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Networking among scientists and managers improves benthic habitat knowledge at six remote Caribbean MPA’s
(2007)
[English] Improving benthic habitat information within remote Caribbean marine protected areas (MPA) requires diverse skills, including capability with remote sensing techniques and the use geographic information system ...
Fisheries management in Dominican Republic : the role of international cooperation for responsible fisheries
(2004)
The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. The country has a total area of 48,442 km², a narrow insular shelf of 9,484 km² and an EEZ of approximately 238,000 km². Around 10,000 fishers with a fleet ...
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 ...
Diseñando un plan de acción para el control y gestión de las invasiones del pez león (Pterois volitans) en la República Dominicana : un proceso participativo
(2013)
Se presenta una estructura general de un plan de acción para el control y manejo de las invasiones del pez león, Pterois volitans en la Republica Dominicana. El plan ha sido concebido con la participación de interesados ...
Caracterización del comercio de fauna acuática exótica en República Dominicana durante el período 2006-2010
(2010)
[Español] Se presentan los resultados de una revisión de los registros de exportación e importación de especies de peces exóticos hacia y desde Republica Dominicana y de los mecanismos regulatorios que caracterizan ese ...
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 ...
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 ...
Flow of economic benefits from coral reefs in a multi-use Caribbean marine protected area using network theory
(2021)
Adaptation to changes in the delivery of ecosystem services while maintaining resilience of natural systems is one of the main challenges faced by multi-use marine protected areas (MPAs). To overcome this, it is crucial ...
Investing in nature-based solutions : cost profiles of collective-action watershed investment programs
(2023)
Highlights: • We surveyed costs of municipal-scale collective-action watershed investment programs. • Administrative and transaction costs on average account for over one-third of total costs. • Average annual costs varied ...