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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1870-3453</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de biodiversidad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Mex. Biodiv.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3453</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Biología]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1870-34532017000400988</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1016/j.rmb.2017.10.030</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Primer registro de la angiosperma marina Halophila ovalis en las Antillas Mayores]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[First record for seagrass Halophila ovalis in the Greater Antilles]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández-Albernas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Joán I.]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Borges-Casas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Celia C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Refugio de fauna Cayo Santa María  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Caibarién Villa Clara]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Central de Las Villas Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santa Clara Villa Clara]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>88</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>988</fpage>
<lpage>991</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-34532017000400988&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-34532017000400988&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-34532017000400988&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Se registra por primera vez la fanerógama Halophila ovalis (R. Brown) J. D. Hooker, en aguas cubanas. El análisis de caracteres morfológicos y ecológicos valida este registro, ampliando el área de distribución de esta especie en el Atlántico.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: The seagrass Halophila ovalis (R. Brown) J. D. Hooker, is reported for the first time from Cuban waters. Morphological and ecological features are according to published data about the species, broadening its distribution range along the Atlantic basin.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Seagrass]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Cuba]]></kwd>
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