| dc.contributor | Ecosystems Division | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | United Nations Environment Programme | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Caribbean Environment Programme | en_US |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Latin America and the Caribbean | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-17T05:55:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-01-17T05:55:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-10-06 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/27269 | |
| dc.description | Brown algae of Sargassum genus form dense populations constituting free floating rafts on the ocean surface. These sargassum rafts have been observed for a long time in the northern Caribbean Basin and the Atlantic ocean, and their presence has notably given its name to the Sargasso Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean. | en_US |
| dc.format | Text | en_US |
| dc.language | English | en_US |
| dc.rights | Public | en_US |
| dc.title | Sargassum influx in the Wider Caribbean Region | en_US |
| dc.type | Factsheets | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 13 - Climate Action | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 14 - Life Below Water | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 15 - Life on Land | en_US |
| wd.tags | Pollution | en_US |
| wd.topics | Climate change | en_US |
| wd.topics | Oceans & seas | en_US |
| wd.identifier.pagesnumber | 2 | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdgio | http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000047 | |
| wd.identifier.sdgio | http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000048 | |
| wd.identifier.sdgio | http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000049 | |
