Browsing Investigación ambiental by Subject "Recursos marinos"
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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, ... -
Acciones de conservación marina a través de la integración de la comunidad local
(2022)[Español] Debido a distintas presiones globales y locales, los ecosistemas costero-marinos se encuentran rápidamente en declive a un ritmo alarmante. La República Dominicana es especialmente vulnerable a los efectos de la ... -
Acerca de los límites geográficos para los inventarios de la biodiversidad costera y marina de la isla Hispaniola
(2021)[Español] Se ofrecen pautas para establecer los límites geográficos de los inventarios de la biodiversidad costera y marina de la isla Hispaniola combinando las capas de: i) las Zonas Económicas Exclusivas de República ... -
Adsorption of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4D) on sargassum activated carbon
(2023)Abstract: The production of activated carbon was carried out by impregnating the sargassum with a 85% H3PO4 solution in a mass ratio of 1/3 sargassum/ H3PO4, with an impregnation time of 15 hours. The production of activated ... -
Algas marinas bentónicas (Rhodophyta, Phaeophyta y Chlorophyta) conocidas para la Hispaniola
(2001)[Español] Este trabajo resume y actualiza, desde una perspectiva insular y con un enfoque histórico, el conocimiento de la biodiversidad de las macroalgas marinas bentónicas de la Hispaniola, teniendo en cuenta los últimos ... -
All-inclusive coral reef restoration : how the tourism sector can boost restoration efforts in the Caribbean
(2022)Following a strong decline in the health of Caribbean coral reefs in the 1970s, disease outbreaks, overfishing, and warming events have continued to push these reefs towards a point of no return. As such, researchers and ... -
Assessing and genotyping threatened staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis nurseries during restoration in southeast Dominican Republic
(2020)Acropora cervicornis is a structurally and functionally important Caribbean coral species. Since the 1980s, it has suffered drastic population losses with no signs of recovery and has been classified as a critically ... -
Assessing population structure of Diadema antillarum in a shallow reef of the southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic
(2021)[English] The sea urchin Diadema antillarum is an herbivore that plays an important ecological role in controlling benthic community structure in Caribbean reefs. After the mass mortality documented between 1982-1983, their ... -
Assisted coral reproduction in the Dominican Republic : a successful story to replicate in the Caribbean
(2021)Coral assisted fertilization, larval rearing and recruit propagation success in significant ecological scales, largely depend on scaling up and replicating these efforts in as many regions as possible. The Dominican ... -
Assisted fertilization of threatened Staghorn Coral to complement the restoration of nurseries in Southeastern Dominican Republic
(2018)Acropora cervicornis and Acropora palmata have declined dramatically in the Caribbean since the early 80’s, and are classified as Critically Endangered Species. To promote their recovery, restoration programs focusing on ... -
Benefits of biodiverse marine resources to child nutrition in differing developmental contexts in Hispaniola
(2018)There is an urgent need for an improved empirical understanding of the relationship among biodiverse marine resources, human health and development outcomes. Coral reefs are often at this intersection for developing nations ... -
Cambio climático en la República Dominicana: recursos costeros y comunidades
(2015)El libro ofrece un análisis de la capacidad adaptativa de las personas que trabajan en diversos sectores de tres comunidades costeras de la República Dominicana, además de los factores de gobernanza que impulsan la ... -
Capital costero : República Dominicana : estudios de caso sobre el valor económico de los ecosistemas costeros en la República Dominicana
(2010)[Español] Los ecosistemas costeros proporcionan muchos y valiosos servicios a la población y a la economía de la República Dominicana. Los arrecifes y los manglares ayudan a construir playas y disminuir la erosión, ofrecen ... -
Caribbean Marine Atlas
(2020)The Caribbean Marine Atlas (CMA) is an online digital platform that stores and provides access to geospatial information (and related documents) on the "Marine Environment and Human Societies in the Wider Caribbean Region". ... -
Climate change in the Dominican Republic : coastal resources and communities
(2015)This book presents an analysis of the adaptive capacity of individuals involved in various sectors of employment in three Dominican coastal communities, as well as the status of governance factors driving climate change ... -
Climate change resilience and socioeconomic impacts of MPAs and MPA networks in the Caribbean. Case study: evaluation of the effectiveness of the management of MPAs and coastal zones in the Dominican Republic
(2015)Many Caribbean nations have established marine protected areas (MPAs) to preserve marine biodiversity and maintain their economically important marine resources. In some Caribbean nations, in particular the Dominican ... -
Clonal diversity impacts coral cover in Acropora cervicornis thickets : potential relationships between density, growth, and polymorphisms
(2019)As coral reefs decline, cryptic sources of resistance and resilience to stress may be increasingly important for the persistence of these communities. Among these sources, inter- and intraspecific diversity remain understudied ... -
Coastal capital : Dominican Republic. Case studies on the economic value of coastal ecosystems in the Dominican Republic
(2010)Illustrates the benefits coralline beaches, reefs, and mangroves in various parts of the country offer, including providing protection against beach erosion, habitats for fisheries, potential tourism growth in protected ... -
Coastal fisheries of the Dominican Republic
(2011)The importance of fisheries for coastal communities and livelihoods in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is well documented. This is particularly the case for ‘coastal fisheries’, including subsistence, traditional ... -
Communities and stakeholders in marine protected areas in the Caribbean
(2006)This chapter on communities and stakeholders in marine protected areas (MPAs) presents the results of research into Caribbean coastal resource management from an ethnographic and a pan-Caribbean perspective. Three case ...