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A scuticociliate causes mass mortality of Diadema antillarum in the Caribbean Sea
(2023)
Echinoderm mass mortality events shape marine ecosystems by altering the dynamics among major benthic groups. The sea urchin Diadema antillarum, virtually extirpated in the Caribbean in the early 1980s by an unknown cause, ...
Small island nations can achieve food security benefits through climate-adaptive blue food governance by 2050
(2023)
Small island nations are highly dependent on food from aquatic environments, or blue food, and vulnerable to climate change and global food market price volatility. By 2050, rising populations will demand more food through ...
Adaptation and sustainable management of massive influx of Sargassum in the Caribbean
(2021)
The massive influx of sargassum is a problem that affects several countries in Africa and the Caribbean. Even though a decade has passed since the first event, an integrated management and adaptation strategy for this ...
Species assemblages of insular Caribbean Sticta (lichenized Ascomycota: Peltigerales) over ecological and evolutionary time scales
(2023)
Phylogenetic approaches to macroevolution have provided unique insight into evolutionary relationships, ancestral ranges, and diversification patterns for many taxa. Similar frameworks have also been developed to assess ...
Phytosociological study, diversity and conservation status of the cloud forest in the Dominican Republic
(2020)
The study of the forest in rainy environments of the Dominican Republic reveals the presence of four types of vegetation formations, clearly differentiated from each other in terms of their floristic and biogeographical ...
Revisión de una estrategia de educación ambiental para el Caribe
(2015)
El trabajo está orientado a argumentar la necesidad de una estrategia de educación ambiental para el Caribe. Esta tarea se inscribe dentro de las exigencias que demanda hoy el proceso integracionista de la región. Tiene ...
Free-swimming fauna associated with influxes of pelagic sargassum : implications for management and harvesting
(2023)
Mass accumulations of pelagic sargassum (Sargassum natans and S. fluitans) in the Tropical Atlantic, across the Caribbean and off the coast of West Africa, are causing extensive ecological and socioeconomic harm. The ...
Seasonal variation in morphotype composition of pelagic Sargassum influx events is linked to oceanic origin
(2023)
The recent proliferation of pelagic Sargassum spp. in the Tropical Atlantic causes major ecological and socioeconomic impacts to the wider Caribbean when it washes ashore, with regional fisheries and tourism industries ...
Análisis del impacto ambiental en República Dominicana a través de la Ley sobre medio ambiente y recursos naturales
(2013)
[Español] El impacto ambiental es una de las principales problemáticas que afecta un destino a la hora de desarrollar en él un proyecto sobre el terreno, y como tal, se debe desarrollar un estudio de impacto ambiental antes ...
Educación ambiental: un reto para alcanzar el desarrollo sostenible
(2019)
En este artículo se considera que la educación ambiental tiene la responsabilidad de educar a los hombres para interactuar con el medio ambiente, de manera que se exploten racionalmente los recursos naturales dentro de los ...