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Geographic extent and chronology of the invasion of non-native lionfish (Pterois volitans [Linnaeus 1758] and P. miles [Bennett 1828]) in the Western North Atlantic and Caribbean Sea
(2009)
The Indo-Pacific lionfishes (Pterois volitans [Linnaeus 1758] and P. miles [Bennett 1828]: Family Scorpaenidae) are the first non-native marine fishes to establish in the Western North Atlantic. The chronology of the ...
The Abundance of fishes in shallow, algal/seagrass habitats in the waters surrounding Parque Nacional del Este, Dominican Republic
(2004)
No information exists on the fish fauna in the shallow, algal/seagrass habitat surrounding Parque Nacional deł Este, Dominican Republic. In order to assess the current status offish populations near the park, 63 two-minutes ...
CARI’MAM scientific survey 2021 : final report
(2021)
More than 30 species of marine mammals inhabit the waters of the Caribbean, which makes it a world hotspot. These highly mobile species are known to move between different Caribbean territories and beyond. Between 2018 and ...
WIDECAST : Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network : Activity highlights 2019-2020
(2021)
Sea turtles, once abundant in the Caribbean Sea and serving as keystone species in tropical marine ecosystems, are severely reduced from historical levels, both in population size and range. According to the IUCN Red List ...
Recommendations for the protection and recovery of Caribbean sea turtles
(2021)
Based on their review and expert knowledge, authors of this document are recommending the following priority actions to the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected ...
Marine turtle trauma response procedures : a husbandry manual
(2010)
Prepared by the Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST), the aim of this manual is to strengthen and coordinate the efforts of people throughout the Wider Caribbean Region to respond to sea turtles in ...
Special places in the ocean : a decade of describing ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs)
(2021)
In an effort spanning more than a decade, over 300 of these special marine areas have been described around the world, through a scientific and technical process involving more than 500 experts from 144 countries. EBSAs ...
Spatial segregation between phenotypes of the diablotin Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata during the non-breeding period
(2023)
Despite growing support for ecosystem-based approaches, conservation is mostly implemented at the species level. However, genetic differentiation exists within this taxonomic level, putting genetically distinct populations ...
A preliminary report of ongoing research of the ecology of Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata) in Sierra de Bahoruco, Dominican Republic – I: GPS tracking of breeding adults
(2019)
In the spring of 2018, we studied the foraging ecology of the Black-capped Petrel. The goal of this project was to gather fine-scale data on individual movements of Black-capped Petrels breeding in the Sierra de Bahoruco, ...
Pre-breeding behavior of Ridgway’s Hawks (Buteo ridgwayi) in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
(2023)
Abstract: Recent conservation work by The Peregrine Fund has established a translocated population of the Critically Endangered Ridgway’s Hawk (Buteo ridgwayi) in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Although Ridgway’s Hawk has ...