Herbario de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, México (ENCB, IPN)


Marine benthic algae from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico (ENCB, IPN) National School of Biological Sciences National Polytechnic Institute Prol. de Carpio y Plan de Ayala s/n Col. Casco de Santo Tomas 11340 Mexico D.F. Phone: 5729 6000 Fax 5729 6000 ext 46205
Q.B.P. Laura Huerta Head of the Project Biol. Angela Catalina Mendoza Curator of the Phycological Collection Herbarium of the ENCB Department of Botany Phone: 5729 6000 ext 62330 e-mail: acmendoz@ipn.mx
The Yucatan Peninsula is a coastal plateau surrounded by a lot of islands, many of them are coral reefs. This region supplies the ideal environments for the development of a wide variety of marine benthic algae, which are an important elements in the stablishment of many communities, too. The database contains 6 000 specimens pertaining to 56 families, 153 genera and 405 species, and it pertains to the SNIB.
National School of Biological Sciences	Projects supported by Conabio: M039