifera) and tunicates (Chordata) were the richness groups.

在委内瑞拉海岸线相隔436公里的两个海洋保护区——莫罗科伊国家公园（MNP，位于委内瑞拉西部）和拉雷斯蒂尼亚国家公园（LRNP，位于委内瑞拉东部）——的加勒比海红树林中，记录了共生生物：在上述两座公园中，分别在两年时间内对60个采样点进行了调查。共记录了来自10个门类的143种物种，以及每个物种出现的地理坐标和局部环境变量。在所有门类中，海绵（Porifera）和海鞘（Chordata）构成了物种多样性最为丰富的两个群体。