Listar Investigación ambiental por autor "Sellares-Blasco, Rita I."
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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 ... -
Approach to the functional importance of Acropora cervicornis in outplanting sites in the Dominican Republic
(2021)Coral restoration has been recognized as an increasingly important tool for coral conservation in recent years. In the Caribbean, the endangered staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis has been studied for restoration for ... -
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 ... -
Assisted fertilization of threatened Staghorn Coral to complement the restoration of nurseries in Southeastern Dominican Republic
(2017)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 ... -
Assisted sexual coral recruits show high thermal tolerance to the 2023 Caribbean mass bleaching event
(2024)Assisted sexual coral propagation, resulting in greater genet diversity via genetic recombination, has been hypothesized to lead to more adaptable and, hence, resilient restored populations compared to more common clonal ... -
Buzos cupidos a falta de Tinder para corales
(2023)Se presenta una descripción del proceso de reproducción sexual, natural y asistida de corales. -
Conservation actions and ecological context : optimizing coral reef local management in the Dominican Republic
(2021)Over the past few decades, coral reef ecosystems have been lost at accelerated rates as a result of global climate change and local stressors. Local management schemes can help improve the condition of coral reefs by ... -
Coral reef restoration efforts in Latin American countries and territories
(2020)Here, we present unpublished data from 12 coral reef restoration case studies from five Latin American countries, describe their motivations and techniques used, and provide estimates on total annual project cost per unit ... -
Coral reefs of southeastern Dominican Republic hit by two simultaneous epizootic events
(2022)During the past decades, Caribbean coral reefs have undergone rapid changes that have transformed the structure and function of these important ecosystems...Here, we present the first report of the ongoing D. antillarum ... -
Dolphin ecology and behaviour in the southeastern waters of the Dominican Republic: preliminary observations
(2006)Between June 2004 and April 2006, 381 hours of dolphin surveys were undertaken in the waters off the village of Bayahíbe and Parque Nacional del Este on the southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic. This was the first ... -
Effects of elevated temperatures and health status of the crustose coralline algae Hydrolithon boergesenii (Corallinales: Mastophoroideae) on the larval settlement of Diploria labyrinthiformis (Scleractinia: Faviinae)
(2022)Crustose Coralline Algae (CCA) is a well-known settlement inducer for stony corals and, ultimately, recruitment, a vital component for reef growth and resilience. However, potential impacts of diseased CCA on larval ... -
Effects of herbivory by the urchin Diadema antillarum on early restoration success of the coral Acropora cervicornis in the central Caribbean
(2020)Herbivory is a key process well-known to maintain a coral-dominated state, and in the Caribbean Sea, the long-spine urchin Diadema antillarum is thought to aid coral success by removing algae from seafloor substrate that ... -
Estado actual de los arrecifes del Banco de la Plata, República Dominicana : expedición abril 2022
(2022)Este estudio constituye una evaluación rápida que sirve de línea base para la descripción de la condición actual de las comunidades coralinas y de peces del santuario de mamíferos marinos Banco de la Plata (República ... -
First record of the fireworm Hermodice carunculata preying on colonies of the threatened staghorn coral Acropora Cervicornis in the southeastern outplanting sites of the Dominican Republic
(2017)[English] Several fireworms Hermodice carunculata (Pallas, 1766) were observed feeding on coral colonies or transplanted fragments of the threatened staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816), in outplanting sites ... -
Human perceptions regarding endangered species conservation: a case study of Saona Island, Dominican Republic
(2011)[English] Globally, human populations have caused increased demands on natural resources and the endangerment of numerous species, particularly on oceanic islands with limited resources. In such cases, attitudes and ... -
Manual de reproducción asistida de corales : experiencia en República Dominicana
(2022)El presente manual está dirigido a practicantes de restauración, cuyos esfuerzos se encuentren enfocados en la conservación y/o rehabilitación de comunidades coralinas. En este documento, se describen distintas alternativas ...
