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Quo vadis lakes Azuei and Enriquillo : a future outlook for two of the Caribbean basin’s largest lakes
(2021)
Lakes Azuei (LA) and Enriquillo (LE) on Hispaniola Island started expanding in 2005 and continued to do so until 2016. After inundating large swaths of arable land, submerging a small community, and threatening to swallow ...
Street-level green spaces support a key urban population of the threatened Hispaniolan parakeet Psittacara chloropterus
(2021)
While urbanisation remains a major threat to biodiversity, urban areas can sometimes play an important role in protecting threatened species, especially exploited taxa such as parrots. The Hispaniolan Parakeet Psittacara ...
Climate and season are associated with prevalence and distribution of trans-hemispheric blue crab reovirus (Callinectes sapidus reovirus 1)
(2020)
Among the many Callinectes spp. across the western Atlantic, the blue crab C. sapidus has the broadest latitudinal distribution, encompassing both tropical and temperate climates. Its life history varies latitudinally, ...
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 ...
The incredible and sad story of Boca de Cachón : how a rural community in the Hispaniola is in a prolonged, heartless, and predictable climate crisis
(2021)
[English] This article aims to briefly review the socio-economic impact caused by the flooding of Lake Enriquillo on the inhabitants of Boca Cachón due to the complex local phenomenon related to climate variability. Between ...
Factores globales y locales que inciden sobre la degradación de los arrecifes coralinos : una revisión para la República Dominicana
(2022)
Este trabajo tiene por objetivo identificar los factores globales y locales que han impactado la salud de los arrecifes dominicanos en las últimas décadas, así como puntualizar las acciones que se han llevado a cabo en el ...
Educación para el consumo sostenible en la Universidad APEC: rol de las universidades
(2020)
Frente a los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), que demandan de las universidades la implementación de iniciativas concretas, la Universidad APEC (República Dominicana) realiza esta investigación como parte sustantiva ...
Stony coral tissue loss disease and other diseases affect adults and recruits of major reef builders at different spatial scales in the Dominican Republic
(2022)
Monitoring programs can help understand coral disease dynamics. Here, we present results from a national program in the Dominican Republic (DR) aimed at evaluating coral diseases 3 times a year following a nested spatial ...
The multidimensional (and contrasting) effects of environmental warming on a group of montane tropical lizards
(2022)
Mountains are cradles for biodiversity and crucibles for climate-driven species loss, particularly for tropical ectotherms. Constriction on activity and amplified heat stress are two key sources of warming-driven vulnerability ...
Estudios de sensibilidad ambiental como base de la sostenibilidad en proyectos de desarrollo
(2022)
Debido a que los estudios de impacto ambiental se realizan frecuentemente por equipos interdisciplinarios, es importante que estas actividades y no las multidisciplinarias dominen el proceso de investigación en los proyectos ...