ListarInvestigación ambiental por tema "Recursos costeros y marinos"
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Análisis económico de proyectos para protección costera y restauración de ecosistemas en el Gran Caribe : métodos, desafíos e innovaciones
(2020)La población costera es una de las más vulnerables a desastres naturales. El reciente reconocimiento del papel de los ecosistemas marino-costeros para reducir su vulnerabilidad ha llevado a ejecutar inversiones directas ... -
Arrecifes en peligro en el Caribe
(2005)"Arrecifes en peligro en el Caribe" es parte integrante de la labor del World Resources Institute (WRI), la Red Internacional de Acción en Defensa de los Arrecifes de Coral (International Coral Reef Action Network, ICRAN) ... -
Calidad de las aguas en ríos que desembocan en playas turísticas : estudio de caso en República Dominicana
(2022)El turismo de sol y playa en modalidad Todo Incluido es una de las principales actividades socioeconómicas de la República Dominicana. La contaminación del agua es un factor determinante para la salud de las comunidades ... -
Caribbean-wide, long-term study of seagrass beds reveals local variations, shifts in community structure and occasional collapse
(2014)The CARICOMP monitoring network gathered standardized data from 52 seagrass sampling stations at 22 sites (mostly Thalassia testudinum-dominated beds in reef systems) across the Wider Caribbean twice a year over the period ... -
Diversity and conservation status of mangrove communities in two areas of Mesocaribea biogeographic region
(2018)The study of mangrove communities (Avicennia germinans, Conocarpus erectus, Laguncularia racemosa and Rhyzophora mangle) in Central America reveals a total diversity of 121 species included in 7 plant communities, of which ... -
Establishing a marine conservation baseline for the insular Caribbean
(2015)Highlights: • A single insular Caribbean protected area dataset with accurate boundary information was developed. • MPA coverage across the insular Caribbean is not far behind global reference values. • The insular Caribbean ... -
El estado de los manglares del mundo 2021
(2022)[Spanish] El estado de los manglares del mundo proporciona la más reciente información sobre lo que sabemos acerca de los manglares y lo que se hace para apoyar estos extraordinarios hábitats. En 2018, la Conservation ... -
El estado de los manglares del mundo 2022
(2022)[Español] Actualmente los manglares son ampliamente valorados, por su biodiversidad y por su contribución a la sociedad humana, tanto a nivel local como mundial. Global Mangrove Alliance (GMA) se esfuerza por aumentar la ... -
Evaluación de la calidad de aire en las playas turísticas del norte de República Dominicana
(2022)El turismo de sol y playa es una de las principales actividades socioeconómicas de la República Dominicana. La contaminación atmosférica es un factor determinante para la salud de las comunidades locales y de los turistas ... -
Evaluation of the quality of the coastal waters of Playa Dorada (Dominican Republic) and their impact on the development of tourism and conservation
(2022)Background: Sun and beach tourism is one of the main socioeconomic activities in the Dominican Republic. These activities take place on beaches that are part of the coastal-marine systems of the country, where a great ... -
Geographic distribution of Apicomplexa infecting Strombus gigas
(2007)The queen conch Strombus gigas is a marine resource of ecological and economical importance in the Caribbean region that suffers a reduction of its populations in most Caribbean countries. An intense and generalized sporozoan ... -
Global significance of mangrove blue carbon in climate change mitigation
(2020)Mangrove forests store and sequester large area-specific quantities of blue carbon (Corg). Except for tundra and peatlands, mangroves store more Corg per unit area than any other ecosystem. Mean mangrove Corg stock is 738.9 ... -
Heavy metal pollution on tourist beaches in the province of Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic)
(2022)Background: Beaches are key points for recreation and coastal tourism and a major source of income for many countries. Thus, good beaches attract tourists and degraded ones discourage tourism. Also, beaches and coastal ... -
Hurricane Matthew impacts to marine and coastal biodiversity on southern coast of Dominican Republic
(2017)A rapid environmental assessment was conducted by the staff of Marine Biology Research Center (CIBIMA), Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) on the southern coast of the Dominican Republic, to ... -
Macro-caracterización y distribución de los humedales de República Dominicana (resumen de 15 años de exploración y estudios)
(2018)Este extenso artículo de Eleuterio Martínez recoge los resultados de 15 años de investigación y trabajo de gestión sobre los humedales en la República Dominicana, incluyendo una cronología de la creación de múltiples áreas ... -
Mangrove deforestation in the Dominican Republic, 1969 to 2012
(2013)The twin objectives of this study are to refine our understanding of the changes in mangrove area in the Dominican Republic over the period of rapid tourist expansion and to assess if mangrove forests in tourist locations ... -
Mangrove mortality in a changing climate : an overview
(2018)Mangroves provide vital ecosystem services at the dynamic interface between land and oceans. Recent reports of mangrove mortality suggest that mangroves may be adversely affected by climate change. Here, we review historical ... -
Mangroves as coastal protection for local economic activities from hurricanes in the Caribbean
(2021)In recent decades, hurricane frequency and intensity have increased in the Caribbean Basin. From 2000 to 2012, more than 100 hurricanes impacted lives, infrastructure, and economic activity along the region’s shorelines. ... -
Mangroves enhance the biomass of coral reef fish communities in the Caribbean
(2004)Mangrove forests are one of the world's most threatened tropical ecosystems with global loss exceeding 35%. Juvenile coral reef fish often inhabit mangroves, but the importance of these nurseries to reef fish population ... -
Marine biodiversity in the Caribbean : regional estimates and distribution patterns
(2010)This paper provides an analysis of the distribution patterns of marine biodiversity and summarizes the major activities of the Census of Marine Life program in the Caribbean region. The coastal Caribbean region is a large ...
