Peñas Blancas

Peñas Blancas

Peñas Blancas
Peñas Blancas Wildlife Refuge
Location: is an area of very rugged terrain made up of volcanic rocks from the Aguacate Group.
Most of the refuge is covered by forests that have been altered to some extent, although the original forest mass can still be found in the remoter areas and in the river canyons.
The vegetation in the lower areas, towards the south, consists of tropical dry forest. Towards the north and upper areas grows a promontane moist forest.
National Park - Costa Rica National Parks and Reserves
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Seasonal and spatial dynamics of the intestinal microbiome in tropical freshwater fish: insights from Astyanax aeneus and Brycon costaricensis in the Peñas Blancas river basin, Costa Rica BMC Microbiology
Pesticide contamination and antimicrobial resistance: Two threats to the Neotropical Otter (Lontra longicaudis) in the Peñas Blancas River Basin, Costa Rica ScienceDirect.com
Antimicrobial-resistant genes in feces from otters (Lontra longicaudis) within the Peñas Blancas river basin, Costa Rica ScienceDirect.com
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