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El contexto de los servicios ecosistémicos en la región de Centroamérica y el Caribe
(2014)La biodiversidad es la principal riqueza que tiene Centroamérica y el Caribe para su desarrollo económico y social; riqueza que se manifiesta en existencias de recursos naturales y de flujos de servicios ecosistémicos para ... -
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 ... -
Exacerbation of the 2013–2016 Pan-Caribbean drought by anthropogenic warming
(2018)The Caribbean islands are expected to see more frequent and severe droughts from reduced precipitation and increased evaporative demand due to anthropogenic climate change. Between 2013 and 2016, the Caribbean experienced ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Gestión integrada de las cuencas hidrográficas : hacia un nuevo paradigma en la gobernanza del agua
(2023)Resumen: Las cuencas hidrográficas son ecosistemas esenciales para la vida de nuestro planeta. Los estudios revelan que los modelos de gestión integrada toman en cuenta la planificación de las políticas públicas y la ... -
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 ... -
Impactos del cambio climático sobre las aguas superficiales en Centroamérica y la Española
(2011)Esta evaluación regional examina los impactos potenciales del cambio climático en el escurrimiento de las aguas superficiales bajo una amplia gama de escenarios de precipitación en el futuro. A través del uso de un modelo ... -
Insights from a new high-resolution drought atlas for the Caribbean spanning 1950–2016
(2017)Climate change is expected to increase the severity and frequency of drought in the Caribbean. Understanding drought variability and its trends is therefore critical for improving resiliency and adaptation capacity of this ... -
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 ... -
Nature and distribution of beach ridges on the islands of the Greater Caribbean
(2024)Beach ridges originate from various depositional processes and occur in a variety of settings. This paper assesses their nature and distribution on the islands of the Greater Caribbean based on a literature review and the ... -
Origin and evolution of Caribbean mangroves : A time-continuum ecological approach
(2024)This book provides a comprehensive, detailed, and coherent spatio-temporal account of Caribbean mangrove evolution. Analysis of the main natural and anthropogenic drivers of ecological and evolutionary change. Utility of ... -
Past disturbances and local conditions influence the recovery rates of coral reefs
(2024)Corals are being increasingly subjected to marine heatwaves. Theory suggests that increasing the intensity of disturbances reduces recovery rates, which inspired us to examine the recovery rates of coral cover following ... -
Pérdida de sedimento asociada a la retirada de depósitos de Sargassum spp. en las playas del Caribe
(2022)La retirada de restos vegetales de Sargassum spp. depositados sobre la playa emergida constituyen una parte de la limpieza de playas en el Caribe. Estas gestiones realizadas a lo largo de las últimas décadas han dado lugar ... -
Preservation and recovery of mangrove ecosystem carbon stocks in abandoned shrimp ponds
(2019)Mangrove forests capture and store exceptionally large amounts of carbon and are increasingly recognised as an important ecosystem for carbon sequestration. Yet land-use change in the tropics threatens this ecosystem and ... -
Responses of Caribbean mangroves to quaternary climatic, eustatic, and anthropogenic drivers of ecological change : a review
(2022)Mangroves are among the world’s most threatened ecosystems. Understanding how these ecosystems responded to past natural and anthropogenic drivers of ecological change is essential not only for understanding how extant ...